Time to Confront the Challenges of an Aging America

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Mental Health Policy Advocate
• July 29th, 2024
• aging adults, behavioral health, caregiver support, dementia, healthcare disparities, mental health, substance use disorders, Summer 2024 Issue
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America is aging rapidly.1 Over the next few decades, the proportion of adults 65 and older will come to exceed the proportion of children under 18 – an historic first.2 And as the number of older adults grows from approximately 56 million at the beginning of this decade to 85 million in 2050,3...

Disparities in Pain Management: Examining Cultural Inequities and the Critical Role of Behavioral Health Providers

• By: Crystal Taylor-Dietz, PsyD Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
• April 24th, 2024
• chronic pain, cultural bias, healthcare disparities, pain management, Spring 2024 Issue
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For decades, pain management and the treatment of chronic pain (CP) have proven to be a complex, costly, and challenging area within the healthcare industry. While advancements in best practices for treating CP have evolved to include multimethod and multidisciplinary team approaches that...

Innovative Programs are Transforming New York State’s Behavioral Healthcare System

• By: Ann Sullivan, MD New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• October 11th, 2022
• 988, access to care, children, community-based treatment, crisis care, Fall 2022 Issue, families, healthcare disparities, innovation, mental health, prevention, wellness, workforce shortage
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As we recover from the COVID Pandemic, we must look forward to the future and the critical issues our behavioral health care system will need to address. We know that over 40% of New Yorkers will have a mental health impact from this pandemic and we are seeing over twice the number of our youth...