From the Shadow of COVID, a Bright Emergent Resource: Crisis Stabilization Center

• By: Jeffrey Friedman, MA, BS CN Guidance & Counseling Services
• January 17th, 2023
• care improvement, COVID-19, crisis, crisis stabilization center, peer support, Winter 2023 Issue
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One enduring effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is its intense illumination of the need for more accessible mental health and substance-use services in our community (a patchwork of towns east of New York City). During the pandemic, CN Guidance & Counseling Services—born in 1972 to fill a gap in...

The NYSPA Report: The Launch of 988 and Crisis Stabilization Centers Are Among New Efforts in NYS to Help Loved Ones and Family Members

• By: Jamie Papapetros NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• January 17th, 2023
• 988, crisis counselor, crisis stabilization center, family, Winter 2023 Issue
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New York State has undertaken significant new efforts in 2022 to continue building a comprehensive crisis response system to help meet the needs of New Yorkers living with a mental illness and their families, including launch of the 988 crisis line and establishment of supportive and intensive...