Safe, Stable Housing and Employment Are Key Social Determinants of Health, and Critical for Recovery!

• By: Ann Sullivan, MD New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• January 22nd, 2024
• addiction, employment, housing, mental health, mental health support, peer specialists, recovery, Winter 2024 Issue
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Safe and stable housing, together with appropriate employment, are important determinants of mental and physical health. For people who are living with mental illness, housing and employment can play a critical role in their journeys towards recovery. Governor Hochul has long recognized the...

Pediatric Behavioral Health Urgent Care: An Innovative Model of Care for Children and Adolescents

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• April 19th, 2022
• adolescents, behavioral health, children, mental health support, psychiatric care and treatment, Spring 2022 Issue, urgent care
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The Cohen Children’s Pediatric Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center (“BH Urgi”), located on Long Island, NY, is an alternative treatment setting for school-aged children and adolescents ages 5 through 17 in need of urgent mental health support. BH Urgi is intended to provide urgent or...