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Stopping the Hospital Revolving Door: A Pathway Home to Stable Community Life
…typical causes of community instability during the care transition. During the transition, unexpected and unanticipated challenges or barriers to community stability can occur. For example, appointments with clinics or doctors…
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Point of View – Paranoia Is a Barrier to Aging in the Community
…and abusiveness, who do not take it personally, who have high tolerance for socially inappropriate behavior, whose sense of self-respect comes from within—such people often do better at engaging people…
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Strengthening Protective Factors to Prevent Bullying and Suicide on Staten Island
…between bullying and suicide has been well documented, but this roundtable highlighted the urgent need for our community to delve deeper at the local level to better understand how bullying…
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A Dedicated but Neglected Workforce: A Clarion Call for Change
…Association in New York State, Inc., 2019). These rates reflect statewide averages. Vacancy and turnover rates are considerably higher in Downstate regions – Long Island and New York City, in…
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Meeting the Workforce Challenge at Outreach
…New York’s average annual turnover rate was a staggering 34%. In its segmented data, results showed that regions with higher costs of living had higher rates (up to 42%). Rates…
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Creating Culture Change: NYC Tackles Housing and Employment
…numerous studies over the years have shown a consistent pattern: people with disabilities have high unemployment rates and people with serious mental illnesses have the highest unemployment rate of any…
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The Correlation Between Housing and Recovery – How Independent Living Can Pave the Road to Recovery
…degrees. Research shows that there is a correlation between housing and mental illness—housing reduces the rate of recidivism hospitals and the legal system. Housing not only improves the quality of…
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Treating Trauma Survivors in a Family Mental Health Clinic
…demonstrate that they can tolerate and support their child in telling their story. Working on and telling the trauma narrative helps the child stop avoiding memories and reminders as well…
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Substance Use Disorders: Frequency and Treatment for People with Serious Mental Illness
…a treatment intervention. Common Comorbidities and Risk Factors The most common comorbid diagnoses for individuals with a substance use disorder include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression,…
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Introducing Collaborative Care in the Workplace
…RC et al., The Prevalence and Correlates of Workplace Depression in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, 2008). It often occurs during a person’s prime working years – between ages 25…
