Nov 17, 2020 | Mental Health Update
Listed below are highlights from a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse that sadly confirms what many of us were aware of anecdotally regarding the impact of COVID to those with a mental health related diagnosis. It also provide a continued reason as to why...
Nov 16, 2020 | Mental Health Update
This past weekend, Channel 6 (the CBS affiliate in Albany) did a feature story on the mental health impact of COVID to parents of school-aged children. Sebrina Barrett, the Executive Director of ACL and a parent of two school aged children, was featured. She...
Nov 13, 2020 | Mental Health Update
Yesterday’s New York Times featured an article about the mental health impact of social isolation to young people during COVID. MHANYS has a number of resources and expertise to help families and youth respond to anxiety concerns during this pandemic. Please go...
Nov 12, 2020 | Mental Health Update
Listed below is an article from Forbes highlighting the movement of New York’s behavioral health system to providing services remotely during COVID. There has been a great deal written about telehealth and its impact as a clinical intervention for individuals in the...
Nov 12, 2020 | Mental Health Update
Close to a hundred different peers, family members, provider, counties and advocates spoke during the four public forums in regard to the Creation of the Office of Behavioral Health. What was impressive was that virtually everyone came in with their own level of...
Nov 9, 2020 | Mental Health Update
OMH is conducting a Statewide Virtual Town Hall with Commissioner Ann Sullivan, M.D., presenting and taking feedback on OMH’s vision for the future of the public mental health system. OMH is dedicated to providing individuals and families access to quality,...
