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Responding to PTSD in Our Communities
…offered at many New York settings and on the websites including: www.ncptsd.va.gov; www.nctsn.org; www.istss.org; tfcbt.musc.edu; www.agpa.org. Consultations and collaborations are the best way to enhance individual and agency capacity. When…
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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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HHS Leaders Call for Expanded Use of Medications to Combat Opioid Overdose Epidemic
…and Health www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2012SummNatFindDetTables/NationalFindings/NSDUHresults2012.htm#fig7.2, almost 2.1 million people in the United States were dependent upon or abusing opioid pain relievers. More information on prescription opioid abuse can be found at: www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/prescription-drugs….
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Addressing Trauma and Substance Abuse with Peer-Led Programs
…can lower people’s sense of security and safety, and challenge their resiliency. Optum and Treatment Innovations recognize that trauma is often an important component of behavioral and physical health and…
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Inequality in the Effects of Disaster Trauma in Women
…F. (2000). Help seeking comfort and receiving social support: The Role of Ethnicity and Context of Need. American Journal of Community Psychology; Aug 2000; 28, 4; Research Library pg. 545….
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How Our Programs Are Making a Difference
…for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University, 940 Commonwealth Avenue West, Boston, MA 02215, (617) 353-3549; the International Association of Psychosocial rehabilitation Services, www.iaprs.org; and the US Psychiatric rehabilitation Association, www.uspra.org….
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PSA Addresses Mental Health Stigma in the Latino Community
…culturally responsive programs to help address the mental health needs of the Latino community. Our Helpline provides information, education, and support in Spanish and 180 other languages. We’ve also developed…
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Can New York State Healthcare Reforms Advance Recovery?
…For our part, NYAPRS is poised to launch a statewide series of regional forums on these topics. For more information, look at our website in the coming weeks at www.nyaprs.org….
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From the Publisher – There are “No Old Topics” When it Comes to Mental Health Education
…mental health community in saluting this effort. Campaigns to end stigma, to increase community education, and to support increased funding for treatment and research, are essential to our efforts to…
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Buprenorphine Misuse Decreased Among U.S. Adults with Opioid Use Disorder From 2015-2019
…programs, visit www.nih.gov. Reference B Han, CM Jones, EB Einstein, WM Compton. Trends in and characteristics of buprenorphine misuse among adults in the US. JAMA Network Open. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29409 (2021)….
