Spotlight on Janian Medical Care

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. New York State Psychiatric Association
• January 22nd, 2024
• community, homelessness, Integrated Care, outreach, reverse educational model, supportive housing, telepsychiatry, transitional housing, Winter 2024 Issue
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Janian Medical Care is a group practice of mental health clinicians and the largest provider of psychiatric care to homeless and formerly homeless people in New York City. Janian Medical Care partners with housing providers across the city and operates the Project for Psychiatric Outreach to the...

Increased Access to Telehealth as a Means of Reducing Stigma

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. Jamie Papapetros NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• July 14th, 2022
• COVID-19, mental health stigma, privacy, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue, telehealth, telehealth payment parity, telepsychiatry
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The Random House College Dictionary defines stigma as “a stain or reproach, as on one’s reputation.”1 Dictionary.com adds to this definition “a mark of disgrace or infamy.”2 In the context of mental health, stigma means a negative perception of mental illness, which has long served as a...