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FAST-PS: A New Initiative for Developing Novel Treatments for Psychosis and Other Mental Disorders
…Columbia performance site; Ragy Girgis, M.D. and Joshua T. Kantrowitz, M.D. will serve as co-investigators. Early stage clinical trials will be performed in collaboration with Serge Cremers, Pharm.D., Ph.D. and…
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Mental Health News Interview with Jason A. Helgerson
…periodic report cards on their performance to stakeholders in NYS? A: Absolutely. The MRT website (http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/) enables us to be very transparent with stakeholders throughout NYS, not only in the…
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The NYSPA Report: The Changing Face of the VA
…to health care at the VA, please contact the Returning Combat Veteran Program at (866) 400-1237, a national outreach number, or www.oefoif.va.gov. Additionally, the afterhours Nurses Helpline is (800) 877-6976….
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Antidepressants: A Complicated Picture
…Psychiatry 2011;68(10):1058-1064. viii González H.M., et al. Archs Gen Psychiatry 2010;67(1):37-46. ix Mojtabai R and Olfson M. Health Affairs, 2010. 30(8):1434-1442. x Mark T et al., Psychiatric Svcs, 2009 Sept….
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No More Flying Solo: Why Integration Works
…care institutions can effectively treat them both. For more information about the bi-directional integration of primary and behavioral health, please email integration@thenationalcouncil.org or go to www.centerforintegratedhealthsolutions.org for materials and resources….
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The NYSPA Report: Achieving the Promise of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
…and non-quantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs), but since space precludes a complete analysis, our primary focus here is given to the provisions regarding: NQTLs, Scope of services, and Medical necessity and…
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Older Adults: The Hidden “Sandwich” Generation
…caregivers is composed of, “Anyone who provides assistance to someone else who is, in some degree, incapacitated and needs help” (www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=439). Typically, when one considers the statistics and the definition…
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Aging with Optimism in FEGS Behavioral Health Residential Programs
…aging should not be viewed as an impediment to advancement and self-sufficiency. Fifteen years ago, the F∙E∙G∙S Community Residence/Single Room Occupancy (CR/SRO) in Harlem opened its doors as the agency’s…
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The Emotional Needs of Older Adults from the Former Soviet Union
…members of communities, especially immigrant communities. More about the F.E.G.S Brooklyn Resource Center: In addition to the OMH licensed mental health clinic, with a fully bi-lingual clinic staff, the Center…
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Shattering the Silence of Selective Mutism
…mute children: an uncontrolled trial (Dummit et al, May 1996, Journal American Academy Child Adolescent Psychiatry), a small placebo-controlled trial (Black & Uhde, 1994, Journal American Academy Child Adolescent Psychiatry),…
