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Support for Older Adult Peers
…to be to provide support to seniors, based on their needs for a successful life in their communities. We have been able to provide support and services for the older…
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Building a Race Conscious Research Agenda
…we as researchers examine closely enough the mental health and complicating issues of those society has placed at risk. In research greater attention should be paid to the role of…
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OMH’s Mental Health Services Restructuring: A Commentary
…payers, many adults and children will be deprived of care by community-based clinics that cannot afford to treat underpaying clients. In many communities, there are no alternatives to community-based clinics,…
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Quality Life Promotes Recovery
…What I have become aware of is the need for consumers to live at a standard that is not separate from what he/she sees as preferred by most or anyone…
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Aging in Supportive Housing: One Fall Away from Institutionalization
…feel connected to the community. But supporting older adults living with mental health needs to age in place in the community goes well beyond ensuring physical safety and accessibility. Successful…
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A Journey to Employment
…employment center recognized by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). By 1994, I was working with Matrix Research in Philadelphia under a NIDRR contract and providing national…
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Recent Innovations in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
…computer monitor, as the patient recounts his experience while viewing the virtual world. VR graded exposure was first successfully applied in treatment of combat-related PTSD. Dr. Barbara Rothbaum and colleagues…
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Improving Cultural and Linguistic Competence: The Case of Integrated Physical and Mental Health Care
…Peter M. Rivera, the committee undertook a comprehensive review of the mental health delivery system in New York State. Not surprisingly, the Committee’s report released in 2002, titled Broken Promises,…
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The Effects of Depression on Physical and Mental Health
…components of the cognitive triad that lead to depression. The gold standard therapy for depression is Beck’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which is touted to be effective and teachable with relative…
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Addressing a Risky Business: The Interplay Between Medical and Psychiatric Disorders
…focusing on the ways in which psychiatric conditions are risk factors for medical (physical) disorders. It still bears reminding ourselves of common medical conditions – and common medical treatments –…
