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Finding a Public Health Vision to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
…like Houston, Philadelphia, and San Jose. As trusted leaders of their community, clergy have an important role to play in offering advice and encouraging members of their community to seek…
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The NYSPA Report – DSM-5: The Future Face of Psychiatry
…have another opportunity to provide commentary through DSM-5.org in the summer of 2011, after initial field tests are complete and further revisions to the draft criteria are posted online. Proper…
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Why Integrated Care for Co-Occurring Disorders Is So Important
…mental causes. Yes, people with serious mental illnesses complete suicide far more often than those without, but that is not the greatest driver of low life expectancy. Obesity, which contributes…
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Suicide Prevention as a Core Responsibility
…of the Zero Suicide model: Create a leadership-driven, safety-oriented culture committed to dramatically reducing suicide among people receiving care. Develop a competent, confident, and caring workforce with suicide-specific expertise. Systematically…
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Ensuring Humanity in Human Services Work
…have to be this way?” Coming to understand the answers to these questions is complex, because it requires us to take a critical view of our society. It means coming…
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Clinicians and Suicide Loss
…distress. Additional components of the grief reaction for clinicians may include “guilt, loss of self-esteem, self-doubts about one’s skills and clinical competence, fear of being blamed for the suicide and…
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A Cruel Irony: Less Mental Health Stigma but Fewer Behavioral Health Clinicians
…who are seeking help. While, undoubtedly, some stigma about asking for mental health support exists in some communities, overall, there is a societal consensus that people should feel comfortable coming…
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Clinical Work with Transgender Individuals
…especially true for transgender clients, many of whom come to treatment because they lack self-acceptance and/or support from family, friends and their surrounding communities. One way to encourage validation is…
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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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The NYSPA Parity Enforcement Project: New Tools for Patients and Providers in The Fight Against Parity
…a health plan in writing. To facilitate such document requests, NYSPA has prepared form letters that have been posted on the NYSPA website (www.nyspsych.org) and may be downloaded and personalized…
