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Understanding and Treating Depression
…deaths.19 Most older adults with depression improve when they receive treatment with an antidepressant, psychotherapy, or a combination of both.20 Research has shown that medication alone and combination treatment are…
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AAS Guidelines Help Identify Risk of Suicide for Inpatient and Residential Patients
…are not comprehensive treatment guidelines regarding suicidal persons and are not a substitute for the clinical decisions that arise from the treatment relationship. Research to support these recommendations is not…
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Embracing Agency-Wide Change: Delivering Person-Centered Services at MHA Westchester
…that in the Spring of 2008 MHA jumped at the chance to join with the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) to participate in “Care Coordination” an innovative…
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A Healthy Place to Rest Your Head
…been inadequate to provide the needed additional structure and support. A housing application is completed by the social worker and handed off to Assertive Community Treatment teams or care coordinators…
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For One Mind, Too Many Silos
…intervention with entry into a compassionate continuum of care rather than into non-communicative and competitive “silos.” The continuum needs to be the commonly noted mix of crisis, inpatient, outpatient, residential,…
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Transgender and HIV: Stigma and Discrimination Can No Longer Have a Place in Healthcare
…persons, and that Black/African-American transgender women were most likely to test HIV positive, compared to those of other races/ethnicities: 56% of Black/African-American transgender women had positive HIV test results compared…
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Bridging the Leadership Gap
…of belonging in the workspace. We help organizations develop systems for change to dismantle barriers to success. For more information please visit www.marypendergreene.com, and by email at mary@mpgconsultingnyc.com, (212) 245-2510….
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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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A Root Cause of the Opiate Drug Abuse Epidemic
…be unfair, however, to attribute the ensuing epidemic of opiate drug abuse and addiction solely to The Joint Commission standards. Several years before they were released, aggressive marketing campaigns by…
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Stories of Stigma in the Healthcare System
…based on higher rates of metabolic, respiratory, and cardiovascular disease. (Parks et al., 2006). The causal factors are complex, but research shows one contributing factor is stigma experienced within the…
