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Housing for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities: A Continuing Critical Need
…Hearing in 2007. http://www.budget.ny.gov/pubs/press/2007/hearings/budgetIssueHearings/housing/NewYorkStateCampaignforMentalHealthHousing.pdf (4) NYS Department of Health. RFA for Senior Supportive Housing. http://www.health.ny.gov/funding/rfa/1212230202/index.htm (5) NYS Department of Health. RFA for Nursing Home to Independent Living Supportive Housing. http://www.health.ny.gov/funding/rfa/1310280314/index.htm…
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An Epidemic Rages On: “Treatment” Is Not Enough
…states cope with synthetic opioids. The Commonwealth Fund. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2023/overdose-deaths-declined-remained-near-record-levels-during-first-nine-months-2022-states Case, A. & Deaton, A. (2021). Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism. Princeton University Press. Centers for Disease Control…
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Wellness in the Workplace
…of companies with more than 50,000 workers had wellness programs, as did half of U.S. employers with at least 50 workers” (Health Care News 2/2/14). While clearly beneficial to employees,…
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Using Social Determinants of Health for the Field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The concept of social determinants of health (SDOH) is particularly useful for the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Of course, this is not new news because the field…
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Game-Changers: Expanding Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment in 2024
…of Health: There are new service codes for peer support specialists and community health workers designed to address social determinants of health (SDOH). These new service codes, namely community health…
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Mental Health in Health Care Reform: High Hopes but Big Battles Ahead
…of New York City. He currently teaches at Columbia University’s schools of social work and public health. His writings are collected at www.michaelbfriedman.com, and he can be reached at mbfriedman@aol.com….
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Adapting the Compeer Volunteer Program During COVID-19
…pandemic. Laura Stein, LMSW, is Coordinator at the WJCS Compeer Program. To learn more about the Compeer program, please go to www.wjcs.com. To contact Ms. Stein, please write to lstein@wjcs.com….
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Population Health: Transforming Health Care to Improve Our Health
…and Mental Hygiene, hospital associations, NYS county governments, community health care providers, researchers, global and local companies, universities, and the NY Academy of Medicine. We met at the headquarters of…
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Housing People with Serious Mental Illness in Jails and Prisons: Why Are We Still Criminalizing Mental Illness?
…help support mental health recovery and to reduce the population of the seriously mentally ill that end up incarcerated. For more information, contact Dr. Erin Falconer, erin.falconer@odhsolutions.com; and visit https://www.odhsolutions.com….
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Social Security Matters – The Impact of Special Housing on Social Security Disability Claims
We are thrilled to be writing the first of what we hope will be many articles for Mental Health News. I hope that the quality and content of our columns…
