BHN Summer 2018 Issue

• July 1st, 2018
• behavioral health, healthcare systems, lived experience, mental health, recovery support, research, substance use, treatment outcomes
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"Spotlight on Research”   Articles in This...

Social Isolation: A Solution-Focused Approach

• By: Elisa Chow, PhD David Kamnitzer, LCSW-R Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• July 1st, 2018
• case management, depression, serious mental illness, social determinants of health, social isolation, substance use, supported housing, trauma
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Doris has been living in her studio apartment in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn for the past 15 years. She obtained this apartment after finding herself homeless following the breakup of her marriage and other stressors she was experiencing. Doris is quite humble as she describes how her...

“I’m Not Strong – I’m Steel” Life and Recovery with Co-Occurring Disorders

• By: Juan Richie John Dennis Justin Michael Tanya Eugene Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• January 1st, 2018
• acceptance, addiction recovery, co-occurring disorders, mental illness diagnosis, stigma, substance use, trauma, treatment and rehabilitation
• 1362    0

You may have heard it before: acceptance is the first step in recovery. Nothing could be truer, as was made abundantly clear as each of us shared our histories together in a discussion about Behavioral Health News “Understanding and Treating Co-Occurring Disorders” issue. Trauma leading to...