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The Mental Health Association of Westchesterβs Intensive and Sustained Engagement Team (INSET)
…for certain people with mental illness who, in view of their treatment history and present circumstances, are unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision. This law is commonly…
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Helping Long Islanders Thrive
…first recovery community and outreach center in March 2017. Located in Hauppauge, the Center is named “THRIVE” to represent the Transformation, Healing, Recovery, Inspiration, Validation and Empowerment the program seeks…
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SIMHS SafeTY.net Early Intervention Program Fills Gaps in Services for Staten Island Youth Battling Trauma-Related Substance Use/Abuse
…for these youngsters requires transforming the system of care within the community. Experience has shown that the best approach to healing is a community-based, early intervention model that provides intensive…
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Caring for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Clients and the Providers Who Serve Them
…boroughs. We’ve been providing our services entirely free of charge since we opened in 2002, and we now have over 500 members. Our doors are open six days a week,…
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Some Thoughts Regarding Stigma: The Often Silent Obstacle to Mental Health and Substance Care Among African Americans
…so called researchers noted increased rates of insanity among freed Blacks in the north. This “research” was utilized to substantiate the need for African Americans to be enslaved reasoning freedom…
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Disparities in Pain Management: Examining Cultural Inequities and the Critical Role of Behavioral Health Providers
…field toward efforts to eliminate racial health disparities, current research reveals significant cultural bias in healthcare and in the treatment of CP (Hoffman et al., 2016). Research between 2016 and…
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Legalization of Drugs: The Ultimate Harm Reduction Measure
…Alliance of New York. He can be reached at www.michaelbfriedman.com. The opinions expressed in this essay are his own and not necessarily shared by the organizations with which he works….
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Vulnerable Populations: People of Color in Leadership Roles
…as, “an intricate, confusing combination of paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a complicated or tortuous arrangement”. Additionally, with credibility and authority constantly in dispute, people…
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Vulnerable Populations: People of Color in Leadership Roles
…as, “an intricate, confusing combination of paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a complicated or tortuous arrangement”. Additionally, with credibility and authority constantly in dispute, people…
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MHA Vet2Vet Program: Leading the Way in Peer Support
…and the uniform comes off. Here is how it is after the uniform comes off and why. Each persons’ uniform becomes a different kind of protective outer shell. Who a…
