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Crisis Respite: An Effective Intervention in the Continuum of Recovery
…the community.” Staff members work closely with guests and their treatment team to establish goals for their stay and for their return to their community setting. Peer Counselors follow up…
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NY State Department of Health Warns the Public in Central New York About Alarming Increase In Opioid Overdoses
Providers and Public Encouraged to Take Advantage of New Standing Order, Allowing New Yorkers to Get Naloxone Without a Prescription On August 26, 2022, The New York State Department of…
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Improving Children’s Health by Focusing on Value
…many other states, New York is testing new payment methodologies in an effort to achieve positive changes in how health care is delivered and in individual and population health. An…
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COVID-19 Crisis Exposes Missing Social Determinant of Health Domain
…of New York (VNSNY). You can find out more about VNSNY at www.vnsny.org. If you have questions or comments about CMHS and/or this project, please email Leah Blumberg at leah.blumberg@vnsny.org….
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A Healthy Place to Rest Your Head
…the Second Chance Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Division in White Plains, New York. For more information on NewYork-Presbyterian’s Second Chance Program, please contact Andrew Bloch, MSW, LCSW-R, at (914) 997-5738….
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Reported Drug Use Among Adolescents Continued to Hold Below Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2023
…10th graders, and 31.2% of 12th graders reporting any illicit drug use in the past year, according to the latest results from the Monitoring the Future survey. Reported use for…
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Coping With Chronic Pain: Good Advice Is Easy to Give but Hard to Take
…who continues to advocate for improved care for people with cognitive and/or behavioral health conditions as a volunteer. His writings are available at www.michaelbfriedman.com. He can be contacted at mbfriedman@aol.com….
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Marijuana and Hallucinogen Use, Binge Drinking Reached Historic Highs Among Adults 35 to 50
…the latest stages in adulthood are equipped with up-to-date knowledge to help inform decisions related to substance use.” Since 1975, the MTF study has annually surveyed substance use behaviors and…
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Mental Health in BIPOC Communities: How to Reduce Stigma and Barriers
…Academic Psychiatry, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Feb. 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7933096/ O’Malley L. Addressing the Lack of Black Mental Health Professionals. Insight Into Diversity. 17 November 2021. https://www.insightintodiversity.com/addressing-the-lack-of-black-mental-health-professionals/#:~:text=Data%20from%20the%20American%20Psychiatric,percent%20of%20psychologists%20are%20Black https://therapyforblackgirls.com/ https://www.badbitcheshavebaddaystoo.com/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists…
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More Than Just a Change in Title: New Statewide Effort Supports the Move from Case Management to Care Management
…in this person’s support are tethered together, to continue the web analogy. The broadened responsibilities of the new role of the Care Manager add a number of new competencies. Overall,…
