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SAMHSA’s Working Definition of Recovery
…comments from the public via SAMHSA Feedback Forums. The blog post received 259 comments, and the forums had over 1000 participants, nearly 500 ideas, and over 1,200 comments on the…
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Using the Seven Principles of Afrocentricity to Frame a Community-Based Organization’s Programs and Services for Individuals, Families, and Communities
…community programs to enhance the communities where we are located and offer services. One example is our Urban Farms that provide therapeutic horticulture, nutritional programming, and employment opportunities through workshops…
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A “Prescription” for Integrated Care for Chronic Pain and Associated Conditions
A rising incidence of physical pain, and chronic physical pain in particular, necessitates a comprehensive examination of its underpinnings and relationship with other dimensions of health and wellbeing. This poses…
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The Physician Assistant Bridges the Gap in Integrated Care
…or their specialists. The role bridges the gap between service providers breaking communication barriers and allowing clinicians to have a more comprehensive quality approach to the whole patient. After proper…
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The Economy’s Effect on People: A Peer Perspective
…fallout of the current economic crisis. With that comes the increasingly important role of the recovery model of mental illness as an essential component of treatment. Unfortunately, many critics still…
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Recognizing the Root Cause of What Ails Us
…in concert with (and likely in response to) the worst depredations of the Industrial Revolution that rent the social fabric that had entwined families and communities for centuries. The Industrial…
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Destigmatizing Mental Illness: Music Therapy in the Clinical Outpatient Realm
…hospital to becoming a member of the community who simply needs help. This client developed into an empowered individual who possesses healthy ways to cope with challenges within the context…
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The Long History and Bright Future of Harm Reduction in New York State
…the time of the overdose. Research shows that when naloxone and comprehensive overdose education are available to PWUD and the community, overdose deaths decrease in those communities. In 2023, OASAS…
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New York State Tailors Treatment Services for Veterans with Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
…beginnings of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001, Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, and Operation New Dawn in 2010, more than 2 million U.S. military active duty service men and women…
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Becoming a Millennial Nonprofit
…in remarkably different ways. To complete the analogy, nonprofits need to develop an operational vision and framework for taking care of people which comports with a competition-based, product-driven market. Without…
