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Building Organizational Resilience for Behavioral Health Providers

Relias

Though the COVID-19 pandemic is waning, the changes it brought to healthcare persist. Just as individual practices like self-care can ground you through hardship, building organizational resilience can help your clinicians and staff weather hard times. In other words, even in turbulent times, resilience can be fostered.

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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

Relias

Healthcare professionals need to have a clear understanding of the ways that military experiences and culture can affect the health and well-being of veterans. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) An estimated 7% of veterans are diagnosed with PTSD in their lifetimes. PTSD can be caused by any number of traumatic events.

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Patient Experience in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Relias

As the COVID-19 pandemic takes new twists and turns, healthcare providers trying to optimize the patient experience continue to face many challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous stress on healthcare workers, as they are called upon to make difficult care decisions and to work under the constraints of limited resources.

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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

Relias

Individuals affected by collective trauma may also exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or other mental health disorders. In communities that had limited access to quality healthcare , often rural and low-income areas, infection and death rates were much higher.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

This scholarship was established in memory of Donna Millette-Fridge by the School of Social Work in recognition of her commitment to helping the mentally ill become self-sufficient. My plan is continuing to work in the group setting and IOP services, specifically with individuals who are experiencing self-harm, depression and anxiety.