Telehealth Appointment Tips

• By: William A. Mullane, PhD Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• May 20th, 2020
• appointments, COVID-19, healthcare, summer 2020 issue, telehealth
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…of your time with your provider as time spent talking to a trusted friend who is there to help you. For more information about Telehealth services, please go to: www.wjcs.com/telehealth….

Socially Connected, Physically Distanced: How to Be There for Someone Experiencing Suicidal or Emotional Crisis During COVID-19

• By: John Draper, PhD Vibrant Emotional Health National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• October 1st, 2020
• COVID-19, emotional distress, fall 2020 issue, mental health, physical distancing, suicide, suicide prevention, warning signs
• 863    0

…more people are feeling stress, anxiety and depression, and more are reporting thoughts of suicide when compared to this same time last year. As a result, we all need to…

Webinar: LAMB Insurance Services – Actions for Organizations to Take in the COVID-19 Environment

• February 3rd, 2021
• auto fleet, claims, COVID-19, credits, documentation, hard market, insurance, liability, nonprofits, ransomware, trends, webinar
• 1096    0

…relentless drive, and continuous improvement are Lamb’s best practices. Josh is a graduate of the University of Richmond with a degree in Rhetoric and Communications. For more information, visit www.lambis.com….

How EHR’s Are Responding to the Need for Virtual Client Care

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• March 31st, 2021
• billing, California, case management, documenting, electronic health records, software, Spring 2021 Issue
• 834    0

…to simplify their billing, documenting, and case management needs. As an EHR company in California, Exym is built to meet California’s unique needs and regulations. For more information, visit www.exym.com….

Learning from Client Surveys About Telehealth and the Impact of COVID-19

• By: Kelly Daly, PhD Shari Reiter, MA Elana G. Spira, PhD William A. Mullane, PhD Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• March 31st, 2021
• COVID-19, mental health, Spring 2021 Issue, survey, technology, telehealth
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…a Psychology Fellow, Elana Spira, PhD, is Director of Research, and William Mullane, PhD, is Director for Innovation, Integration, and Community Partnership at WJCS. Learn more about WJCS at www.wjcs.com….

Becoming an Adult During the Pandemic: Trauma and Resilience

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Public Policy Advocate
• July 2nd, 2021
• COVID-19, relationships, resilience, Summer 2021 Issue, trauma, young adults
• 1239    1

…is, in my opinion, as much reason for hope as for despair. Michael B. Friedman is a retired social worker and mental health advocate. His writings are collected at www.michaelbfriedman.com….

A Virtual Peer DBT Consultation Group

• By: Liza Pincus, PsyD Kelly Daly, PhD Elana G. Spira, PhD Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• October 4th, 2021
• DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Fall 2021 Issue, remote peer consultation, research, telehealth
• 1491    0

…because they were newer skills for participants: use of a DBT commitment strategy, creation of a new target hierarchy, reference to a previously created target hierarchy, utilization of a DBT…

2022 Mental Health & Substance Abuse Management Summit

• February 18th, 2022
• 16984    0

…collaboration with community partners, treating co-occurring disorders, value-based care, workplace wellness, social determinants, managing mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more. For more information visit our website at www.brinetwork.com….

Stigma Is Being Used as a Political Weapon: Reject It

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Columbia University School of Social Work
• July 14th, 2022
• homicides, mass shootings, mental illness, opinion, politics, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue
• 1834    0

…are committed by people who are not seriously mentally ill including: Terrorists Racists Religious bigots People who commit purposeful acts of murder or manslaughter or who commit crimes that result…

Mental Health in America: Looking Back With Pride and Ahead With Hope

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Columbia University School of Social Work
• October 7th, 2022
• advocacy, community-based mental health, deinstitutionalization, Fall 2022 Issue, health equity, institutionalization, psychiatric hospitalization, serious mental illness
• 1192    0

…Soviet Union. Ironically, they had been built in 1955 at about the same time that New York State passed the first community mental health act in the United States. Patients…