Brief Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment: Designing Social Work Education to Enhance Clinical Practice

• By: Andrew Bloch, LCSW Michael Cavallaro, LCSW Kathleen Friedman, LCSW-R, CSC Melodee Morrison, LCSW Arabelle Rowe, LCSW Michelle Sardone, LCSW Barbara Waltman, LCSW-R NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Division
• April 1st, 2016
• brief treatment, clinical social work, inpatient psychiatric care, mental health services, patient care, professional training, psychiatric stabilization, treatment outcomes
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Over the past several years, the primary focus of inpatient psychiatric treatment has moved to a model of brief treatment and shortened length of stay. There have been many factors driving this, including the advent of managed care. The main goal of inpatient treatment has become rapid assessment...

A New Approach to Service Integration and Variation on a Proven Theme

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• October 1st, 2015
• behavioral healthcare, care coordination, community-based care, integrated healthcare, mental health services, peer support, primary care, social determinants of health
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Policy developments within federal, state and local governments are compelling providers to pursue the “Triple Aim” of healthcare reform and to continually reevaluate their systems and services to this end. Notwithstanding the complexities of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Delivery System...

Integration on a Continuum: Models for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Health Care

• By: Alan Trager, LCSW Amy Anderson-Winchell, LCSW Amy Kohn, DSW Andrea Kocsis, LCSW Andrew O’Grady, LCSW-R Elizabeth Kadatz Stephanie Madison, LMSW
• October 1st, 2015
• behavioral health integration, care coordination, community health, healthcare integration, Medicaid redesign, mental health services, trauma-informed care, value-based care
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In the recent years of Medicaid Redesign in New York State, community-based mental health agencies who serve persons with serious and complex psychiatric conditions have addressed the evolving transformation of health care in a variety of ways. Much of the response has been reactive, with agencies...