Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities
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October 30th 2:30-4 here
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TA-lk Webinar: Senior Reach: An Evidence-Based Program Serving Older Adults
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October 30th 3:30-4:30 here |
OMH and the Community Technical Assistance Center of New York Webinar Series: Reimagining Children's Mental Health Services
Part I: What's on the Horizon?
November 7th 1:30-3 here
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OCTOBER:
CLMHD Committee Day
Monday October 27th
10:00-4:00 PM Fiscal Officers Workgroup
Tuesday October 28th 9:00-10:00 GTM Call-In NOVEMBER:Officers & Chairs
Conference Call
Wednesday November 5th
8:00-9:00 am CLMHD Mentoring Workshop
Friday November 7th Albany
10:00 - 4:00 pm Mental Hygiene Planning
Thursday November 13th 11:00 - 2:00 pm 41 State Street Albany
CLMHD Director's Meeting
Tuesday November 18th 10:30-Noon CLMHD Executive Committee
12:30-2:00 41 State Street, Albany Fiscal Officers Workgroup
Tuesday November 25th 9:00-10:00 am GTM Call-In
Contact CLMHD for all call in information, 518.462.9422
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Children's Mental Health Services Staff Development Training Forum
December 2-3, 2014
Saratoga Hilton
Saratoga Springs, NY
Receive up to date education on issues pertaining to the CANS-NY, Children's Health Homes, SPOA and many other topics.
Presented by the NYS Coalition of Children's Mental Health Services and the NYS Office of Mental Health. Registration: www.cmhny.org |
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Monte Nido: Residential Eating Disorder Facility Opens In Irvington
The Irvington facility recently got its licensing from the New York State Office of Mental Health and will be accepting both male and female clients.
All Monte Nido programs are designed to achieve behavior and mood stabilization in a climate where destructive behaviors can be interrupted. Clients can then work on the crucial underlying issues which cause and/or perpetuate their disordered eating and other dysfunctional behaviors. In addition to individual, group and family therapy the facility will provide education, nutritional counseling, fitness training, life skills training, mindfulness and spiritual enhancement,
The facility is capable of hosting up to 14 clients over the age of 18. They anticipate creating some single bed rooms in a separate building on site, that would serve as one of the few programs in the country for men, which is a growing client population. Read
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How New York City drug addicts inspired a potential treatment
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Dr. Stanley Glick, a retired professor at Albany Medical College who spent 40 years studying drug addicition, talks about transforming a potentially dangerous hallucinogen into a drug that meets federal standards for safety and efficacy.
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It was the 1960s. People were looking for ways to expand their minds, and a group of New York City addicts stumbled across Ibogaine, a drug with roots in West Africa.
At the time, the drug was legal and derived from the extract of a shrub used as a ritual hallucinogen. The group in New York City took Ibogaine and hallucinated for hours. They also believed they discovered a treatment for drug addiction, as their cravings for heroin subsided.
Eventually, federal regulators made Ibogaine illegal. It had negative side effects and was unproven scientifically as a treatment. Still, the group in New York City pitched it to doctors as a potential addiction treatment. One of those to hear about the addicts was Dr. Stanley Glick, a professor at Albany Medical College.
Glick's path to an addiction treatment spans more than four decades. It culminated recently with news that a potential legal drug loosely inspired by those New York City addicts is progressing through human trials. "It's been a long, tortuous journey, but we are finally at the point where we will see if it works, and I absolutely think that it will," Glick said. Read more.
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Meghan, 23, began experiencing hallucinations at 19. "Driving home, cars' headlights turned into eyes. The grills on the cars turned into mouths and none of them looked happy. It would scare the crap out of me," Meghan says.
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Schizophrenia typically starts in the late teens or early 20s. But if you could stop that first psychotic break, could you stop the mental illness in its tracks? Some doctors think so. Read more here. Listen to the Story
Related: What Schizophrenia Can Teach Us About Ourselves
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Treating Depression Before It Becomes Postpartum
Depression is the most common health problem women face. In the United States, outside of obstetrics, it is the leading cause of hospitalizations among women ages 15 to 44. It's estimated that 20 percent to 25 percent of women will experience depression during their lifetimes, and about one in seven will experience postpartum depression. For low-income women, the rates are about twice as high. Read more here.
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Expect more not-for-profit hospital mergers and acquisitions
The surge in merger and acquisition activity among not-for-profit health systems has boosted credit ratings for the sector, according to a report from Standard & Poor's.
Struggling hospitals and systems that otherwise would have seen their credit ratings downgraded have aligned with stronger organizations. However, M&A activity has masked some of the underlying challenges for healthcare providers, making the group seem healthier than it is. Read more.
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