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The NYSPA Report: PTSD and Itβs Co-Morbidities
…PTSD or over the course of time. The comorbidities associated with PTSD may be classified broadly into medical and psychiatric comorbidities. The most important medical comorbidities are traumatic brain injury…
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The NYSPA Report: Repeal and Replace Should Not Harm Our Most Vulnerable
…& Behavior Research Foundation, the largest private funder of mental health research grants in the world. In addition I am the Editor-in-Chief of the American Psychiatric Association’s Psychiatric News, Associate…
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The Presidential Election: Time for Behavioral Health Advocates to Speak Out
…more research, better translation of research into practice, and a far better trained workforce must be at the heart of the push for a mental health system of adequate quality….
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LGBTQ: A Community in Need of Effective Care
…toll on the LGBTQ community: crystal methamphetamine. Crystal methamphetamine is not new to this community. According to Craig Sloane, LCSW, CASAC, in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s it became…
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The Promise and Peril of Value Based Behavioral Health Care
…on the leading edge, it is already here. It will have a profound impact on the community behavioral health sector. As a community, we need to come together to advocate…
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Brief Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment: Designing Social Work Education to Enhance Clinical Practice
…identified by the Social Work staff, our Social Work Education Committee, comprised of senior clinical staff, considered skill sets required for care of patients during brief hospitalizations. The Committee felt…
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Implementing a Buprenorphine Program in an Opioid Treatment Program
…offered. VIP Community Services tracked incoming requests for Buprenorphine maintenance from self-referrals as well as referents to assess that there was a population in our community in need of this…
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Barriers to Service for Baby Boomers with Dual Diagnosis
…around treatment effectiveness and the fact that many signs of chemical dependency are similar to common symptoms of aging. A common myth exists among clinical professionals which warns that as…
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The NYSPA Report: New Medicaid Restrictions on the Prescription of Benzodiazepines
…the step therapy and concurrent therapy recommendations, if prescriber intervention and advocacy is not successful, providers would be required to either take patients off their current benzodiazepine in order to…
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Integrated Care Models to Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Poverty
…Research oversees numerous applied research studies aimed at addressing the root causes of poverty, as well as examining approaches to reduce its effects. The grant partners are confident that this…
