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The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Responds to Post 9/11 Public Need
…(SSRIs) such as Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil. Research indicates that individuals who continue on antidepressants for approximately one year are less likely to experience a relapse of PTSD (www.medicinenet.com). Enrollment…
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Fountain House’s Silver Center for Older Adults: It Takes a Village to “Live Long and Prosper” with Behavioral Health Challenges
…is now widely accepted and more often practiced by such programs as intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment (IPRT), Personalized Recovery-Oriented Services (PROS), Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Intensive Case Management (ICM), Community-Oriented…
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The Critical Solution for Homeless Older Adults: Tools for Aging in Place
…our website www.projectrenewal.org or contact Susan Dan at susan.dan@projectrenewal.org. To learn more about Health Management Associates and its public sector consulting services, visit www.healthmanagement.com/what-we-do or contact Kristan McIntosh at kmcintosh@healthmanagement.com….
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The Children’s Psychiatric Symptom Rating Scale (CPSRS)
…CPSRS with these other variables confirmed its validity. When the validity of the CPSRS was compared to that achieved with common research rating scales that require more extensive and specific…
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Transformations at MHA Westchester: Children’s Services
…and care has been put into the ways we inform families of the changes to the system and re-assure that needed services are not lost or compromised. Later communication will…
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Addressing the Social Determinants of Health in Program, Payment, and Policy: Extrapolating the Triple Aim for Population Health
…– evolved into a 42-year mission of offering housing as a first step toward achieving community well-being. Today, Community Access participants are encouraged to utilize a multitude of options that…
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Workplace Wellness: Taking Care of Our Most Precious Resource – Our Employees
…the community By recognizing and embracing the importance of total well-being, managers can take action to make a positive difference in their employees’ well-being. First, they must commit to wellbeing….
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An Integrated Model of Care and Education: Wellspring and the Arch Bridge School
…a revelation to an adolescent otherwise cut off from direct experience. So can camping out in the woods. Most adolescents have never engaged in community service – never helped in…
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From Collaboration to Collective Impact: A Community Approach to Tackle Youth Opioid Abuse on Staten Island
…to a common agenda for solving a complex social problem through alignment and differentiation of efforts. Collective impact efforts grow out of the recognition that key stakeholders across the community…
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Not-So-Grand Parenting
…rather than completed, our experience underscored the critical need for support groups for seniors as an important component of their lives. Where else could they find sympathetic peers, who shared…
