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Key Elements for Providers to Address During COVID-19
…activities responsive to COVID-19 and appoint personnel for leadership with accountability for oversight and management reporting. For example, if new services include teleservices, develop a crosswalk of current to new…
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The Economics of Recovery: How Consumers Can Help Close the Budget Gap
…more productive? Many years ago at the Center for Career Freedom’s weekly community meetings, we saw a potential for channeling our consumer’s anger, frustration, and chronic complaining into a think-tank…
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Transforming Service Delivery Systems, Organizational and Administrative Structures
…community around race. Transforming organizations is hard work; it’s much easier to slip into the comfortable and less challenging ways of operating. When other pressing issues come to the fore,…
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Inclusivity in Recovery: How Federation Adapts Addiction Services to Diverse Communities
…treatment. This is a common trend for Federation when it comes to providing recovery services; Federation aims to break any barriers that may prevent an individual or community for seeking…
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The Emotional Needs of Older Adults from the Former Soviet Union
…has a reliable support network that is attuned to a contemporary approach to mental illness. Thus, more family involvement and community education are still important tools in treating clients as…
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Family Matters: Designing for Empathy & Inclusion
…Morgan (mmorgan@wearetaylor.com) works in the San Diego office of Taylor Design, an architecture, interior design and strategic planning firm with five offices in California. For more information, go to www.wearetaylor.com….
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We Donβt Treat Brains, We Treat People
…billions on the war on drugs, on research and on treatment and yet have little overall impact on the epidemic. As Dr. Richard Juman recently noted on TheFix.com, when you…
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Addressing Social Determinants of Health Among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
…comprised 37 percent of individuals who identified as Black and 24 percent identifying as Hispanic. Homelessness is associated with a higher prevalence of mental and substance use disorders when compared…
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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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Can Medical Cannabis Treat Chronic Pain?
…as an alternative to opioids for chronic pain treatment. Currently, medical cannabis is legal in 38 states and the District of Columbia, with pain as the most common qualifying condition…
