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Focus on Addiction Psychiatry: An Interview with Petros Levounis, MD, President of the American Psychiatric Association (APA)
…love to hear more about the APA’s anti-vaping campaign. Dr. Levounis: There are several components to the dangers of vaping. First, many people, especially young people, do not appreciate that…
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Consumer Perspectives: Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Health, Chronic Illness, and Homelessness
…really wanted people to have an open mind, ask me questions, hear me out, listen to me to understand where I was coming from,” said Robert. “I was constantly thinking…
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The Diabetes Co-Morbidity Initiative – The Institute for Community Living Responds to Health Crisis
…about diabetes is available at: The American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org and The Joslin Diabetes Center: www.joslin.org. Rosemarie Sultana-Cordero, LMHC, Diabetes Co-morbidity Initiative Clinical Coordinator, at the Institute for Community Living….
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The Economics of Recovery: The Making of a Consumer Advocate
…our community meetings into focus groups, administered opinion surveys, conducted prototype testing, web content development and economics of recovery research. The more we listened, the more questions were raised and…
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Black Men and Mental Health: Practical Solutions
…services and when they do, they are more likely to receive less adequate care. Nashira Funn Kayode, PhD, LCSW The ultimate consequences have been detrimental for the Black community. Suicide…
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Breaking Down Barriers to Using Social Determinants of Health Data
…of the social determinants. Including social determinants as part of the latest USCDI dataset provides an avenue for interoperability and sharing of this information. Beyond having this information standardized, we…
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Understanding Eating Disorders: An Overview from the NIMH
…usual, but at some point, the urge to eat less or more spirals out of control. Eating disorders are very complex, and despite scientific research to understand them, the biological,…
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Preparing College Students for the Spring Semester: Strategies to Manage Negative Feelings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
…PhD, BCBA-D is Executive Director of Behavior Therapy Associates in Somerset, New Jersey. They can be reached at azultanky@BehaviorTherapyAssociates.com and mselbst@BehaviorTherapyAssociates.com and you can visit their online website at www.BehaviorTherapyAssociates.com….
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Lessons Learned in Effectively Advancing Co-Occurring Competent Care
…on licensing/regulatory, quality improvement, and prevention/community engagement. Participating organizations also utilize a tool–the Compass-EZ– to evaluate their level of co-occurring competency and establish goals, including promoting a welcoming atmosphere from…
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Self-Care is Essential to Well-being at Work
…toolkit is a free, downloadable resource that can be found at https://www.vibrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Vibrant_Toolkit_Staying-in-Balance.pdf. It provides resources for organizations to encourage a culture of wellness, and also provides tools that staff members…
