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Older Adults and Psychiatric Rehabilitation
…lifetime and are now retired. The concept of “work” needs to be broadened slightly to incorporate volunteering, mentoring, or off-the-books employment. Rather than focusing more narrowly on competitive employment, the…
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Identifying Gaps in Employment and Vocational Supports
…plans in a particular way, having our charts pass utilization reviews or audits, simply satisfying all of our “other” duties. How do you combat this? How do we remain true…
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Regarding Divorced People with Mental Illness and the Expression “Being on the Dole” – Two Issues that Warrant Our Attention
…It was like being revived from being in a coma for almost 10 years. The first thing I said to my doctors when I began to come around was “I’ve…
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The NYSPA Report: Spotlight on OnTrackNY – New York’s First-Episode Psychosis Early Intervention Program
…please visit www.ontrackny.org. The OnTrackNY website also provides community resources including videos of personal stories and successes in the program, access to the OnTrackNY blog and monthly newsletter and community…
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Unintended Consequences: Are We Inadvertently Increasing Heroin Overdose Deaths?
…can find him on twitter: @richardjuman Credits: This article appeared originally on 1/15/15 on TheFix.com and can be read there with full embedded internet links to important references at: http://www.thefix.com/content/unintended-consequences%C2%A0are-we-inadvertently-increasing-heroin-overdose-deaths….
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety
…feel anxious. An Anxiety disorder crosses all races and socioeconomic classes and can even affect our support systems such as healthcare professionals, police officers, fire fighters and first responders. In…
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ECT For Depression: An ‘Old’ Treatment Gets Better
…recent research studies are helping doctors administer ECT in ways that minimize side effects. Severe depression, called “major depression,” is a common and debilitating illness. Episodes of symptoms can last…
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The Impacts of Problem Gambling
…money to gamble) Often gambling when feeling distressed After losing money gambling, often returning to get even (referred to as “chasing” one’s losses) Lying to conceal gambling activity Jeopardizing or…
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Intentional Peer Support: Using a Crisis as an Opportunity for Growth and Change
…training lasted a full week and was part workshop, rite of passage, and bonding experience: a compelling mix of lecture, presentation, role play, discussion and video. Shery and her colleagues…
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Recovery and Employment Go Hand in Hand at Federation of Organizations
…Organizations PROS Program and her experience working as an intern in our Companion Program. The Companion Program is a peer outreach program relying on mutual support. Denise feels her volunteer…
