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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Prevention of COVID-19 Among New York State Behavioral Health Employees
…Mental Health Crisis in America. National Council. https://www.prweb.com/pdfdownload/15828321.pdf. Published October 10, 2018. Accessed May 3, 2021. Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health, Lederberg J, Shope…
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Health Care Reform: Empowering the Workforce Through Outcome Focused Education
…of whom have a primary disability and at least one medical co-morbid condition. Research has demonstrated that improving quality of care, especially to vulnerable populations with chronic co-morbid conditions by…
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Physical Illness, Depression, and Late-Life Suicide: Considerations and Opportunities for Enhancing Suicide Prevention
…65 and older remained higher than the national rate, climbing from 14.3 to 17.1/100,000. Increased risk for suicide in later-life is driven in large part by the dramatically high rate…
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Help Stand for Science Within the Autism Community: Showcasing the Externship of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment
…to promote science-based treatment for individuals with autism, create accessible and free content, and counter misinformation simply could not happen without our volunteers. First and foremost, ASAT’s mission is to…
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The NYSPA Report: The Future of Telehealth in New York State
…Traditionally, New York has chosen not to participate in any interstate licensing compacts. A requirement that commercial health plans maintain an adequate network of professionals to provide access to telehealth…
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Through a Glass Darkly: Poverty and Mental Health in The Bronx
…increase in Type 2 diabetes, and children make up half of the diabetes cases. Bronx County has the third highest rate of asthma in the entire state. As a result…
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Integrating Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) into School Based Health Centers (SBHCs)
…Preventive Services Task Force (Solberg, 2008). SBIRT is rated higher than screening for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, breast, colon, or cervical cancer, and osteoporosis. SBIRT has been shown to…
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The NYSPA Report: Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder – Effective but Still Underutilized
…overdose prevention. Due to the high rate of overdose deaths in New York, particularly in New York City, Long Island and other areas, overdose prevention should simply be another component…
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Whole Health Peer Support: Improving Health Disparity Among Individuals with Serious Mental Health Challenges and/or Addictions
…individuals with significant behavioral health challenges having incomes that are more than 100% below the poverty line, the risk of early death burgeons (http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/academic-departments/epidemiology/research-service/death-poverty). Creating solutions for this serious social…
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Research to Address the Real-Life Challenges of Opioid Crisis
…off high-dose opioids but still have them in their possession. Finally, to prevent overdose we have to give naloxone to the people who need it. The HEALing Communities Study has…
