BHN Fall 2018 Issue

• October 1st, 2018
• access to care, behavioral health systems, care coordination, community-based services, healthcare innovation, quality improvement, service integration, system transformation
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"System Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities”   Articles in This...

Why Trauma Informed Care with Vulnerable Populations?

• By: Darin Samaha, LMSW Schenectady County Community Services
• July 1st, 2017
• adverse childhood experiences, behavioral health systems, mental health, PTSD, substance use disorders, trauma, trauma-informed care, vulnerable populations
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A vulnerable population can be described as a group of persons whose range of options is severely limited, who are frequently subjected to coercion in decision making, or who may be compromised in their ability to give informed consent (U.S. National Library of Medicine). There are many populations...

A New Face on Familiar Trends

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• July 1st, 2016
• behavioral health systems, community-based services, deinstitutionalization, healthcare reform, managed care, Medicaid, social determinants of health, vulnerable populations
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Last year I attended a conference at which Dr. Michael Hogan, the former Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health, delivered a keynote address on emerging issues and trends within health care reform. He distilled a seemingly inchoate mass of movements, mandates and initiatives...