Identifying and Managing Anxiety and Worry In Children and Adolescents

• By: Debra G. Salzman, PhD Behavior Therapy Associates
• January 1st, 2019
• adolescent mental health, anxiety disorders, assessment and diagnosis, childhood anxiety, cognitive behavioral therapy, coping strategies, early intervention, parental support
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Many children and adolescents struggle with anxiety and worry. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), based upon the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement, 31.9% of adolescents aged 13-18 were identified as having an anxiety disorder with 8.3% of those individuals...

Our Realizations and Truths About Harm Reduction

• By: Nelly Ms. Arnell Michael Kareem Blake Marabelle Simone Douglas Ronald Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• April 1st, 2018
• addiction, behavioral change, coping strategies, employment and housing, harm reduction, mindfulness, substance use recovery, triggers and environment
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Looking around the room in our focus group, we all realized two really interesting things about who we are and where we’ve been. Number one, that none of us were kids anymore, which is a nice way of saying that most of us already crossed the threshold of mid-life and were heading somewhere on the...

The Sensory Comfort Cart: A Portable Resource to Assist in the Recovery of Patients with Co-Occurring Diagnoses

• By: Carolyn J. Castelli, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC Ann O’Gara, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC Aviva Fisher, MS, RN-BC, CADC Catherine McQuade, MS Suzanne Colgan, FNP-BC NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Division
• January 1st, 2018
• co-occurring disorders, coping strategies, inpatient psychiatry, integrative treatment approaches, mental health treatment, sensory modalities, sensory modulation, substance use recovery
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This article describes a brief history of sensory modalities in mental health and substance abuse treatment, the purpose and current use of a sensory comfort cart at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Division (NYPWD), early patient outcomes, and implications for discharge and recovery. Brief...