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Internet Distance Learning Initiative Focuses on How to Treat Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
…refining the approach as it rolls out. If you would like to learn more about the NYSPI EBP-TAC Distance Learning Initiative, please contact Nancy Covell, Ph.D., Project Director, at (covelln@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu)….
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What to Say When Your Friend is Fired
…Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend (Overlook Press, September, 2009) and recently co-authored Schizophrenia for Dummies (Wiley, 2008). She also blogs about friendship at The Friendship Blog (www.TheFriendshipBlog)….
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Staying in Balance: Helping Nonprofits Manage Stress in an Uncertain Economy
…critical services to the neediest of New Yorkers, including: The Bridge Fund; Legal Services NY; NY Financial Network Action Consortium; City Meals-on-Wheels; Cancer Care; City Harvest; Food Bank of NYC;…
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The Economics of Recovery: Demystifying Government Work Incentives
…way. These pilot studies could include a variety of scenarios: (1)European-style integrated on-site employer-caregiver programs; (2) Incentivized work-study programs based on ability/performance & a waiver of Government earnings penalties; (3)…
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VNSW Mental Health Home Care Program: In Harmony with the Consumer Movement
…in Westchester is achieving this objective, emphasizing treatment of the whole person with the agency’s core multidisciplinary approach. For details, visit www.vns.org, call (914) 682-1480 Ext. 648 or e-mail MentalHealth@vns.org….
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Dr. John Ngai Named Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced today the selection of John J. Ngai, Ph.D., as director of the NIH’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies…
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Housing Heals: How MHA of Westchester is Making a Difference
…to provide warm, compassionate care, because we know that “housing heals”. For more information about MHA’s Residential Services, please contact Ruthanne Becker at beckerr@mhawestchester.org or visit MHA’s website at www.mhawestchester.org….
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Care Coordination Takes an Innovative Approach to Case Management at the Mental Health Association of Westchester
…For more information about Care Coordination or MHA’s Recovery Oriented Rehabilitation and Treatment Programs, please contact Ruthanne Abramovich, Assistant Executive Director, at 914-345-5900 x299 or visit our website at www.mhawestchester.org….
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NIMH, Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Join Forces on PTSD Research
…and accompanying conditions. Since March 2003, about 1.6 million U.S. troops have been deployed to both countries (http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG720/). Moreover, screening of combat veterans on their return home and six months…
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VNSW Mental Health Home Care Program: Transitioning Back Home Following Hospitalization
…in Westchester is achieving this objective, emphasizing treatment of the whole person with the agency’s core multidisciplinary approach. For details, visit www.vns.org, call (914) 682-1480 Ext. 648 or e-mail MentalHealth@vns.org….
