Evolution and Innovation in Care

• By: Shawna Marie Aarons-Cooke, LCSW-R, CASAC2 The Guidance Center of Westchester
• April 19th, 2022
• addiction, community-based organizations, family, mental health, recovery, social work, Spring 2022 Issue, substance use treatment programs
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As a newly licensed master social worker, I began my career in a health center of a major New York City hospital system in 2007. Addiction and substance use, mental health, and comprehensive medical care were all provided within the center. Joining The Guidance Center of Westchester (TGCW) 12 years...

The Critical Role of Relationships in Integrated Health Care Delivery

• By: Victoria Stanhope, PhD, MSW S. Lala Straussner, PhD, LCSW New York University Silver School of Social Work
• October 1st, 2019
• behavioral health, care coordination, cultural humility, integrated care, interdisciplinary teams, person-centered care, social work, therapeutic relationships
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Integrated care models are now increasingly being adopted across all medical settings, including behavioral health. Their potential to help health care systems attain the triple aim of improving service quality, promoting population health and reducing costs has led policy makers to incentivize...

The Behavioral Health Workforce Crisis: Past, Present, and Future

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW
• July 1st, 2019
• de-professionalization, education and training, family peer support, mental health workforce, psychiatrist shortage, recruitment challenges, social work, workforce training
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First on the list of topics for this issue of Behavioral Health News was “The Workforce Crisis Today.” That’s interesting because the workforce “crisis” is anything but new. For example, when I first entered this field during the height of deinstitutionalization in New York—the early...