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Community Capacity: Can We Deliver Better Treatment for Children and Families?
…“Community-based care” was never more literal. The intent is that the majority of treatment and supports will be provided “offsite”, or in the home, school, and community. Once consent is…
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Essentials for Working with Teenagers in Groups
…through 24 and their families. To find out more, visit: www.northshorechildguidance.org. He is the author of Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and Practice (Guilford Press), now in its third edition….
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Funding for NYS Opioid Epidemic
…Seneca, Livingston, Wyoming, Orleans, Chenango, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Essex, Hamilton, Warren, Fulton, Washington, Rensselaer, Albany, Schoharie, Delaware, Putnam, Westchester, and Rockland. Each county will have the flexibility to…
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Implementing Universal Suicide Risk Screening in Healthcare Settings: Model Could Help Hospitals Better Identify and Aid Youth at Risk for Suicide
…risk of suicide. Results from these research efforts are poised to make a real difference and help save lives.” In 2007, The Joint Commission (TJC) (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/labs-at-nimh/asq-toolkit-materials/index.shtml) released a National Patient…
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Medicaid Redesign Will Help Children and Families Get the Right Services at the Right Time
…children and their families to receive “the right services, at the right time and in the right amount.” To learn more about NYS Children’s Medicaid Redesign, please go to: https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/behavioral_health/children/index.htm….
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System Change and Service Providers: Opportunities and Challenges in Addressing Unmet Needs
…children’s mental health system and instead, identified that a separate Children’s Subcommittee was needed because: “The children’s behavioral health system of care was under-resourced and had insufficient capacity.” Unlike every…
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The NYSPA Report: Spotlight on OnTrackNY – New York’s First-Episode Psychosis Early Intervention Program
…the duration of untreated psychosis and providing hopeful, developmentally appropriate and high-quality care to young people experiencing the onset of psychosis,” said Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H., Director of OnTrackNY. “It…
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Integrated Health Care for Older Adults: A Model Partnership
…the chief executive of Service Program for Older People since 1990. To learn more about SPOP’s community-based behavioral health programs for older adults visit www.spop.org or contact Nancy at nharvey@spop.org….
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“Wrapping Around” Integrated Care
…Director of Operations; Amy Faus, MPH, CPH, CHES, is Health/Wellness Educator; and Jan Schlaier, Ed.D; FNP-BC, is Director of Health Services, at Bergen’s Promise. For more information, please visit www.bergenspromise.org….
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Behavioral Health Providers Moving the Needle on Diabetes
…(e.g., jointly offered programs by the American Psychological Association and American Diabetes Association, training offered via PCDC, and others). Facilitate screening and intervention through cross-disciplinary communication (e.g., working side by…
