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Centering the Family: What It Means to Implement Family-Focused Practice (FFP) in Adult Mental Health Care
…how to communicate with families too. One NYC study offers best practices for working with families, as well as supporting them.i The hospital teams – the palliative care and psychiatric…
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Integrated Treatment for Successful Aging
…changes take place. Michael B. Friedman writes about mental health and aging policy and practice. His writings can be found at: www.michaelbfriedman.com, and he can be reached at: mbfriedman@aol.com. References…
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Addressing the Psychological Fallout of The Coronavirus Pandemic
…with a highly contagious and possibly fatal disease is enormous. Staff burn-out is common. The people who do this courageous and vital work often need help themselves to manage the…
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Antidepressants: A Complicated Picture
…rates during these trials are relatively high. Combination treatment continues to show the most promise among older adults with depression as well. In a sample of older adults with depression,…
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Caregivers Plan for the Future with Federation of Organizations’ Financial Management Program
…Using a trust makes a big difference. For example, Patrick (not his real name) received a large retroactive SSI payment in the fall of 2008 which would have made him…
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Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Associated With Mental Disorders in Children That Persist Into Early Adolescence
…vulnerable to these disorders and behaviors. Published today in JAMA Pediatrics, this study analyzed data from the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study(link is external), the largest long-term study…
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Understanding and Detecting the Signs of Serious Mental Illness and Suicidal Ideation
…all. Learn more at www.relias.com. References S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Mental illness. National Institute of Mental Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness Mental health by the numbers. NAMI. (n.d.). https://www.nami.org/mhstats…
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From Psychoanalysis to CBT: One Psychiatrist’s Journey
…and Edna Foa developed and validated CBT treatments of anxiety disorders. These approaches involved challenging fearful, irrational beliefs (the “cognitions”) and entering avoided situations, so-called behavioral “exposure”. These pioneers established…
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The NYSPA Report: Medication for Children and Adolescents
…and clinical trials on children and adolescents. There are also limited funds to study the use of off patent medications. Other legislation allows the FDA to insist a pharmaceutical company…
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Parity for Consumers: What We Learned, and Where We Go from Here
…qualitative evaluation to complement the quantitative analysis, providing citizens and policymakers a more comprehensive picture of the impact of Timothy’s Law. Study Results In April of this year, our study…
