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The Sensory Comfort Cart: A Portable Resource to Assist in the Recovery of Patients with Co-Occurring Diagnoses
…disorders to achieve a more sustainable recovery. A resource for both patients and practitioners can be found on the internet at www.sensoryconnectionprogram.com. For more information about NYPWD’s Addiction Recovery program…
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Why Integrated Care for Co-Occurring Disorders Is So Important
…is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University School of Social Work and is Chair of The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of New York. He can be reached at www.michaelbfriedman.com….
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Vulnerable Populations: People of Color in Leadership Roles
…instead of, but in addition to, white leaders. Looking Ahead: It will take all of us, and our combined efforts, to make our organizations and our profession a place where…
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Suicide Prevention as a Core Responsibility
…Joint Commission Released Sentinel Event Alert 56: Detecting and Treating Suicide in ALL Settings (emphasis added). This alert aims to “assist all health care organizations providing both inpatient and outpatient…
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Vulnerable Populations: People of Color in Leadership Roles
…instead of, but in addition to, white leaders. Looking Ahead: It will take all of us, and our combined efforts, to make our organizations and our profession a place where…
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CCBHC as a Roadmap for Behavioral Health Leadership and Participation within Accountable Delivery Systems
Uncertainty about the future state of publicly-funded health care is widespread following the presidential election. However, the design of accountable delivery systems committed to comprehensive, cost effective care continues to…
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Fight Against Threats to Behavioral Heath Funding
…some behavioral health services, only 61% of private individual health plans had any mental health coverage and only 54% had coverage for addictions. And mental and substance use disorders were…
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Substance Use and Treatment Services for the LGBTQ Community
…use the “Genderbread Person” or The Sexualitree” from the website: www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com. Also of importance is the creation of a Safe Space. A safe space is both visual and sensed. Visually,…
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10 Percent of US Adults Have Drug Use Disorder at Some Point
…Medicine. Additionally, he completed a public psychiatry fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian-New York State Psychiatric Institute. About Beacon Health Options Beacon Health Options is a health improvement company that serves 47…
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MHA Vet2Vet Program: Leading the Way in Peer Support
…comes in two phases; Basic Training (BT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Many who had never accomplished much in their whole lives now have universally understood roles in our society;…
