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Addiction and Recovery
- Fentanyl Test Strips as a Form of Harm Reduction: Study Outcomes
- The Impacts of Problem Gambling
- Wraparound and Wellness: A Catalyst for Recovery
- Taking Care into the Streets to Reduce Harm and Save Lives: The Vital Role of Needle Exchange and Harm Reduction Services within the Healthcare Delivery System
- Today’s Opioid Addiction and Overdose Epidemic: How We Can Make a Difference
- Strengthening the Addiction Workforce and Beyond
- The Opioid Addiction Epidemic: An Interview with Andrew Kolodny, MD, National Expert on the Current Opioid Addiction Epidemic in the United States
- Seven Steps to Fix the Opioid Addiction Crisis Now: We Already Have Most of the Tools We Need
- Food Addiction: Chemical Dependency’s Twin
- Mental Health and Addiction Recovery: A Comparison
Advocacy
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- A Lesson in Resiliency
- Lessons of COVID-19: Staff Dedication and Skill Key to Success
- Telehealth: An Unexpected Silver Lining During a Pandemic
- Lessons Learned from Senior Executives of Human Service Agencies Over the Past 20 Months
- Becoming an Adult During the Pandemic: Trauma and Resilience
- Responding to the COVID Pandemic and Racial Injustice
- 10 Tips to Ease COVID “Re-Entry Anxiety”
- Learning from Client Surveys About Telehealth and the Impact of COVID-19
- Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Reluctance
- Navigating America’s Unprecedented Mental Health Winter of 2020/2021
- Psychological Fallout of the Pandemic: What We Know, What We Don’t
- Social Determinants of Health and COVID-19: A Peer Perspective
- COVID-19 Crisis Exposes Missing Social Determinant of Health Domain
- 4 Ways to Mitigate Insurance Costs in a COVID-19 Environment
- Preparing College Students for the Spring Semester: Strategies to Manage Negative Feelings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- The Great Accelerant: COVID-19 and the Social Determinants of Behavioral Health
- Lack of Access to the Internet and Other Technology in a COVID-19 Virtual World
- Rising to the COVID-19 Challenge
- Personalized Recovery-Oriented Services in the Era of Social Distancing
- Socially Connected, Physically Distanced: How to Be There for Someone Experiencing Suicidal or Emotional Crisis During COVID-19
- Challenges and Solutions: Mental Health Responses During COVID-19
- Behavioral Health News and Autism Spectrum News: Supporting the Community During the COVID-19 Crisis
- Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention in the Time of COVID-19
- Helping People Cope with Grief During COVID-19
- Telehealth Appointment Tips
- Anticipating Emotional Reactions During the Covid-19 Pandemic: What We Can Learn from Past Disasters
- Caring for Older Adults and People with Mental Illness During the Pandemic
- A South Asian Perspective on COVID-19 Trauma: A Short Overview
- Key Elements for Providers to Address During COVID-19
- Points to Consider During the COVID-19 Pandemic That Are Impacting the SUD Community
- The Unheralded Heroes of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Residential Addiction Treatment Workers
- RIP Medical Debt Shifting Focus During the Pandemic
- Maintaining Clinician Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Crisis Management and Practice Transformation in the COVID Era: Working in the “Neutral Zone”
- Talking with Teens in Residential Treatment During COVID-19: The Opportunity in The Crisis
- Managing Anxiety and Protecting the Vulnerable in the Midst of a Pandemic
- Remote Access to Mental Health Care and Treatment During the COVID-19 Crisis
- Supporting Mental Health of Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Behavioral Health During and After the Pandemic
- Priming for Post-Traumatic Growth
- Ensuring Best Outcomes for Children with Behavioral Needs and Adults with Medical Fragility in a Congregate Care Setting Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
- We Are All Essential: Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Supportive Housing Agency
- Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Behavioral Health Effects of Social Distancing and the Social Safety Net
- Helping Vulnerable Populations During COVID-19: Challenges of Mitigation in Congregate Residential Settings
- HDSW’s Living Room: Crisis Day Respite for the COVID-19 Crisis
- CBC’s Pathway Home Response to COVID-19 and Future Implications
- Current Telehealth Expansion in the Behavioral Health Sector
- Using Data Geomapping for COVID-19 Hotspotting
- Care Management Responses to COVID-19: Lessons from CBC Health Home’s ADAPT Series
- Adapting to Respond to COVID-19
- Healthcare Workers: Remember to Care for Yourself Too
- The Perils (and Promise) of a Pandemic
- Telehealth: The Solution for Getting Help During COVID-19
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Employment
