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SAMHSA Announces Unprecedented $30 Million Harm Reduction Grant Funding Opportunity to Help Address the Nation’s Substance Use and Overdose Epidemic
…reduction service providers in historically under-resourced communities will receive long-awaited support to help stem the disproportionate number of overdose deaths and related health issues facing those communities.” SAMHSA will distribute…
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Spotlight on Research: An Interview with Jeffrey Borenstein, MD President and CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
…new approaches to treating depression, and the adolescent brain and mood disorder risk. BBRF holds an annual mental health research symposium in New York City in October with complimentary admission…
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The Mental Health Association of Westchester and The Mental Health Association of Rockland Merge and Rebrand as Greater Mental Health of New York
The Mental Health Association of Westchester and The Mental Health Association of Rockland announced the completion of their merger and the new name of their combined organization: Greater Mental Health…
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“Children’s System of Care” in Westchester County, New York
…management, and training to be instituted as part of the System of Care. The latest additions have been the Subcommittees on Trauma and Community Partnership for Undoing Racism which have…
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Harm Reduction: Theory and Practice
…on Opioids and Other Drugs, will be published by Scribner (Simon & Schuster) on May 8, 2018 (http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Addiction-Solution/Lloyd-Sederer/9781501179440). You may reach him on Twitter: @askdrlloyd, and on his Website: www.askdrlloyd.com….
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Meeting the Housing Needs of Young Adults with Behavioral Health Challenges
…“The Adolescent Brain: New Research and Its Implications for Young People Transitioning From Foster Care”, The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, 2011. 2. To download the report, please visit http://www.ccsinyc.org….
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An Interview with Helen Blair Simpson, MD, PhD, Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the NYS Psychiatric Institute
…field and the latest research opportunities, I hope your readers might consider participating in research in the future and become our partners in advancing the field. Q: What are anxiety…
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Collaborations Make Aging in Place a Reality for People Living with Mental Illness
…and community integration. OMH housing providers shared anecdotes of successful collaborations of home care agencies, residential support staff and community-based medical and behavioral health providers and highlighted the significant time…
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FAST-PS: A New Initiative for Developing Novel Treatments for Psychosis and Other Mental Disorders
…implement the NIMH FAST-PS Initiative. The FAST-PS Initiative is designed to rapidly and efficiently identify and test the most promising new compounds as treatments for psychotic disorders. This new paradigm…
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Residential Treatment Services as a Vital Part of the Continuum of Care for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults – An Interview with Harvey Newman, CEO of Wellspring Residential Treatment Facility
…to relate to family, community, and school, to become functioning and productive members of their social community. There are often very complicated, sad, angry, and difficult relations between parents and…
