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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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Addressing Nicotine Dependence in Patients with Mental Health Concerns and/or Substance Use Disorders
Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, accounting for approximately one in five deaths. An estimated 11.5% of U.S. adults are current cigarette smokers. That translates to 28.3 million adults in our country who are currently smoking. More than...