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Addressing the Intersection between Severe Mental Illness and Homelessness
…previously kept in hospitalization was now in the community at risk of homelessness, substance use disorder, suicide, and incarceration.xvii With limited availability of hospital beds compounded with inadequate community treatment…
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An Epidemic Rages On: “Treatment” Is Not Enough
…states cope with synthetic opioids. The Commonwealth Fund. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2023/overdose-deaths-declined-remained-near-record-levels-during-first-nine-months-2022-states Case, A. & Deaton, A. (2021). Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism. Princeton University Press. Centers for Disease Control…
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Social Determinants of Behavioral Health: Time to Augment Advocacy Strategy?
…course of a lifetime including the perinatal period, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and older adulthood. The emphasis in much writing about social determinants is on the high risk that people who…
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Bringing Together Data to Improve Health Outcomes
…programs for low-income New Yorkers that build on the expertise of its community-based service network. CBC “knits together” affiliated agencies to holistically address treatment and recovery needs, while assessing community…
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Recovery Reimagined: Integrating Housing and Employment Support
…employment can lead to better housing opportunities and longer-term stability. Housing and employment address multiple facets of an individual’s life, contributing to a more holistic approach to recovery, addressing not…
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Housing People with Serious Mental Illness in Jails and Prisons: Why Are We Still Criminalizing Mental Illness?
…in prison (Treatment Advocacy Center, “The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey”, April 8, 2014). Living in the community, disturbing behavior may lead…
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What This Parent of a Transgender Child Wants You to Know
…can be reached by email at terri@alliesandangels.com, and on the web at: www.alliesandangels.com/about. * (Grant et al., Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, 2011)….
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Helping Moms and Kids
…In that paper, screening emerged as a critical tool. That same week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2484345) found convincing evidence that screening improves the accurate identification of adult…
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The Economics of Recovery: System Reform
…arranging all the appointments on the same day. A prime example to check out is www.westmedgroup.com, a pioneering HMO here in Westchester County, NY. Medication Free Health Plan – “This…
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The Economics of Recovery: System Reform
…arranging all the appointments on the same day. A prime example to check out is www.westmedgroup.com, a pioneering HMO here in Westchester County, NY. Medication Free Health Plan – “This…
