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CoveCare and MHA Putnam Team up to Provide Continuity and Services
…in our community. Visit www.mhaputnam.org for more information. CoveCare Center: CoveCare Center, formerly known as Putnam Family and Community Services, Inc., is the only private agency providing recovery-based mental health…
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System Transformation in Substance Use Disorder Care: New York State Progress and Priorities
…enter treatment to wait for that care for an extended time. OASAS has developed the treatment availability tool, at www.FindAddictionTreatment.ny.gov (https://findaddictiontreatment.ny.gov/pub/ctrldocs/oasastaw/www/index.html#/app/search), so that individuals and family members can find treatment…
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Circle of Security Parenting Program: A Wise Early Intervention Investment to Promote Healthy Futures
…paper No. 3. Updated Edition. Retrieved from developingchild.harvard.edu. Kobak, R., Cassidy, J., Lyons-Ruth, K., & Ziv, Y. (2006). Attachment and developmental psychopathology. In D. Cicchetti (Ed.), Developmental psychopathology (2nd; pp….
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The NYSPA Report: Transforming Systems of Care for Children
…education programs to PCPs, including teleconferences, webinars, and “core trainings”, a 5-hour on-site program at PCP offices that cover the basics of assessment and management of common problems. All CAP…
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Transgender and HIV: Stigma and Discrimination Can No Longer Have a Place in Healthcare
…to 17% of white or 16% of Hispanic/Latina transgender women” (www.cdc.gov/hiv/group/gender/transgender/). The prevalence of HIV and AIDS among transgender men have been reportedly low, but this might be due to…
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Workforce Development Needs of Addiction Professionals in New Jersey
…to an increase in the clinician’s scope of treatment. (www.naadac.org) Of students who have already become licensed or certified since graduating from our program, 54% are Master’s-level LCADC clinicians; 25%…
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Changing Physician Roles and Relationships in Integrated Care
…as many as 70% of visits to primary care sites “stem from psychosocial issues” (http://www.milbank.org/uploads/documents/10430EvolvingCare/EvolvingCare.pdf). However, the great demands on PCPs’ time have meant that, in most cases, only people…
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The NYSPA Parity Enforcement Project: New Tools for Patients and Providers in The Fight Against Parity
…with respect to MH/SUD benefits (29 C.F.R. §2590.712(d)(2)). Under ERISA, plan participants and beneficiaries have the right to request copies of “instruments under which the plan is established or operated…
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The Opioid Addiction Epidemic: An Interview with Andrew Kolodny, MD, National Expert on the Current Opioid Addiction Epidemic in the United States
…Vermont devoted his entire State of The State Address to the crisis they are dealing with (www.governor.vermont.gov/newsroom-state-of-state-speech-2013). Many other state’s elected officials have come out to proclaim the opioid epidemic…
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Addressing Trauma and Substance Abuse with Peer-Led Programs
…one method doesn’t work, try something else… and, never, never, give up. Resources Najavits, L., Hamilton, N., Miller, N., Doherty, J., Welsh, T., & Vargo, M. (2014). Peer-led Seeking Safety:…