- The Detrimental Health Impact of Unemployment
- Peers in the Workforce: Reversing Misconceptions and Succeeding
- A Bridge to Employment for Veterans
- Employment, Quality of Life and Recovery
- Housing and Employment: Cornerstones of Self-Directed Recovery
- Housing and Employment: Key Components of Behavioral Health Reform
- Recovery and Employment Go Hand in Hand at Federation of Organizations
Employment
- The Detrimental Health Impact of Unemployment
- Peers in the Workforce: Reversing Misconceptions and Succeeding
- A Bridge to Employment for Veterans
- Employment, Quality of Life and Recovery
- Housing and Employment: Cornerstones of Self-Directed Recovery
- Housing and Employment: Key Components of Behavioral Health Reform
- Recovery and Employment Go Hand in Hand at Federation of Organizations
Health and Wellness
- The Loneliness Epidemic and its Consequences
- Wraparound and Wellness: A Catalyst for Recovery
- Excellence in Wellness: Whole Self Care Program at S:US
- Making Primary Health Issues a Part of Your Wellness Program
- Preparing the Workforce to Improve Health and Wellness
- Integrating Peer Wellness Services into Housing First
Housing
News
- National Council for Mental Wellbeing Selects CBC President and CEO Dr. Jorge Petit for Medical Director Institute
- Jody Rudin Named CEO of the Institute for Community Living (ICL)
- Honoring David Woodlock’s Service to the Mental Health Community
- Grand Opening of Liberty Station – A New Housing Development in Port Jefferson Station
- NYC Community-based Behavioral Health Organizations and NYC Health + Hospitals Receive $10.49 million from NYS OASAS to Tackle the Opioid and Stimulant Use Epidemic in the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens
- An Interview with the New York State OASAS, OMH, and OPWDD Commissioners to Address Critical Healthcare Issues
- New York State OMH Awards $30 Million for Support Teams to Assist Long-Term Homeless People and Individuals Transitioning From Inpatient Care
- 988 Suicide Lifeline Expected in July 2022 Thanks to SAMHSA Grant
- MHNE Board Member and Psychiatrist Dr. Barry Perlman Publishes Memoirs in New Book “Rearview”
- Leaders of the Autism and Behavioral Health Community to Be Honored at May 12, 2021 Virtual Leadership Awards Reception
- Mental Health News Education, Publisher of Behavioral Health News, Welcomes David Minot as New Executive Director
- HealthCare Choices Partners with PurpleSun to Combat COVID-19 Infections in Brooklyn
- Jonathan Edwards Receives PhD in Social Welfare
- Smith Named COO at Innovative Management Solutions of NY
- Mental Health News Education (MHNE) – Your Trusted Source
Public Policy
- An Interview with the New York State OASAS, OMH, and OPWDD Commissioners to Address Critical Healthcare Issues
- A Good Place to Live Is Critical for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities: Needed Public Policy Changes
- Policy and Practice: A Discouraging Disconnect
- The Importance of Public Policy Advocacy for People in Recovery
- Point of View – Looking Back with Pride: Mental Health Policy in the 2nd Half of the 20th Century
- Assessing Racial Equity Impact in Mental Health Policymaking: Reflections and Recommendations
Race and Racism
- Responding to the COVID Pandemic and Racial Injustice
- Beyond Data: Strategies to Reduce Racial Missteps for Behavioral Healthcare Providers
- Assessing Racial Equity Impact in Mental Health Policymaking: Reflections and Recommendations
- Building a Race Conscious Research Agenda
- The Impact of Race and Racism on Mental Health Outcomes
- Clinical Reflections on the Impact of Race and Racism on the Counselor/Client Relationship
- Challenges of Black Males with Mental Illness
- Noted Panelists Discuss the Impact of Race and Racism on the Mental Health Professions and on the Therapeutic Alliance
- The Impact of Race and Racism on Mental Health Clients, Practitioners, Organizations, and Delivery Systems – Crossing the Racial Rubicon
Social Determinants of Health
- A Social Determinants Perspective of the Intersection of Ageism, Racism and Social Isolation During COVID-19
- Social Determinants of Rural Zip Codes
- COVID-19 Crisis Exposes Missing Social Determinant of Health Domain
- Community-Based Mental Health Agencies Must Be a Part of the Social Determinant Solution
- The Social Determinants of Help-Seeking for Young Men of Color
- The NYSPA Report: American Psychiatric Association Approaches to Social Determinants of Mental Health
- NYS Office of Mental Health Seeks to Address the Social Determinants That Affect Mental Health in Our Communities
- Social Determinants of Behavioral Health: Time to Augment Advocacy Strategy?
- How Social Determinants Affect Young Adults with Autism and Learning Differences: Creating a Plan for Future Success
- Social Determinants of Health and COVID-19: A Peer Perspective
- Is Technology a Social Determinant of Health?
