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Creating Culture Change: NYC Tackles Housing and Employment
…compensation benefits. Additionally, individuals and families frequently face challenges in navigating complex benefits issues. We need to make the benefits rules and systems easier to understand and more transparent. To…
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The Three Aβs of a Successful Agency
…volume-based to value-based, among other changes. Success in the new environment will require more complex methods of documentation, and a new approach to management incorporating a special focus on three…
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The NYSPA Report – The Safe Act: A New Reporting Requirement for Mental Health Professionals
…Rights, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which is charged with investigating possible HIPAA violations. As NYSPA pointed out in its complaint, which is currently…
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Understanding Suicide in New York City: The Scope of the Problem and Opportunities for Prevention
…purposes of monitoring the health of a community and identifying high risk groups. Surveillance activities at DOHMH are diverse and include everything from tracking disease outbreaks to conducting annual community…
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Considerations for Mental Health Data Collection Using Online Methods
…came from the software industry rather than from the academic research community. In the early days of the World Wide Web, pages were largely static and allowed only one-way communication,…
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Developmental Disabilities Nurses: Consultants in Mental Health Settings
There has been recent discussion about health reform and its potential impact in the community setting. With the implementation of a new or changed concept there comes a period of…
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The Medical Care and Psychosocial Needs of Older Adults
…home model that provides comprehensive care, and in which a primary care physician (PCP) leads a team, which may include nurse practitioners or physician assistants. The team is responsible for…
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The Road to Independence: Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with a Serious Mental Illness
…friends who understood his experiences. No longer isolated, his confidence improved. He obtained his GED and is now enrolled in a community college and is a leader in the peer…
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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
…nursing services. We are the “glue” that encourages compliance and communication, monitors for mental health symptoms, and provides a liaison with treating Psychiatrists, mental health clinics, and outpatient day treatment…
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A Clinicβs Initial Experiences Conducting Multiple Family Groups
…Community Living’s Guidance Center of Brooklyn Heights, we have conducted a group in conjunction with Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry Research Center called the Multiple Family Therapy…
