Opinions & Observations: Using booze and baking to cope: A recipe for mental health disaster
By David Woodlock Published in Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online liquor sales spiked 400 percent in April, and this month a bill in Albany was introduced that will allow restaurants to sell take-out booze—for two years. Maybe the only thing more popular than alcohol right now is flour for all the bread and cookies we are eating. This should not […]
Amazing work of ICL Chief Medical Officer Featured in Major AP COVID-19 Story
Pandemic threatens to deepen crisis in mental health care NEW YORK (AP) — More than three weeks after Brandon Bell stopped showing up at a New York office that serves people with schizophrenia, employees finally located him at a nearby homeless shelter. The office remains open, but patients aren’t stopping by as much during the […]
After weeks of dire hospital conditions, doctors and nurses face their own mental health crisis
Courtesy of Hospital for Special Surgery https://www.crainsnewyork.com/health-care/after-weeks-dire-hospital-conditions-doctors-and-nurses-face-their-own-mental-health Townsend, a clinical nurse leader, is not used to patients dying at Hospital for Special Surgery. For Dr. Joseph Herrera, the past eight weeks have seemed like a lifetime. Herrera used to spend his days treating sports injuries as chairman of rehabilitation medicine at Mount Sinai Health System. Then […]
NY1 – ICL helping New Yorkers deal with stress and anxiety during COVID-19
Taking care of your brain and body: How to tend to mental health during the coronavirus pandemic
NYC Parents Take Social Distanced Life ‘Hour By Hour’
Dr. Jeanie Tse shares advice for parents on how to manage social distancing and urging them to create a flexible schedule that includes some precious “alone time.” Social distancing presents an opportunity and challenge to city parents experiencing “two worlds colliding in our space and in our face.” NEW YORK CITY — A Manhattan mom […]
It’s possible to cut costs while giving quality health care
View article here With New York state confronting a $6.1 billion budget deficit, the state is facing severe cuts to Medicaid, a program that serves as a lifeline to millions of New Yorkers living with significant physical and behavioral health challenges. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has convened a “Medicaid Redesign Team” to identify billions in savings […]
Instead of cutting Medicaid, invest in whole care
Featured in AM New York – February 11, 2020 | Page 6 A newly appointed Medicaid Redesign Task Force has been charged by Governor Cuomo with identifying ways to cut $2.5 billion next year without harming the sickest among us — a nearly impossible task. Instead of this risky approach, let’s invest in programs that […]
Mount Sinai, ICL, and Healthfirst Medicaid Savings Project Featured in Crain’s
Collaboration achieves $1.3 Million in Medicaid Savings and reduces hospitalizations for hundreds of people with significant physical and behavioral health conditions Click here to read the Crain’s article New York, NY (January 27, 2020)– The Institute for Community Living (ICL), Mount Sinai Health System, and Healthfirst announced Monday that their partnership in providing improved quality […]
More Care, More Support: City Unveils Public Safety and Public Health Reforms
Recommendations set forth by the Health Department and NYPD will provide new ways for City agencies to reach the narrow population of New Yorkers with untreated mental illness who may pose a danger to themselves or others. Featuring a quote from David Woodlock – ICL President and CEO “Although research shows that people with mental […]
