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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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Fight Against Threats to Behavioral Heath Funding
…come down as states allowed insurers to cut benefits to the bone, but this would come at the cost of transparent and adequate coverage—especially behavioral health coverage. Fighting Back The…
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Substance Use and Treatment Services for the LGBTQ Community
…think about. Substance use treatment services are sparse for the LGBTQ community. In order to decrease the disparate percentages of substance users of the LGBTQ community compared to the general…
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10 Percent of US Adults Have Drug Use Disorder at Some Point
…Medicine. Additionally, he completed a public psychiatry fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian-New York State Psychiatric Institute. About Beacon Health Options Beacon Health Options is a health improvement company that serves 47…
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Bullied by Addiction
…by comforting us, but then by preoccupying us with compulsions that are usually more painful and frustrating that the reality we hoped to cushion. Worst of all, we can’t make…
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Suffering from Mental Illness in the Orthodox Jewish Community
…alone within our very own communities. For quite some time, I struggled to feel accepted within my own Orthodox community. I lived in a Jewish neighborhood and was active in…
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In My Own Voice: The Disability of Mental Health
…confusion — to open up the lines of communication, bridge the gap, and link one person to another. Communication with a mentally traumatized person means changing negative comprehensions to positive…
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Point of View – Generational Competence: A Conceptual Framework for Aging in America
…America. It strikes me that “generational competence”1 could serve as a useful counterpart to “cultural competence.” Of course, “generational competence” suggests not just competence serving older adults, but competence serving…
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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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Healthcare Workers: Remember to Care for Yourself Too
…you might let yourself think about work during your commute home but then shift your attention when your commute ends. Engage in positive self-talk, gratitude and self-compassion. Remember your natural…
