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Successful Consumers Make Successful Providers
…Federation program that is comprised of experienced advocates who are concerned about improving the quality of services available to the mental health community. In Brooklyn, our peers work in adult…
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Investing in Whole Person Care in Supported Housing: Improving Health, Enhancing Recovery
…brand new modern apartments for people with mental illness who will be part of a mixed used housing complex that also includes affordable housing. The physical transformation of housing for…
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Addressing the Psychological Fallout of The Coronavirus Pandemic
…of testing and treatment for all people in the United States for whom testing is medically advisable including people with no health coverage, (2) dealing with the impact of disruptions…
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Telephonic Follow Up to a Psychiatric Emergency Room Visit: A Call Center Service Model
…in place a follow up system for people discharged from inpatient units to verify that initial post-discharge outpatient appointments are kept (personal communication, 2008). What is not well established is…
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Where Do We Go from Here? Follow-Up Care from Psychiatric Hospitalization
…capacity for honest emotional communication must be opened to establish heart-to-heart connections. New parenting skills have to be learned and practiced both in the therapeutic milieu and on weekend visits…
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Assisted Outpatient Treatment: A Helping Hand in the Community
…or she must be unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision, based on a clinical determination and a history of lack of compliance with treatment for mental illness…
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Physical Health Should Be a Priority of the Mental Health System and Mental Health Should Be a Priority of the Health System
…are compelling reasons for focusing mental health and health policy on the inter-relationship of health and mental health. But we will need to work hard to make the case compelling…
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Guardianships for Incapacitated Persons and The Limitations on a Guardian’s Ability to Consent to or Refuse Psychiatric Treatment
…banking and the payment of bills. Under New York State Mental Hygiene Law, Article 81, someone concerned with the welfare of a person who is alleged to have lost the…
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Does Our Healthcare System Perpetuate an Epidemic?
Suicide has been rightly classified as an epidemic, as evidenced by a precipitous increase in its incidence in recent decades. Between 1999 and 2018, the rate of completed suicides has…
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Providing Care Afterhours: The BestSelf Way
…of this writing). BestSelf Behavioral Health, Inc. (BBH) Community Clubhouse Model As a designated CCBHC by New York State, BBH is the largest community-based behavioral health organization serving children and…
