AI in Behavioral Health: Where It Helps, Where It Falls Short

• By: David Farache Dazos
• July 9th, 2026
• admissions, alumni outreach, artificial intelligence, behavioral health, clinical documentation, HIPAA, staff training, treatment centers
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When a conversation turns to AI, people often voice concern about the technology taking over or automatically making critical, even life-and-death, decisions. For behavioral health professionals, the reality of tapping AI-powered tools for treatment centers is remarkable but practical. AI is an...

Centering the Family: What It Means to Implement Family-Focused Practice (FFP) in Adult Mental Health Care

• By: Matt Kudish National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City (NAMI-NYC)
• January 17th, 2023
• admissions, after-care, engagement, family, family-focused practice, hospitalization, providers, serious mental illness, Winter 2023 Issue
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Providers have an important role and responsibility to engage families when patients have a psychiatric hospitalization. HIPAA is often used to deny patients' families access to critical information. By educating and engaging families along the way, we can significantly reduce patient readmission...