- The Great Accelerant: COVID-19 and the Social Determinants of Behavioral Health
- A Network Approach for Social Determinants of Health
- The East New York Health Hub: A Model for Addressing Social Determinants of Health
- Beyond Data: Strategies to Reduce Racial Missteps for Behavioral Healthcare Providers
- Social Determinants and Adolescents’ Mental Health: First, Focus on Education and Graduation
- Stable Housing: A Determinant of Our Behavioral Health
Suicide
- Suicide Prevention is Everyone’s Business
- 988 Suicide Lifeline Expected in July 2022 Thanks to SAMHSA Grant
- Suicide Prevention Survey: WellLife Network Needs Your Help
- A Safe Space: Digital Tools Supporting Mental Health
- Computerized Screening May Help Identify Youth at Risk for Suicide
- WellLife Network Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention Survey
- Circle of Grief: Inspired Survivor Speaks Openly About Suicide
- The Importance of Building Community and Family Support with Latina Teens at Risk of Suicide
- Suicide Prevention in Institutional and Geographical Context: Perspectives from a University Student and Professor
- Preventing Suicide Among Suicide Attempt Survivors Using an Innovative Support Group Intervention
- Care Transitions: A Critical Time to Prevent Suicides
- Using Local Data to Reduce Suicide Death
- The NYSPA Report: Veteran Suicide – The Challenging Epidemic
- In the Shadow of the Pandemic: The Suicide Crisis in America
- Suicide Prevention in New York State: We Can Make a Difference But We Need All Hands on Deck!
- Suicide Prevention in New York State Schools: Hope and Resilience Among Urban, Suburban, and Rural Districts
- Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in LGBTQ Youth
- Preventing Suicide During the Pandemic
- Empowering Adults to Recognize and Respond to Youth in Suicidal Distress
- Socially Connected, Physically Distanced: How to Be There for Someone Experiencing Suicidal or Emotional Crisis During COVID-19
- Clergy and Faith Communities Perspective and Role in Suicide Prevention
- Strengthening Protective Factors to Prevent Bullying and Suicide on Staten Island
- Zero Suicide in the United States
- From the Publisher: A Personal Journey From a Survivor of Suicide: “From the Depths of Despair to a Mission of Advocacy”
- Know the Signs: Help Prevent a Loved One’s Suicide
- Does Our Healthcare System Perpetuate an Epidemic?
- Dr. Richard Juman Interviews Dr. John Draper on Suicidality
- Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention in the Time of COVID-19
Technology
- AsOne LEADS: Lessons Learned in Building a Behavioral Health and Family-Centered Healthcare IT and Data Solution
- Telehealth Is Critical for Our Behavioral Health During the Pandemic
- The Emergence of Telehealth and a Deepening Digital Divide
- The NYSPA Report: The Future of Telehealth in New York State
- Intelligent Automation in Mental Health Care: Improving Patient Outcomes and Reducing Clinician Burnout
- Innovative Disrupters in Behavioral Health
- Analyzing Behavioral and Health Data Together Holds the Potential for Improved Behavioral Treatment
- Bringing Together Data to Improve Health Outcomes
- Telehealth: Short and Long-Term Implications for Behavioral Health
- How EHR’s Are Responding to the Need for Virtual Client Care
- Concert Health: Using Technology to Support Safer Suicide Care
- Technology Helps OMH Increase Access and Continuity of Healthcare
- Technology Revives the Forgotten “Secret Weapon” Addiction Treatment Needs Now
- Putting Tech to Work: Adapting and Enhancing Our Services
Trauma-Informed Care
- Want to Help Underserved Communities Succeed? Adopt a Trauma-Informed Model at Your CEO Table
- Promoting Post-Pandemic Growth
- Addressing the Needs of Frontline Workers
- Implementing Trauma-Informed Care is a Journey, Not a Project
- 24 Organizations Team Up in Westchester’s First Trauma-Informed Systems Change Collaborative
- Utilizing Trauma-Informed Care to Address Trauma Reactions in Staff: Potential Impacts on Retention
- Post-COVID Strategies to Achieve the Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health System We’ve Needed All Along
- Trauma-Informed Care: Children in Crisis
- Integrating Trauma-Informed Care Into Organizations Serving Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
- A Trauma-Informed Community Approach to Bullying
- How the COVID-19 Pandemic Underscores the Need for Trauma-Informed Care
- Facilitating Trauma-Informed Organizational Change: OASAS Trauma-Informed Care Champions
- Trauma-Responsive Care: Beyond Mental Health
- On Becoming Trauma-Informed: It Takes a Village
- Five Lessons Learned in National Trauma-Informed Care Training
- Housing and Mental Health Services Are Key to Recovering from Trauma
- Secondary Traumatic Stress: A Key Piece of the Conversation
Treatments and Interventions
Webinars
Workforce Training
- Digital Transformation, Virtual Learning, and the Resilient Organization
- Attracting and Retaining Employees During the Workforce Crisis of 2021
- Training the Workforce in Non-Traditional Modalities of Self-Care: A COVID-19 Silver-Lining
- Workforce Training in the Age of COVID-19 and Zoom
- Strengthening the Addiction Workforce and Beyond
- Increasing the Addiction Workforce: Fellowship Training in Addiction Medicine
