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Are Bridges Suicide Magnets? They Don’t Have to Be!
…However, after considerable research that included mental health professionals, international experts, and law enforcement officials, the NYSBA implemented “a comprehensive package that utilizes technology, awareness and informed intervention.” (Comprehensive Plan…
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Principles for Promoting Inter-Group Relations Among Adolescents Through Group Work
…of culturally different adolescent group members to discover some common ground in their experiences of negotiating with parents or other authority figures for greater freedom and more privileges. In conclusion,…
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Designing Integrated Services for Adolescents: One Agency’s Experience
…the opportunity to develop and practice new patterns of interaction both inside and outside the therapy room. Assessing the impact of this teen program to date is complicated by the…
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Ensuring Best Outcomes for Children with Behavioral Needs and Adults with Medical Fragility in a Congregate Care Setting Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
…the whole community. Such broad ethical principles are consistent with Melmark’s core commitments, which include providing compassionate care and maximizing best outcomes. The Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s Professional and Ethical…
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Using Local Data to Reduce Suicide Death
…MSW Commissioner Westchester County DCMH Barbara Bernstein, PhD, MPH Chief Planning Officer MHA of Westchester To address this community problem, Westchester County recently launched a Suicide Fatality Review Team (SFRT)….
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Housing and Mental Health Services Are Key to Recovering from Trauma
…served by Services for the UnderServed (S:US), a New York City-based nonprofit that is committed to giving every New Yorker the tools that they can use to lead a life…
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Making Addiction Treatment More Realistic and Pragmatic: The Perfect Should Not Be the Enemy of the Good
…overdose fatalities. Neither of these measures increase drug use in communities that implement them, as critics often worry. Other harm-reduction modalities being studied include personal drug-testing equipment like fentanyl test…
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Connection as Treatment: The Healing Power of the Community Center
…the community center’s seemingly inefficient use of time, focus on connection and recreation, and almost chaotic energy can seem dated. However, underlying the community center model is a concept so…
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Countering Stigma – Speaking as if Our Words Matter
…problematic drugs and/or negative toxicology results as “clean,” versus someone who tests positive as “dirty,” or having “failed” the test, other words, and phrases ‑ especially those pertaining to addictive…
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Preparing Youth with Behavioral Health Needs to Enter the Workforce: A Pathway to Housing
…New York City youth struggling with unmet mental health challenges who have not been successful in traditional educational settings and who are at risk of not completing their education or…
