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Seven Tips for Teaching More Effective Job Skills
…was over communicating the curriculum, both verbally and with hand out text. Students complained of being overloaded with information. After testing a variety of media, we found a highly visual,…
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Bullied by Addiction
…sad. When I was the skinny kid, mom always tried to get me to eat more- I was her only kid and since she had barely survived the great depression,…
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Ensuring Humanity in Human Services Work
…have to be this way?” Coming to understand the answers to these questions is complex, because it requires us to take a critical view of our society. It means coming…
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Joint Senate Task Force on Opioids, Addiction and Overdose Prevention Testimony
…answering these questions, last year the Division on Addictions of the New York State Psychological Association created a White Paper on the Opioid Crisis (https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nyspa.org/resource/resmgr/docs/NYSPA_White_Paper_Opioid_Epi.pdf). It was distributed at the…
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The Need for Community-Based Early Intervention for Youth and Young Adults at Early Stages of Substance Use/Abuse
…All these high-risk youth and young adults would likely have been lost to addiction without intensive, community based, individualized early intervention. This type of early intervention model can be replicated…
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Eating Disorders: Early Warning Signs and Assessment
…Addison’s Disease etc.). In addition, there is a risk of complications from coexisting conditions like anxiety, depression, attention deficit disorder, addictions, trauma and personality disorders, which can interfere with a…
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Suffering from Mental Illness in the Orthodox Jewish Community
…an advocate in my community gave me the confidence I needed to have a fulfilling romantic relationship. I finally met someone I liked who also had a mental illness. Our…
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Ascent into Love: Surviving Schizophrenia
…people away and kept them safe at a distance. All of this, especially the illness itself, added to my isolation and complete withdrawal from humanity. Beyond popular belief, Schizophrenia does…
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Virtually Endless Possibilities in Trauma-Related Mental Health Care: A New NYC-DOHMH Training Initiative
…to take the course all at once or module-by-module, as time permits. In addition to adopting an emerging new technology with the key advantages of allowing learners to practice and…
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From the Publisher – Declining Physical Health: The Other Side of the Recovery Process
…it anymore. Why was I so tired all the time? Several years prior to this I had complained about the same thing and doctors said I had a few minor…
