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Caring for the Caregiver
…you are not alone. It is not easy but to become a compassionate caregiver, love with a whole heart (Orange, 2018). You may reach Julie at (469) 338-8960, or julie@coachdrjulie.com….
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) – Now Approved for OCD
…right now, and show great promise for the treatment of many neuropsychiatric conditions. Dr. Shapiro is currently a fourth-year psychiatry resident at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla New York. adam-shapiro@hotmail.com….
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We Need to Do More Than Just Talk About Mental Illness
…illness. Dr. Herbert Pardes is executive vice chairman of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Board, and President of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s Scientific Council. Credits: The Hill – 12/10/17, http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/364166-we-need-to-do-more-than-just-talk-about-mental-illness….
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The Integrated Mental Health and Addictions Treatment Training Certificate (IMHATT)
…IMHATT and other free training resources and tools (go to the following link to access that application: https://cumc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7UiDOZnSqJw7hyJ). For questions related to this article, please contact Nancy Covell at nancy.covell@nyspi.columbia.edu….
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The Myths, Abuses and Pseudoscience Surrounding “Evidence Based Medicine”
…features deserving of comment, but let me focus on this one. No one has ever done a systematized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, random assignment study of 60 mg of Fluoxetine in the…
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Trauma and “Whole Person” Healthcare
…Abuser), CAMI (Chemical Abuser/ Mentally Ill), Dual Disordered, and, now, COD (Co-occurring Disorder) have assuaged practitioner boundary anxieties, yet, they have largely misdirected practitioner attention to the periphery of the…
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Why Trauma Informed Care with Vulnerable Populations?
…et al., 2005) and more than half of women seeking substance abuse treatment report one or more lifetime traumas (Farley, Golding, Young ,Mulligan, & Minkoff, 2004; Najavits et al.,1997). In…
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Commentary on Treating Vulnerable, Mentally Ill Patients
…an unconscionable experience that begs for reform. Re-enter Dorothea Dix, stage left, 1854, inspiring calls for a return to Asylum. (See, “Improving Long-term Psychiatric Care, Bring Back the Asylum,” Journal…
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“Children’s System of Care” in Westchester County, New York
…System of Care concept: (a) Being community based; (b) Family driven and youth guided; (c) Culturally and linguistically competent; (d) Cross system in approach; (e) Employing a “never give up”…
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Understanding Eating Disorders in Gay Males
…females (Raevuoni, 2014). Challenging Assumptions It is essential that we challenge some of our fundamental assumptions about eating disorders; negative body image doesn’t discriminate, it plagues both sexes (Fidelman, 2013)….
