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Integrating Peers within Behavioral Health Programs
…within the clinical setting. For example, Project Hospitality, a local multidisciplinary and integrated service delivery community-based organization (CBO), utilizes peers within a variety of their programs. One is within an…
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Towards Seamless Integration: Advocating for Reform
…teams, with open and frequent communication. Health Records: Currently, many integrated care systems use one electronic health record (EHR) for behavioral health care and another one for physical health care….
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NY State Department of Health Warns the Public in Central New York About Alarming Increase In Opioid Overdoses
…resources available through the Opioid Overdose Prevention Program to help those in need. Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH NY State Health Commissioner “Cases of overdose are on the rise in…
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Behavioral Health News and Autism Spectrum News: Supporting the Community During the COVID-19 Crisis
…demonstrate your commitment and help sustain our award-winning publications. Thank you so much for your compassion and generosity. We stand together and we will get through this as a community….
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ECT For Depression: An βOldβ 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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How Modeling Compassion Can Help Reduce Stigma in Mental Health
…M.J., Wilderjans T.F., Spinhoven P., Speckens A.E.M. (2021). Interplay between self-compassion and affect during Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living for recurrent depression: An Autoregressive Latent Trajectory analysis. Journal of Behavior Research and…
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Promoting Post-Pandemic Growth
…of grief and loss that will be with us for some time to come. It has changed the way we think about our own lives, our perceptions of safety and…
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LGBTQ Parenting Issues
…there is still overwhelming bias in our schools, jobs, places of worship and in our communities, with the greatest intolerance and bias against the Trans* community. Adolescence can be a…
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Using Local Data to Reduce Suicide Death
…information that previously existed only in silo-ed systems. This information may come from, for example, the Medical Examiner, law enforcement, medical or other systems. The information is reviewed not to…
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The Sensory Comfort Cart: A Portable Resource to Assist in the Recovery of Patients with Co-Occurring Diagnoses
This article describes a brief history of sensory modalities in mental health and substance abuse treatment, the purpose and current use of a sensory comfort cart at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Division…
