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Women and Depression: Discovering Hope
Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings are usually fleeting and pass within a couple of days. When a woman has a depressive disorder, it interferes with daily…
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Overcoming Silos to Create Better Service Delivery
…treatment practices is how competent a provider feels in assessing and navigating the presenting condition. For example, many behavioral health or medical providers may underdiagnosis substance use conditions due to…
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An Interview with Helen Blair Simpson, MD, PhD, Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the NYS Psychiatric Institute
…that we do not know yet. Q: When somebody comes in for treatment, are they aware of what the problem is? For example, do patients comes in for their first…
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Caring for Older Adults and People with Mental Illness During the Pandemic
…duty—he started calling people, going through all his contacts, and finally found a place that said, “if you come in half an hour, we’ll test you.” Eventually my test came…
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Developing a Culture of Accountability and Belonging
…the worst behavior that leaders are willing to tolerate. An effective culture shift requires the engagement of the entire leadership team. This means demonstrating a clear commitment and meaningful awareness…
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Social Security: Dispelling the Myths
…more information on the Medicaid Buy In for Working People with Disabilities or MBI WPD, visit the NYS Department of Health’s website at www.health.state.ny.us. So there really is no reason…
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The NYSPA Report: A Response to the NYS OMH Report on Inpatient Suicide
…it also is dependent on self-examination, introducing the risk of subjectivity and bias. To counter that risk OMH requests re-investigation when they feel an institution has overlooked something. We do…
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How Social Determinants Affect Young Adults with Autism and Learning Differences: Creating a Plan for Future Success
…community, and staying healthy and safe (Thompson 2018). Repeated social failures may generalize to all events and can develop into a passive, failure-prone attributional style consistent with learned helplessness and…
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Peer Support Workforce Shortages Anticipated: What You Can Do
…and prisons, partial hospitalization, bridge programs, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Intensive and Sustained Engagement Team (INSET), continuing day treatment, adult homes, re-entry programs, housing programs, care coordination programs, Community Oriented…
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The Economics of Recovery: Demystifying Government Work Incentives
…Caseworker then remembers SSAs’ Red Book that said if a person on SSI applied for various work incentives, like Ticket-To-Work and Pass Plan, they could return to self-sustaining work. They…
