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Mental Health in Health Care Reform: High Hopes but Big Battles Ahead
…of New York City. He currently teaches at Columbia University’s schools of social work and public health. His writings are collected at www.michaelbfriedman.com, and he can be reached at mbfriedman@aol.com….
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Adapting the Compeer Volunteer Program During COVID-19
…pandemic. Laura Stein, LMSW, is Coordinator at the WJCS Compeer Program. To learn more about the Compeer program, please go to www.wjcs.com. To contact Ms. Stein, please write to lstein@wjcs.com….
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Virtual Care and Mobile Response: A Must for Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers
…crucial services in many communities, particularly those with increasing unhoused populations and people with serious mental health concerns that are not receiving regular treatment or support. This is a common…
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New Mental Health Parity Laws in New York State
…program developed in partnership with the Community Service Society, the New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, The Legal Aid Society, the Medicare Rights Center, and the Legal Action…
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Integration: Some Progress and a Need for More
…provider collaborations with State Opioid Response funding. Through other initiatives, OASAS supported peers from community providers to meet with people in emergency departments and in other community settings. These forces…
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An Introduction to Reimbursement and Coding for Psychiatric Collaborative Care Management Services
…for co-morbid medical conditions often experienced by individuals with SPMI. Similar benefits are also evident when professionals working in an integrated setting are able to identify and address previously undiagnosed…
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The East New York Health Hub: Realizing the Promise of Whole Health
…we chose an equally committed and enthusiastic organization – Community Healthcare Network—as our primary healthcare partner. As the Hub officially opens, we are confident its success will bear out our…
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Care Coordination Enhances the Medical Model for Individuals with Substance Abuse Disorder
…the importance of multifaceted care. Additionally, the research emphasizes the importance of compassion, trust building, and high-quality relationships in service coordination for trauma informed care (Kirst, Aert, Matheson & Stergiopoulos,…
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For Older Adults the Future is Now: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
…to be more firmly established through continued rigorous research. I myself am particularly interested in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. This is because in most cases of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder…
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The NYSPA Report: New Medicaid Restrictions on the Prescription of Benzodiazepines
…medications. These proposals clearly subject Medicaid patients to an inferior standard of care and NYSPA strongly supports a stay in implementation pending further review and input from the provider community….
