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Behavioral Health Providers Moving the Needle on Diabetes
…patients address behavioral barriers to care (e.g., concerns about needles and monitoring devices, developing medication adherence habits and self-monitoring behaviors). Foster communication between patients and their medical teams (e.g., helping…
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Building Partnerships to Transform Autism Services
…creation, ABA was gaining momentum as an effective intervention for autism. Based on research that we had gathered, with commitment from Hunter College at the dean’s level, and funding from…
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Substance Use Disorder Measures and Preparing for Value-Based Purchasing
…support quality, transparency and promote consumer choice and excellence in addiction treatment. References American Society of Addiction Medicine. The ASAM Performance Measures for the Addiction Specialist Physician Available at: https://www.asam.org/docs/default-source/advocacy/performance-measuresfor-the-addiction-specialist-physician.pdf?sfvrsn=0…
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Ongoing Transformations at The MHA of Westchester
…Integrated Peer Support Services unify traditional and novel services to address clients’ needs and life situations. Our Intensive and Sustained Engagement and Treatment (INSET) program offers adjunctive and integrated supports…
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The NYSPA Report: New York’s Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Reporting Bill
…adverse determinations for MH/SUD claims including rate of appeals upheld or overturned, compared to similar rates for medical and surgical claims Percentage of claims paid for in-network MH/SUD services, compared…
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Unique People Services Opens Lynn’s Place: Agency’s First Mixed Income Affordable Housing Development
…Sullivan, Commissioner of NYS Office of Mental Health, Emily Lehman, Assistant Commissioner of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Kristen Miller, Center from Supportive Housing, former NYC City…
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Finding the Right Recovery Path: Welcoming Everyone into Treatment
…to treatment, provide them with the care they need and help them achieve recovery. References www.nrepp.smahsa.gov The Neural Basis of Addiction: A Pathology of Motivation and Choice. https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.8.1403 Peter W….
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Why Not Harm Reduction for Problem Gambling?
…can be view in the following areas (Langham et. al., 2016): Financial harm (to the person who gambles, the affected others, and/or the community) Relationship disruption conflict or breakdown (with…
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Co-Occurring Disorders Among Social Workers
…2.6% had Bipolar Disorder, 1% had Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), 1.1% had Schizophrenia, and 9.1% have a Personality Disorder (Kessler, R.C., Chiu, W.T., Demler, O., Walters, E.E. Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity…
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Helping Long Islanders Thrive
As opioid addiction continues to rise in Suffolk County and around the country, staff at Family & Children’s Association (FCA) are working together to combat this growing epidemic. With the…
