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Suicide in the Military: Army NIH-Funded Study Points to Risk and Protective Factors
…Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D. (Harvard Medical School), and with collaborating scientists Lisa J. Colpe, Ph.D., M.P.H. (NIMH), and Michael Schoenbaum, Ph.D. (NIMH). Contact us at <http://www.armystarrs.org/media_room> The mission of the…
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The Keys to My Recovery: Stable Supportive Housing and Meaningful Employment
…services, and advocating for the rights of people to live without fear or stigma. Find out more and get involved at www.communityaccess.org/facebook. And visit www.communityaccess.org/ca-voices to read other tenant stories….
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Housing and Employment, The Foundation for Recovery: Keeping the Focus in a Changing Environment
…of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) has been, “housing and employment is the foundation for recovery”, but what does that mean? In order to create a person-centered, recovery-oriented…
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AHRC New York City Launches New Initiative to Better Serve the Community
…Foundation (www.ahrcnycfoundation.org). The four PhD psychologists hired by AHRC to provide supervision are some of the best ABA practitioners in the tri-state area. They come from Rutgers University Douglas Center,…
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From Isolation and Despair to Engagement and Activation: The Peer Support Specialist’s Role in the Behavioral Health Care System
…Health Promotion. Addressing chronic disease through community health workers: A policy and systems-level approach. Policy brief on community health workers. Washington, DC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2010. http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/docs/chw_brief.pdf…
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A Comprehensive Overview of Psychotherapy
…resources for locating services are available at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/getting-help-locate-services/index.shtml. Citations 1 Hofmann SG, Smits JA. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for adult anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry….
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Can New York State Healthcare Reforms Advance Recovery?
…look at the startling results several managed care pilots in Texas and Pennsylvania are having with individualized budgeting based projects supported by peer brokers at http://www.cmhsrp.uic.edu/nrtc/sdcwebpage.asp. The flexibility in these…
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Women and Depression: Discovering Hope
…Neurosciences. 2004 Fall; 16(4): 465-471. Credits NIMH: “Women and Depression: Discovering Hope” A booklet that describes the symptoms, treatment and factors contributing to depression that are unique to women. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/women-and-depression-discovering-hope/index.shtml…
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Inequality in the Effects of Disaster Trauma in Women
…response can take the Psychological First Aid training online for free CEU’s at http://learn.nctsn.org/course/category.php?id=11. References Norris, F. H., Friedman, M.J., Watson, P.J., Byrne, C.M., Diaz, E. &Kaniasty, K. (2002). 60,000…
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Mental Illness Education Does Make a Difference: “Breaking the Silence” Found to be Effective
…on BTS and the NIMH study visit www.btslessonplans.org. For NAMI Queens/Nassau call 516-326-0797or visit www.namiqn.org. The project described was supported by Grants Number R01MH076093 and R01MH075837 from the NIMH. The…
