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Archives for November 2014
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Smoking not ‘Lesser Evil’ in MH Treatment Settings
NYAPRS Note: Smoking cessation has been targeted this year in DSRIP planning, particularly in NYC where it is a significant […]
Healthy Girls Affected Physically by Mother’s Depression?
NYAPRS Note: Another indication of the role of epigenetics in creating generational stress or negative symptoms of mental health is […]
OpenMinds Program Filling Fast; Managed Care Readiness with HCBS Services — Dec 11-12 in Saratoga
Register Now! The NYAPRS Collective in collaboration with the Managed Care Technical Assistance Center (MCTAC) announce Strategies for Successfully […]
Debate Persists Over Personality Disorder, Long After ‘Sybil’
NYAPRS Note: Many may remember the first time they watched ‘Sybil’, and the impact it had on their own consciousness. […]
WA State in Contempt, Judges Order Sanctions for MH Defendants in Jails
NYAPRS Note: Another case emerges from the west coast, where the detainment of persons awaiting competency assessments may set a […]
Returning to the Working World Through the Struggle of Depression
NYAPRS Note: This article—apart from highlighting a NYS PROS program—offers anecdotal insight into the challenges of regaining employment for people […]
HCBS Rule Could Halt Shift from Nursing Homes
NYAPRS Note: NY and all other states must submit a transition plan in compliance with the new federal Home and […]
Women with MH Needs Less Likely to Receive Cancer Screenings
NYAPRS Note: This article details a recent study that confirms what cost and utilization data already shows us regarding access […]
Time’s Running Out; Register Today for Open Minds with NYAPRS and MCTAC on Dec 11-12
Register Now! The NYAPRS Collective in collaboration with the Managed Care Technical Assistance Center (MCTAC) announce Strategies for Successfully […]
Integrating Peer Staff in the Workplace: Webinar for Best Effective Practices
NYAPRS Note: The two presentations below, offered by the OMH Office of Consumer Affairs, are timely and important given the […]
NYR: A Link Between MH and Gun Violence?
NYAPRS Note: Below, another piece with helpful research related to the coincidence of gun violence and mental health. Is […]
Capital Restructuring Money for NY BH Available Through RFA
NYAPRS Note: Please see information below in a recent email from DOH and the DSRIP team, and linked information to […]
MH Parity Disclosure War: 4 Battlefields
NYAPRS Note: Below is a helpful investigation into the ongoing process of securing parity implementation for behavioral health, with useful […]
MIA: Time to Get Serious About Nutrition
NYAPRS Note: Below are two articles related to nutrition and its role in mental health; the second indicates a recent […]
TU: Tackling Psychiatric Problems with Transformative Hope
NYAPRS Note: Thank you to local advocate Tracy Frisch for this excellent commentary, which offers the simple and life-changing hope […]
The Science of Suffering; Trauma and Epigenetics
NYAPRS Note: The article below is the best I have read on the issue of trauma. Inherited pathology as it […]
DSRIP Reveals Shortcomings in Health Tech Across State and Systems
DSRIP Reveals Shortcomings in Health Tech Crain’s Health Pulse; 11/18/2014 New York’s health IT community is hopeful that the […]
Medicaid Data Shows High City Admission Rates for Preventable Illness
NYAPRS Note: Read the United Hospital Fund report referenced below here, and link to a recent UHF study on lessons […]
‘Voices from the Emotional Underground’ in Troy, NY on 11/20 (2)
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is proud to co-sponsor this event on 11/20 at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. […]
Deciding Whether to Disclose MH Needs at Work
NYAPRS Note: The article below offers some helpful resources for workplace mental health, and tips for “coming out” about behavioral […]
STAR Webinar: Promoting Family Wellness Using WRAP®, 11/18 @ 2pm
NYAPRS Note: Register now for tomorrow’s webinar on using WRAP to promote family wellness. See below for details! […]
‘The Invisible Front’ Offers Perspective on Veteran’s Day
NYAPRS Note: I wouldn’t normally send something like a book review to our readers, but the article below highlights a […]
STILL TIME TO REGISTER MRLC Webinar 11/17: Utilizing Recovery Outcomes
NYAPRS Note: Given the current changes in funding sources, the Affordable Care Act, Managed Care, Health Homes, DSRIP, HARPS and […]
Yesterday’s Corrections and Mental Health Hearing Offers Solutions to CJ Crisis, Collaboration Between Committees
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS extends our gratitude to Damian DePauw, who yesterday joined us to testify to the Joint Standing Legislative […]
Community Forum Westchester and Upcoming Meetings Pre-NYAPRS Legislative Day
NYAPRS Note: Join us in Westchester next Wednesday, 11/19, for a forum discussing the upcoming legislative season, the move to […]
Open Minds Forum Full Program Now Available-Join NYAPRS and MCTAC 12/11-12
NYAPRS Note: Join NYAPRS and MCTAC on December 11-12 in Saratoga as we dive into the programmatic, management, and financial […]
Prison Health Care Spending: Cost Drivers and Policy Approaches
NYAPRS Note: Today, we will testify in front of the NY legislative committees on corrections and mental health to the […]
LI NYAPRS Forum, 11/17, Features Managed Care Issues for Providers and Community Members
OpenMinds; Managed Care Readiness with HCBS Services — Dec 11-12 in Saratoga (2)
NYAPRS Note: Join NYAPRS and MCTAC on December 11-12 in Saratoga as we dive into the programmatic, management, and financial […]
Forum on Medicaid Reform in Brooklyn, 12/8, with DOHMH, NYAPRS, and CIDNY
NYAPRS Note: We will join DOHMH and CIDNY in Brooklyn on 12/8 to bring information on the transition to managed […]
This Veteran’s Day, Let’s Focus on Homeless Female Vets
This Veterans Day, Let’s Focus on Homeless Female Vets Huffington Post; Deborah De Santis, 11/10/2014 As we observe Veterans Day […]
PROS Academy Nov 20-21; Register Today!
