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Clergy Clinician Community Collaboration

in 2019, Institute for Community Living (ICL) developed a Clergy Clinician Community Collaboration (or 4C), a collaboration between ICL, faith-based leaders (FBLs) in East NY and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). to help clergy identify strategies to better address mental health needs of congregants including engagement in supportive services. This collaboration arose out of the extensive outreach ICL did in the planning […]

Public Statement on the Killing of George Floyd

By David Woodlock, President and CEO, ICL ” I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ‘ ” –Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr At ICL, we are all […]

Will we see a ‘wounded generation’ because of COVID-19?

By David Woodlock Published in Modern Healthcare Much of the public policy debate about re-opening society after months of stay-at-home edicts balances today’s need for health and safety with tomorrow’s need for economic and social well-being. What’s largely missing from these discussions are the long-term implications of the trauma that this crisis has inflicted […]

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 […]

ICL welcomes its new COO, Pamela Mattel

David Woodlock, President and Chief Executive Officer of ICL, today announced the appointment of Pamela Mattel, LCSW as Chief Operating Officer. Mattel has worked in the non-profit sector for more than 35 years, with a focus on integrating primary and behavioral health care. ICL, a premier mental health organization serving more than 10,000 clients, […]

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 […]

COVID-19 Response

With the ever-changing coronavirus situation, ICL is doing everything we can to stay on top of developments. Our priority is to support the clients in our care and the staff doing this critical work while ensuring the health of the larger community. We would appreciate any help we receive that will help us serve vulnerable […]