Stories of Stigma in the Healthcare System

• By: Melissa Wettengel, NYCPS, MPH Hands Across Long Island, Inc. (HALI)
• April 24th, 2024
• healthcare system, lived experience, mental health, mental health stigma, Spring 2024 Issue, stigma, stigma reduction, structural disparities
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For Hands Across Long Island, Inc. (HALI), stigma in healthcare is personal. As a peer-run organization, our mental health recovery “lived expertise” informs our services, which all address structural stigma or population-level disparities experienced by people having psychiatric diagnoses...

Overcoming Silos to Create Better Service Delivery

• By: Rola Aamar, PhD Relias
• April 19th, 2022
• behavioral health, healthcare, healthcare system, Integrated Care, recovery, resources, service delivery, social determinants of health, Spring 2022 Issue, substance use, treatment
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Over the past two decades, overcoming the silos of clinical practice that predominate how we provide care has become one of the biggest obstacles that healthcare has tried to tackle. Chronic mental, medical, or substance use conditions rarely occur independently, yet the majority of options offered...