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Integrated Health Care: A Life Saving Concept in Search of a Functional Reality
…The concept of a competent community was developed decades ago to characterize the positive synergistic impact that can be harnessed when various support elements of a community have a common…
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Mental Health in Schools: Moving Stigma Out in the Open
…School of Medicine. https://www.schoolmentalhealth.org/media/SOM/Microsites/NCSMH/Documents/Quality-Guides/Tier-1-Quality-Guide-1.29.20.pdf New York State Education Department. (July 2018). Mental Health Education Literacy in Schools: Linking To A Continuum of Well-Being Comprehensive Guide. http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/programs/curriculum-instruction/continuumofwellbeingguide.pdf Teen Mental Health (www.teenmentalhealth.org)…
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The Economics of Recovery: Finding Your Voice
…can reach millions of people, 24/7, for free. If I could create the right content and post it on the right site for our population, their friends, families, therapists, counselors,…
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Promoting Wellness and Preventing Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults
…patients and improve community linkages to support healthier lifestyles. References www.ncadd.org/images/stories/PDF/factsheet-alcoholismanddrugdependence amongolderadults.pdf www.socialworktoday.com/archive/012312p8.shtml and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) and the National…
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Post-COVID Strategies to Achieve the Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health System We’ve Needed All Along
…of Justice Statistics. https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/imhprpji1112.pdf Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019). Tables of summary health statistics. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/shs/tables.htm Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2018). CMS announces new Medicaid demonstration opportunity…
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CPI’s Employment Resource Book – Designed to Help Consumers Achieve their Employment Goals
…OMH’s system-transformation initiatives. Improving competitive employment outcomes for mental health consumers is a high priority for NYS, since these outcomes have historically been very low. For example, PROS programs across…
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Improving Access to Health Care for Mental Health Consumers
…(PCP) or psychiatrist of the Metabolic Syndrome Monitoring Protocol; review by the PCP or psychiatrist of the Protocol’s test results with consumer and case manager, as well as communication of…
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Preparing Youth with Behavioral Health Needs to Enter the Workforce: A Pathway to Housing
…management and other skills using group simulation activities to prepare them for real-life experiences. These include engaging in an apartment search, completing the eligibility checker to see if they qualify…
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Put Mental Health into “Healthy Aging”
…Overview. 2012. www.ncoa.org/wp-content/uploads/Series-Overview-Issue-Brief-1.pdf. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Older Adults and Mental Health. In: Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. 1999; 46-47. www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter5/sec1.html. 12 Wang P,…
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Addressing the Human Services Workforce Crisis Through Training and Professional Development
…in conjunction with the New York State Talent Development Consortium, has developed some direct support professional core competencies (www.workforcetransformation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/NYS_Core_Competencies_and_NADSP-Code_of_Ethics.pdf). The competencies are presented as seven overarching service goals. The goals…
