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Will “System Transformation” Transform the System? Before We Celebrate: 20 Questions That Need Answers
…by the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health? Will they result in real and fundamental improvements in mental health care and in the mental health of the American population?…
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A System in Transformation
…when we don’t have a way to travel to an appointment or meeting, or when we are simply feeling discouraged. Care Coordination and the services that have become available over…
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Understanding Co-Occurring Disorders
…health or substance use disorder. Once a person has screened positive, it is important to complete a comprehensive assessment. Co-occurring disorders are not monolithic. Someone at a substance use disorder…
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Supportive Housing Development: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities
Government-funded supportive housing in New York State has a richly textured history that entails an amalgam of competing philosophies, political trends and economic imperatives. A complete survey of this history…
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Are We There Yet? Reflections on the 5 Years of Children’s Medicaid Transformation
It is hard to believe that five years have passed since the New York State Children’s MRT Subcommittee released its blueprint to address the unique and complex needs of children…
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Re-Visioning Residential Treatment Facilities in a Managed Care World
…schools, and communities. The availability of community-based services for those with social, emotional, and behavioral problems was not present until President Kennedy signed into law the Community Mental Health Act…
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Adapting to System Reform
…Any and all communication about the system needs to happen with our involvement in what’s being communicated, before it’s communicated. Don’t decide for us. Decide with us. Have our voice…
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Health Education Class in the Workplace
As a native New Yorker, playing co-ed softball in Central Park is simply a rite of passage. A few years ago as I was preparing to bat, a small boy…
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Building an Integrated Healthcare System: Blending Public Health and Prevention Models
…organizations (CBOs) helping communities become places that foster rehabilitation and support for community members. There is a natural synergy that should exist between CBOs and their host communities. Preparing the…
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Super Storm Sandy is Over but the Problems Are Not: A Creative Community-Based Integrated Health Care Initiative
…team cannot see a client in the home, services are provided in the community at a relief “hub,” a coffee shop, house of worship, park bench, etc. It was important…
