A Good Place to Live Is Critical for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities: Needed Public Policy Changes

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Lisa Furst, LMSW, MPH Kimberly Williams, LMSW Paul S. Nestadt, MD Lina M. Rodriguez, MSW
• October 1st, 2017
• caregiving, criminal justice, housing stability, older adults, public policy, schizophrenia, serious mental illness, social isolation
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Not so many years ago a diagnosis of schizophrenia was a life sentence, shortened only by the low life expectancy of people with serious and persistent mental illness. Thanks to the recovery movement, we now understand that a diagnosis of schizophrenia or other serious psychotic disorder does not...

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...