How the Pandemic Turned Behavioral Healthcare for Older Adults on Its Head

• By: Nancy Harvey, LMSW Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
• October 11th, 2022
• aging, anti-racism, behavioral healthcare, COVID-19, Fall 2022 Issue, frontline staff, older adults, pandemic, telehealth, training
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The past three years have brought about the greatest transformation in behavioral healthcare practices that I have seen in four decades. I have served as Chief Executive Officer of Service Program for Older People (SPOP) for 33 years. We provide community-based behavioral healthcare for adults...

Recognizing the Root Cause of What Ails Us

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• October 11th, 2022
• behavioral healthcare, burnout, COVID-19, economic distress, Fall 2022 Issue, industrial revolution, job dissatisfaction, technology, the great resignation
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Our behavioral healthcare system has navigated innumerable challenges in pursuit of its overarching aim to alleviate human suffering. Ostensible improvements in treatment protocols and related technologies, sociocultural developments (specifically those that promote a greater understanding and...

Devereux Florida Student Volunteers Donate Time and Talents to Support Youth in Need

• By: Lindsey Phillips Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
• January 5th, 2022
• behavioral healthcare, community engagement, volunteer, Winter 2022 Issue, young leaders
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At Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, volunteers play an integral role, donating their time and talents to help the nonprofit change lives and empower those it serves to achieve their full and unique potential. Devereux is one of the nation’s largest organizations providing services,...