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Social Cohesion – Start With the Relationship The Social Determinants of Health include five separate pillars; the first is Social and Community Context.

When thinking about the Social Determinants of Health, one would assume Loneliness should be front and center. Yet, the Social Determinants of Health do not specifically mention loneliness.

First off, thank you so much for being a loyal Echo customer! One of the highlights for the Echo team every year is seeing our customers in person at our annual peer-to-peer conference in October.

Suicide Prevention in the U.S.

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States. Sadly, when speaking of anxiety, most people think of someone who can’t talk in public or make friends. The crux of the matter is; anxiety is more intense and can ruin a person’s life.

Providing mental health services should be more than addressing the mental health needs of your client. Providing services should also include reviewing the social determinants of health that affect their lives, from food to housing to safety to education.

Open access is a revolutionary step in the provision of mental health services.
The idea here is that people in need of help can simply walk in and get to see a therapist without the need for the cumbersome process of booking appointments.

What’s the best part of your job?
“The best part of my job is getting to work with different agencies from all over the country. That is probably my favorite part because they’re really remarkable people – the people that we have the opportunity to work with because they’re taking care of other people in a time of need, in a time of struggle.”

The return to normal is a moment in time that we all have long looked forward to with yearning and much anticipation.

While most agencies I speak with have moved to using an Electronic Health Record (EHR) to collect necessary data, agencies are less likely to have discovered the tremendous advantages of using an EHR that provides a visual display of the client’s file.

Can a cell phone app dismiss the need for mental health services? Or should a cell phone app act as an add-on to mental health services? In today’s day and age, the above questions are developing a new concept.

So, you said you came from somewhere. Where did you come from? I was born and raised in New Hampshire and then went to college in Savannah. I was there for several years until I moved to Baltimore.