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The Mental Health Association of Rockland and The Mental Health Association of Westchester Announce Intent to Merge
…more – as well as educational opportunities and advocacy efforts. Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in Mount Kisco, White Plains, Yonkers and Upper Nyack complement a variety of community-based, mobile…
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Addressing Clinician Burnout in a Community Mental Health Setting During the COVID Pandemic
…they had to manage many cases. This forced us to go back to the drawing board and think of additional ways to reduce caseload sizes, such as the use of…
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Applied Behavior Analysis as a Treatment for Survivors of Trauma
…2022 from https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/ptsd.pdf Department of Veterans Affairs. (2018). How Common is PTSD in Adults? Retrieved November 17, 2022, from https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/common/common_adults.asp Hamwey, M. K., Gargano, L. M., Friedman, L. G., Leon,…
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The Integral Role of Families in Promoting Mental Health and Managing Mental Illness
…part of the assessment and interventions with families. Translated documentation across multiple languages and communication means (e.g., website, letters, emails, family portal language), and access to interpreters for phone calls,…
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PSA Addresses Mental Health Stigma in the Latino Community
…culturally responsive programs to help address the mental health needs of the Latino community. Our Helpline provides information, education, and support in Spanish and 180 other languages. We’ve also developed…
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Caring for Yourself: Learning to Live with a Substance Use Disorder
…normalizing mental health conditions within communities of color, LGBTQ communities, and helping people get access to services. She is based in New York/New Jersey. Sources www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/featured-topics/substance-use-disorders/index.html#:~:text=or%20social%20class.-,Key%20Facts,-SUDs%20are%20treatable www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/factsheets/alcohol.htm#:~:text=estimates%20that%201,excessive%20alcohol%20use Our Epidemic of…
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Redefining Supported and Transitional Employment as Key Tools for Recovery
…adoption, it is essential to focus on advocacy, education, and de-stigmatization efforts. Combining supported and transitional employment can create a comprehensive approach to mental health recovery through employment. Initially starting…
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Breaking Mental Health Stigma in the NYC Hispanic/Latino Community
…reasons many Hispanics/Latinos are left without the support they need. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted this community. Despite these challenges, NAMI-NYC has made efforts to address mental…
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Analysis of Social Media Language Using AI Models Predicts Depression Severity for White Americans, but Not Black Americans
…caveat that social media language is not analogous to everyday language, so future work on language-based models must take this into account. “It’s important to note that social media language…
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More Than 321,000 US Children Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose From 2011 to 2021
…that not only are communities of color experiencing overdose death disparities, but also underscore the need for responses to the overdose crisis moving forward to comprehensively address the needs of…
