Consumer Perspectives: Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Health, Chronic Illness, and Homelessness

• By: Glenn Rachelle Robert Stephanie Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• July 14th, 2022
• chronic illness, HIV, homelessness, mental health, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue, therapy
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This article is part of a quarterly series giving voice to the perspectives of individuals with lived experiences as they share their opinions on a particular topic. The authors are served by Services for the UnderServed (S:US), a New York City-based nonprofit that is committed to giving every New...

Today’s Treatment Models Use All the Tools in the Toolbox

• By: Peter Provet, PhD Odyssey House
• April 19th, 2022
• addiction, community, homelessness, medication-assisted treatment, mental health, poverty, rehabilitation, services, Spring 2022 Issue, substance use disorder, treatment
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Treatment for substance misuse begins before someone walks through the doors of a rehabilitation center asking for help. It starts when a person acknowledges their life is out of control - or controlled by a drug of abuse - and harms themselves and potentially others. Denial, conscious and...

New York State OMH Awards $30 Million for Support Teams to Assist Long-Term Homeless People and Individuals Transitioning From Inpatient Care

• By: James Plastiras New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• July 2nd, 2021
• care transition, funding, grant, homelessness, psychiatric inpatient care, Summer 2021 Issue, support teams
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The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) today announced an award of $30 million over five years to Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC) to operate eight treatment teams that work with vulnerable New Yorkers living with mental illness. The teams focus on people transitioning back to the...

Stable Housing: A Determinant of Our Behavioral Health

• By: Isaiah Kareem Rashaun Brian Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• January 1st, 2021
• homeless shelter, homelessness, housing, mental health, mental illness, physical health, social determinants of health, winter 2021 issue
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This article is part of a quarterly series giving voice to the perspectives of individuals with lived experiences as they share their opinions on a particular topic. The author is served by Services for the UnderServed (S:US), a New York City-based nonprofit that is committed to giving every New...

In the Shadow of the Pandemic: The Suicide Crisis in America

• By: Paul S. Nestadt, MD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Public Policy Advocate
• October 1st, 2020
• childhood trauma, COVID-19, dementia, discrimination, fall 2020 issue, family history, grief, homelessness, mental illness, pain, physical illness, social isolation, substance use disorder, suicide, suicide attempts, suicide prevention, violence
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The pandemic, overdue confrontations of racism, and fears about the outcome of the 2020 election have diminished America’s alarm about rising drug overdose and suicide rates. But these epidemics continue, albeit in the shadow of COVID-19. This fall 2020 issue of Behavioral Health News is...

Deinstitutionalization Did Not Cause Homelessness: Loss of Low-income Housing and Disability Benefits Did

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Mental Health Policy Advocate
• April 1st, 2020
• behavioral health, deinstitutionalization, homelessness, housing
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I recently read yet another article that blames homelessness on deinstitutionalization. Yes, a disproportionate number of homeless people have long-term mental disorders, and yes some—perhaps a third—of these people would have been in state hospitals 65 or 70 years ago when that was pretty much...