Reaching Out to Meet the Mental Health Needs of the Aging

• By: Ann M. Sullivan, MD New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• April 1st, 2019
• aging adults, anxiety, behavioral health services, community support, depression, integrated care, mental health, substance use
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There are more than with 3.7 million individuals aged 60 and older in New York State. It’s expected that this number will increase to 4.63 million by 2040. At the same time, the number of older adults with mental illness will increase by 80 percent, to 900,000. Studies have shown that the...

Addressing the Growing Problem of School Refusal

• By: Jay Cohen, MEd Valery Bailey, MPA Katherine Fearon, LCSW First Children Services
• January 1st, 2019
• anxiety disorders, child mental health, cognitive behavioral therapy, depression, educational support, mindfulness, school refusal, social-emotional skills
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Anxiety disorders have been plaguing America’s children to a significant degree and are now one of the most common behavior health disorders of today’s school age children. Anxiety, often in conjunction with depression, is found to be a key determinant of school refusal (historically diagnosed...

Cyberbullying Studied at Four Winds

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• July 1st, 2018
• adolescent mental health, bullying victimization, cyberbullying, depression, emotional abuse, psychiatric patients, social media impact, trauma symptoms
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While experiences of victimization are more common in clinical populations, and adolescent psychiatric patients have often been the objects of various forms of bullying, there is reason to believe that bullying via the internet may be particularly harmful for contemporary youths. The nature of...

Social Isolation: A Solution-Focused Approach

• By: Elisa Chow, PhD David Kamnitzer, LCSW-R Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• July 1st, 2018
• case management, depression, serious mental illness, social determinants of health, social isolation, substance use, supported housing, trauma
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Doris has been living in her studio apartment in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn for the past 15 years. She obtained this apartment after finding herself homeless following the breakup of her marriage and other stressors she was experiencing. Doris is quite humble as she describes how her...