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Supreme Court Decision Benefits People with Mental Illness
…importance of integrating and coordinating the delivery of physical and mental health services and provides incentives to providers to integrate care, including: Rate increases for medical practices recognized as “medical…
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The NYSPA Report: New York State Psychiatric Association’s 2011 Legislative Agenda
…while simultaneously improving the mental health system. Newspaper articles have raised the prospect of an intense focus on the high cost of mental health care, especially the burden of inpatient…
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Suicide Prevention in New York State Schools: Hope and Resilience Among Urban, Suburban, and Rural Districts
…school leadership, community partnerships, and access to and utilization of training and technical assistance. This article provides three disparate examples– from New York City Schools, Town of Webb School District,…
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We Can Break the Cycle of Preventable Emergency Room Visits and Improve Patients’ Lives
…care delivery. The data tools we created – Emergency Department Alerts, Emergency Department Patient Registry, and Emergency Department Follow-up Reports – are designed to close communication gaps, empower providers and…
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Treatment Recommendations for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Lessons from Neuroimaging
…higher in certain populations such as combat veterans and refugees, with trauma exposure among veterans linked to alarmingly high suicide rates. In 2014, an average of 20 veterans died by…
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Lee’s Traumatic Journey: A Therapeutic Story to Address Life-Threatening Behaviors with Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
…continued to engage in high-frequency self-injury during his first three years at the residential school. However with a comprehensive clinical, educational, psychiatric, and medical services provided at the residential school,…
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Improving Health: Better Targeting of Supportive Housing
…housing over 15 years. The initiatives combined will create 35,000 units of supportive housing statewide – marking the largest commitment in the nation. These actions follow in the footsteps of…
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Healthy Aging: For Older Adults, The Pandemic is Far from Over
…and adjust to a new reality. Most important, we felt tremendous optimism that the high rates of vaccine compliance among older adults in New York City would provide a secure…
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“I’m Not Strong – I’m Steel” Life and Recovery with Co-Occurring Disorders
…of the wash cycle: wash, rest, soak. But then came the spinning. Drugs – Voices – Illusions – Cravings. Desperation. So wrung out that even jail had its upside. The…
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Supported Housing Saved My Life
…committed to giving every New Yorker the tools that they can use to lead a life of purpose. We are all tenants of various supported housing residences run by Services…
