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A Dual Crisis: Understanding the Rise in Youth Suicide and Substance Use Disorders
As a psychiatrist and parent of two teenage boys, youth health and wellbeing are critically important to me, both professionally and personally. I am deeply concerned about the increasing prevalence and complexity of co-occurring disorders in youth, where mental health disorders coexist with...
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Empowering Families, Supporting Youth: CEC Health Care’s Comprehensive Behavioral Health Model in Glen Cove
CEC Health Care in Glen Cove, NY, offers comprehensive behavioral health services to children through an integrated approach, combining resources from the CEC Article 31 (OMH) Clinic, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), and the Community Mental Health Promotion and Support...
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NYSPA Report: Measurement-Based Care – One Piece of the Puzzle in Ensuring Quality Care and Addressing the Crisis in Children’s Mental Health
We are all painfully aware of the children’s mental health crisis (Office of the Surgeon General, 2021). It has affected our children, adolescents, young adults, and their family members. It also impacts those of us who interact with children through our work: the mental health professionals, of...
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Community Counseling & Mediation (CCM) Launches New Bond Street Clinic to Support Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Brooklyn
Community Counseling & Mediation (CCM) is proud to announce the grand opening of our Bond Child and Adolescent Article 31 Mental Health Clinic, a new facility dedicated to serving the behavioral health needs of youth and families in Brooklyn. The clinic will officially open on Thursday, May 9,...
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The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health: Risks, Benefits, and Family Approaches
In recent years, the conversation around social media and youth mental health has become urgent and deeply personal for many families. Parents are increasingly wary of the role smartphones and social media play in their children’s lives, fueled by the spotlight on growing evidence linking...
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Lifting Voices to Transform the Care Delivery Experience for Children and Youth who have Complex Mental Health Needs
The preliminary findings from the national Lifting Voices family/caregiver survey align with and reinforce the Families Together New York State 2025 policy agenda. To find alignment is not surprising given that both the survey and agenda are the creation of caregivers for children and youth with...
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Beyond Moral Panic: The Untold Stories of Harm Reduction and Care on Social Media
When the topic of social media inevitably arises in my conversations about youth suicide with clinicians, policymakers, researchers, parents, and other concerned adults, it is often framed as exacerbating. There is a widespread understanding among older generations that social media is worsening...
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10 Behavioral Health Trends for 2025
I hope everyone had a wonderful start to 2025…I am excited about continuing this ongoing dialogue, through my blog Behavioral Health: Matters, on critically important trends in the behavioral health sector. Here are my thoughts on the 10 areas of focus that we should be thinking about and...
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Saving Lives: New York State’s Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention
It is critical that across our state, we ensure that our local communities have the resources they need to identify and help individuals who are most at risk for suicide. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 25 and 34 and the third leading cause of...
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The Ripple Effect: Impact of Suicide on Family and Friends
The loss of a person to suicide touches friends, family, and other loved ones who must grapple with a host of emotions in the wake of tragic loss. The pain of suicide bereavement can ripple through personal relationships and affect the emotional health of the community of the individual who was...
