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From the Publisher – A Look into the World of Anxiety Disorders
…me at iraminot@mhnews.org and tell me what topics are important to you. Your participation is an essential part of the success of this newspaper. Good Luck in Your Own Recovery…
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Building a Recovery Toolbox
…second disorder. And then, top that off with an addiction! Many people facing these complex mental health challenges learn to hide their struggle from public view. Is facing this kind…
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A Clinic’s Initial Experiences Conducting Multiple Family Groups
…is both verbal and non-verbal. Children learn how to communicate from their parents and their peers. What they learn is not always respectful communication. One of the goals in the…
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Staff Wellness and Self-Care: One Agency’s Model
…is a comprehensive care consortium that offers housing, rehabilitative and habilitative services, outreach, assertive community treatment, healthcare, outpatient, day treatment, vocational, case management and linkages services to individuals and families…
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Caregivers Plan for the Future with Federation of Organizations’ Financial Management Program
…search for reassuring answers. After years of work helping families to prepare for the future of their loved ones, there is one point we cannot emphasize enough: Start now! Learn…
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Have Some CLAS: What Leading Organizations Are Doing to Address Population Health
…health or faith based organizations serving unique cultural and/or religious communities. CLAS Resources Race Matters: Organizational Self-Assessment: http://www.aecf.org/resources/race-matters-organizational-self-assessment/ Self-Assessment for Cultural Competence: http://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/self.htm The Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Protocol for Health…
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Enhancing Geriatric Behavioral Health: Best-Practices and Technology-Assisted Care Solutions
…Education, the publisher of Autism Spectrum News and Behavioral Health News. For more information, visit his website: www.drjpetit.org, blog: Behavioral Health: Matters, LinkedIn: Dr. Jorge Petit, MD, or Substack: drjrpetit.substack.com….
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The NYSPA Report: Taking Care of the Mental Health Needs of Active Duty Military, Veterans and Their Families
…of Traumatic Stress: www.centerforthestudyoftraumaticstress.org Sesame Street Workshops: www.sesameworkshop.org Military OneSource: www.MilitaryOneSource.com United States Department of Veterans Affairs: www.va.gov The National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: www.ncptsd.va.gov Give an Hour: www.giveanhour.org…
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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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Addressing Stigma Among High School Students Using NAMI’s Ending the Silence
…mandated “school mental health education” in New York State schools to “help young people and their families and communities feel more comfortable seeking help” (http://www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction/mental-health). Despite the growth of interest…