NYAPRS note: New York’s Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) licensed Medicaid program is promoting recovery, employment and community integration in […]
MIA: My Favorite Fears and How They May Serve Us
NYAPRS Note: I think the article below is relevant in many professional contexts, and certainly valuable in a time of […]
National Council: Nominate for 2015 Excellence Awards
NYAPRS Note: Do you know an employment provider or advocate who is inspiring hope? A rising star in recovery advocacy? […]
SAMHSA: New TIP on Cultural Competence
NYAPRS Note: The below Treatment Improvement Protocol, recently released by SAMHSA, will be a valuable resource for service providers […]
40, 000 Suicides Annually, Yet America Simply Shrugs
NYAPRS Note: The portrait below is a chapter in another installment of USA Today’s look at mental health and stigma […]
MRT Social Determinants Workgroup Proposes Recommendations
NYAPRS Note: The Medicaid Redesign Team’s Social Determinants of Health workgroup has released a final set of recommendations to the […]
OpenMinds; Managed Care Readiness with HCBS Services — Dec 11-12 in Saratoga
NYAPRS Note: Join NYAPRS and MCTAC on December 11-12 in Saratoga as we dive into the programmatic, management, and financial […]
NYAPRS offers FREE NOVEMBER 17 Webinar-Utilizing RecoveryOutcomes
NYAPRS Note: Given the current changes in funding sources, the Affordable Care Act, Managed Care, Health Homes, DSRIP, HARPS and […]
Ted: How Should We Talk About Mental Health?
NYAPRS Note: This concise and helpful article below was written by a contributing author to www.ted.com , a site now […]
Crain’s: Community Health Program Gets Results, Sets Stage for Presby DSRIP
NYAPRS Note: Innovative integration models targeting high-needs clients will pave the way for more reform in DSRIP. But with the […]
When Mental Health Gets Political
NYAPRS Note: This brief article gives a snapshot of the mental health issues at stake on this year’s gubernatorial election […]
Register for NYAPRS 5th Annual PROS Academy Today!
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services in collaboration with the New York State Office of Mental Health The Center […]
CA’s Realignment Act: A Model for Community MH?
NYAPRS Note: In another article regarding the potential precedent set by California’s courts in reducing the prison census due to […]
Registration Open for the Dec 11-12 OpenMinds Program on Managed Care Readiness for HCBS Services
Register Now! The NYAPRS Collective in collaboration with the Managed Care Technical Assistance Center (MCTAC) announce Strategies for Successfully […]
Supportive Housing Call Ambitious for De Blasio, Cuomo
Ambitious Call for De Blasio, Cuomo to Build Supportive Housing City Limits; Chris Giblin, 10/23/2014 New York’s affordable housing crunch […]
‘Voices from the Emotional Underground’ in Troy, NY on 11/20
NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is proud to co-sponsor this event on 11/20 at the Sanctuary for Independent Media. Join community members […]
NYT: If Medicaid Expansion Weren’t Optional
Who Would Have Health Insurance if Medicaid Expansion Weren’t Optional New York Times; Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz, 11/3/2014 […]
Release of HCBS Provider Application, Due 12/5 (2)
Thanks Abbie! Very helpful. From: Relkin, Abbie [mailto:RelkinA at MhaWestchester.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 3:17 PM To: Harvey Rosenthal; […]
Release of HCBS Provider Application, Due 12/5
NYAPRS Note: OMH has just announced the release of the HCBS provider application form, which allows providers to attest to […]
Aging in Place Efforts Expanding, Survey Shows
Efforts to Enable Americans to Age in Place are Expanding, Survey Shows The Washington Post; Fredrick Kunkle, 11/1/2014 A […]
WRAP, Wellness, Supervision; Webinars and Twitter Chats from STAR Center
NYAPRS Note: Thanks to the STAR Center for sharing the opportunities below to learn more about wellness, peer supervision, poverty […]
In the Shadows of Homelessness, RI Outreach Workers Help Those Hardest to Reach
NYAPRS Note: As in RI, the experiences of care managers in NY’s Health Homes may help with valuable advocacy for […]
NYAPRS offers NOVEMBER 17 Webinar-Utilizing Recovery Outcomes
NYAPRS Note: Given the current changes in funding sources, the Affordable Care Act, Managed Care, Health Homes, DSRIP, HARPS and […]