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The NYSPA Report: Repeal and Replace Should Not Harm Our Most Vulnerable
…new proposal. As efforts are made to reform health care, services for people living with mental illness – and their families – must be maintained. The American Psychiatric Association press…
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Behavioral Health Services Critical to Success of Managed Care in NYS
…try to create common understanding and commitment to quality care and quality outcomes using diverse services models. A comprehensive continuum of substance use and mental health disorder prevention, treatment and…
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The NYSPA Report: Medicaid’s Fragmented Formularies
…For example, many psychiatrists who had participated in the NYS OMH PSYCKES Quality project which encouraged clinicians to move patients from atypical antipsychotics adjudged to put them at increased risk…
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Challenges of Black Males with Mental Illness
…for African Americans in general and for black males in particular. Suicide rates are creeping up each year. For example, over the last twenty years, suicide rates among black males…
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Designing Integrated Services for Adolescents: One Agency’s Experience
…post-test Youth Self Report for 11- 18-year-olds) completed during this period showed the following results. When asked to respond to “I am better at handling daily life” 71% agreed, 24%…
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Improving Cultural and Linguistic Competence: The Case of Integrated Physical and Mental Health Care
…Peter M. Rivera, the committee undertook a comprehensive review of the mental health delivery system in New York State. Not surprisingly, the Committee’s report released in 2002, titled Broken Promises,…
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Housing and Mental Health Services Are Key to Recovering from Trauma
…still out here facing my mental illness and S:US is there. I gotta commend S:US, my family, and the community. Everybody plays a part. The community really accepted me as…
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From Fitness to Book Clubs, Virtual Volunteers Provide New Programs at AHRC NYC
…supports to see their friends while attempting to establish a routine. It brought comfort to families and their loved ones. Jose España, AHRC NYC’s Quality Assurance Compliance Transportation Manager, was…
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Announcing Services for the Underserved’s New CEO
…and President of Quality Healthcare Solutions, a consulting firm that provided training and consulting services for healthcare systems including community-based behavioral health agencies, hospital systems, and local and state regulatory…
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Coordinated Behavioral Care Wins Prestigious Heritage Healthcare Organizational Leadership Award
…as a transformative trend that will close gaps in services and increase access to high quality programs for all New Yorkers. In accepting the award, CBC President and CEO, Jorge…
