NYC Mayor and First Lady Release Mental Health Roadmap

• By: Bill de Blasio Office of NYC Mayor
• April 1st, 2016
• community engagement, health equity, mental health, mental health services, prevention, public policy, substance use disorders, suicide prevention
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have released ThriveNYC: A Mental Health Roadmap for All. ThriveNYC is a plan of action to guide the city toward a more effective and holistic system that outlines 54 initiatives, 23 of them new, to support the mental well-being of New Yorkers....

Introducing Collaborative Care in the Workplace

• By: Virna Little, PsyD, LCSW-r, MBA, CCM, SAP Sudha Sarode, MSPH The Institute for Family Health
• January 1st, 2016
• collaborative care, depression, employee wellness, integrated care, mental health treatment, primary care, suicide prevention, workplace mental health
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Depression in the workplace affects 10 million people each year (Value Options, How Depression Affects the Workplace) with 6-8% of the population having a major depressive episode each year (Kessler RC et al., The Prevalence and Correlates of Workplace Depression in the National Comorbidity Survey...

Zero Suicide: Working Together to Save Lives

• By: John Draper, PhD Shari Sinwelski, MS, EdS National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• October 1st, 2015
• behavioral health, crisis intervention, healthcare systems, mental health, patient safety, suicide awareness, suicide prevention, suicide risk
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The death of Robin Williams in 2014 was an event that stunned the nation. He was a beloved man who brought laughter to so many people’s lives. His suicide stirred emotions in people as they pondered a myriad of questions. How could someone who had such a full life want to kill himself?” ...