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Addressing Stigma Among High School Students Using NAMI’s Ending the Silence
…mandated “school mental health education” in New York State schools to “help young people and their families and communities feel more comfortable seeking help” (http://www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction/mental-health). Despite the growth of interest…
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Pharmacogenomic Testing in Pain Management and Behavioral Health: A Pharmacist Perspective
…in pharmacogenomics. In comparison to other companies that offer PGx for psychiatric conditions, Admera Health offers an expanded gene-testing panel that covers over 300 drugs used in conditions for psychiatry,…
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Managing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Through Self-Care Strategies
…a clinical psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow at Behavior Therapy Associates in Somerset, New Jersey. They can be reached via Email at mselbst@BehaviorTherapyAssociates.com or azultanky@BehaviorTherapyAssociates.com. Please visit their online website at www.BehaviorTherapyAssociates.com….
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Today’s Opioid Addiction and Overdose Epidemic: How We Can Make a Difference
…Among Healthcare Professionals.” Available at: https://www.shatterproof.org/press/shatterproof-rize-massachusetts-and-ge-foundation-release-survey-massachusetts-healthcare Abelson R. Mental Health Treatment Denied to Customers by Giant Insurer’s Policies, Judge Rules. The New York Times. March 5, 2019. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/health/unitedhealth-mental-health-parity.html…
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Primary Care Integration: Alternative Workforce Strategies for Community-Based Behavioral Health Service Organizations in the Era of Physician Shortages
…combined totaled 2,730. (Peikes, D. The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative: Effects on Spending, Quality, Patients, And Physicians. Health Affairs. 2014;37(6). This is a significant shortfall that does not even come…
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The NYSPA Report: The Mentally Ill Elderly in Prison: A Behavioral Health Crisis
…the age of 50 as statistically more likely to have more common problems of “aging” even though the standard in the community is usually 65. This relatively “young” definition for…
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Symptoms of Depression and the Role of Traumatic Brain Injury
…not detected by standard medical tests, such as MRIs, CT scans or other tests, as the events that cause TBI may not leave an easily detectable wound or other physiological…
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Housing…Then and Now
…to the housing. This housing was a tremendous opportunity to individuals who were living independently in the community in sub-standard housing. For most, unsanitary, unsafe and undesirable apartments were all…
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Our Economy’s Effect on New York State’s Mental Health Budget
One can hardly turn on a television or listen to the radio without coming across some discussion of our present economic times. Terms like financial tsunami and economic disaster are…
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Only 1 in 4 Adolescent Treatment Facilities Offer Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
…Ph.D., who completed this research as a student in the OHSU School of Medicine. “We need to support these centers to make evidence-based care the norm.” “Buprenorphine is the one…
