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Transformations at MHA Westchester: Children’s Services
…Provider Transition Planning Grant, including completion of a strategic plan. Through it all, we have worked to keep the challenges – and our solutions to them – “behind the scenes,”…
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“Children’s System of Care” in Westchester County, New York
…to its success and the community basis of the Networks, representing the unique cultural and linguistic needs of each community helped to make this a reality. An oversight body was…
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NYSPA Report: How Will New York State’s Transition to Medicaid Managed Care Impact Those with Serious Mental Illness?
…in Maryland including serving as its Commissioner of Mental Health. Also, he served as a Commissioner on the President’s New Freedom Commission during 2002 – 3. He has been an…
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Socially Connected, Physically Distanced: How to Be There for Someone Experiencing Suicidal or Emotional Crisis During COVID-19
…John Draper, PhD At this time, we do not have any evidence that shows greater physical distancing is resulting in higher suicide rates. Nevertheless, U.S. national surveys are indicating that…
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Addressing Clinician Burnout in a Community Mental Health Setting During the COVID Pandemic
…open communication, which led to more attention being cast on clinician challenges, including large caseloads and high productivity requirements. These conversations highlighted areas in which further work and collaboration is…
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Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Share Genetic Roots
…1, 2009, in the journal Nature. However, the SGENE, International Schizophrenia (ISC) and Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia (MGS) consortia shared their results – making possible meta-analyses of a combined sample…
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Recent Innovations in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
…progresses through a series of computer-generated sequences that gradually increase in intensity and detail at a pace the patient can tolerate. The virtual world is programmed so that the therapist…
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The Loneliness Epidemic and its Consequences
…other Western cultures might exacerbate our actual or perceived disconnectedness. One study examined differences in the experience of loneliness across cultures and interactions between loneliness and select variables of interest….
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The Role of the Home Care Mental Health Nurse in Identifying, Accessing, and Treating Children and Adolescents Requiring Mental Health Services
…who are teased by family and other children, 26% had considered suicide, and 9% attempted suicide. In another study Schwimmer, et al (2003), obese children rated their quality of life…
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Treating Youth with Sexual Aggression: Stopping Predators? Or Meeting Needs?
…adolescence, let alone adulthood. For example: Unlike adult sexual predators, YwSA rarely have multiple offense victims and rarely demonstrate engrained patterns of deviant sexual interests. When compared to youth who…
