The Peer Advocate: Role Model, Listener, and Problem Solver for Older Adults

• By: Catherine Thurston, LCSW Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
• April 21st, 2026
• aging, community-based care, lived experience, mental health recovery, older adults, peer support, psychiatric rehabilitation, serious mental illness, Spring 2026 Issue
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Peer Advocates have changed the way that we practice behavioral healthcare at Service Program for Older People (SPOP) – and have changed the lives of the older adults we treat. SPOP is a community-based behavioral health provider for older adults (55+) based in New York City. We serve...

A Healthy Place to Rest Your Head

• By: Andrew Bloch, LCSW Marcie Katz, LCSW Fabricio Loza NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Division
• October 1st, 2017
• care coordination, community reintegration, functional recovery, homelessness, psychiatric rehabilitation, schizophrenia, social determinants of health, supportive housing
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The Second Chance Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Division is an in-patient psychiatric rehabilitation program for men and women with difficult to treat psychotic disorder illnesses. Most of the individuals referred to the Second Chance Program (SCP) have struggled with being able to...

Crisis Respite: An Effective Intervention in the Continuum of Recovery

• By: Kearyann Austin, MS, LMHC Garden House Respite Amy Winarsky ACMH
• October 1st, 2017
• community-based care, coping skills, crisis respite, hospitalization prevention, mental health crisis, peer support, psychiatric rehabilitation, recovery planning
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Think about your work with a client with a psychiatric diagnosis in emotional crisis. Did your client get what they needed at an emergency room? Or, after hours of waiting, were they told they were well enough to deal with it at home, perhaps by themselves? A peer-run Crisis Respite stay is an...