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Behavioral Health Services Critical to Success of Managed Care in NYS
…try to create common understanding and commitment to quality care and quality outcomes using diverse services models. A comprehensive continuum of substance use and mental health disorder prevention, treatment and…
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Treating Psychosis Patients Early and Comprehensively Has Resulted in Improved Outcomes
…says. The result of moving into the community, to treat young people where they lived, led to the development of a program called EPICC, which was extensively described in papers…
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The NYSPA Report: A Response to the NYS OMH Report on Inpatient Suicide
…Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled (CQC) released a report, “Preventing Inpatient Suicide: An Analysis of 84 Suicides by Hanging In New York State Psychiatric Facilities (1980-1985)”….
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Health Integration Activities in the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
…link between physical and behavioral health has been measured in New York’s own population. According to the 2004 New York City Health and Nutrition Examination and Survey (NYC-HANES), on average,…
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A State Agency’s Role in Supporting Housing and Employment within Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery
…community with ongoing and brief assessments. Permanent Supportive Housing Safe and affordable PSH, when combined with comprehensive, person-centered support services, promotes self-sufficiency. However, PSH is not always available. While homelessness…
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The Behavioral Health Workforce Crisis and its Impact on Families
…and other mental health issues, these growing waitlists will only compound the logistical complexity that staff shortages create for behavioral health agencies. When agencies do not have the staff to…
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Your Options for Responding to Mental Illness Stigma (Protectively, Collaboratively, or Assertively)
…mental health problems because I was scared of being stigmatized. When I had my first manic episode, I was at college and Facebook had just come out. I was nervous…
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The Emerging Role of Nursing in the Delivery of Psychiatric Care
…physical health as someone else’s problem. Across the country the medical and mental health communities have developed new approaches to the total care of the individual. These efforts have been…
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Behavioral Health During and After the Pandemic
…state hospitals, adult homes, community residences, supportive housing, etc. Standards should include routine testing/screening of workers and clients/patients, adequate protective gear, and more. Efforts should be redoubled to get tests…
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Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Future of Integrated Care for All
…Education, the publisher of Autism Spectrum News and Behavioral Health News. For more information, visit his website: www.drjpetit.org, blog: Behavioral Health: Matters, LinkedIn: Dr. Jorge Petit, MD, or Substack: drjrpetit.substack.com….
