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Seeking Health Care Services While Undocumented
…committed to giving every New Yorker the tools they can use to lead a life of purpose. Navigating the health care system can be complex and complicated even for insured…
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Integration of Naloxone Distribution in a Federally Qualified Health Center
…serving communities with the highest rates of overdose deaths in NYC and New York State.” The overarching goal of the naloxone distribution program is to reduce the rates of fatal…
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Project Access: An Investigation of Access to Quality Mental Health and Addictions Care
…addictions care. Private health insurers pay substandard rates of reimbursement for mental health and addictions care. Consequently, a growing number of providers including community-based organizations no longer participate in an…
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Meeting the Medical Needs of People with Serious Mental Illness: Will New Initiatives Work?
…an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University’s schools of Social Work and Public Health. He can be contacted by email at mbfriedman@aol.com, and you can visit his website at www.michaelbfriedman.com….
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Substance Misuse in Older Adults
…substance misuse among older adults so that New York can lead the way as the healthiest state for people of all ages. Footnotes https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1141.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540205/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15209658 https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/opioid-overdose-deaths-by-age-group https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_2792/ShortReport-2792.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4146436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4146436/…
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A Handshake that Inspired a Recovery: The History and Future of Mental Health News
…through the center reminded him of how he used to dress and collaborate on fundraising projects with community leaders. He became nervous when the director and banker came over to…
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Time to Confront the Challenges of an Aging America
…Health and Substance Use | KFF Products – Data Briefs – Number 492 – March 2024 (cdc.gov) Mortality Associated With Mental Disorders and Comorbid General Medical Conditions | Psychiatry and…
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A “Prescription” for Integrated Care for Chronic Pain and Associated Conditions
…and substance use disorders: the TROUP study. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 26(1), 1-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917238/ Huzar, T. (2021, May 19). More and more US adults have chronic pain, new study…
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Upgrading Skills in a Changing Mental Health Care Environment
…ensure excellent quality and service, and find innovative, cutting edge solutions to treatment planning and work-flow. To ensure that staff provides the highest quality care, NYP/WD has developed a number…
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The Future of Mental Health Care: Better Services and More Research
…for a psychotic disorder using a combination of behavioral criteria along with family history. Even the best of these methodologies produces an unacceptably high false positive rate meaning that 40%…
