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LGBTQ+ hotlines experience influx in crisis calls amid 2024 presidential election
LGBTQ+ crisis hotlines, including The Trevor Project and Crisis Text Line, have seen a sharp increase in calls and messages during the 2024 presidential election. Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz-Schwartz tells USA Today about her dedication to ensuring that vulnerable LGBTQ+ individuals remain connected to essential mental health resources during these challenging times.
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Dr. Andrew Gerber: Behavioral Health Care – The State of the State
In a recent podcast, Andrew J. Gerber, MD, PhD, President and Medical Director of Silver Hill Hospital, joined Rey Spadoni for an insightful discussion on the current state of youth mental health and behavioral healthcare in the United States.
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The Steward House – A unique program for executives, professionals
Founded in 2018 at Silver Hill Hospital as a collaboration with the Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health, The Steward House focuses on the treatment of professionals across industries who have developed serious mental health or substance use problems.
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How to Stop Being a People Pleaser
Dr. Bernstein provides expert advice on how to handle fears of pushback when setting boundaries and addressing the fear of abandonment when saying "no."
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Virtual Grand Rounds: Evaluation and Management of Late Life Depression and Older Adult Bipolar Disorder
In this presentation, Brent P. Forester MD, MSc. highlights key differences in the presentation of these mood disorders in older adults compared with a younger adult population and provides examples of assessment approaches.
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Could Your Job Be Hurting Your Health?
This BestLife article, featuring Jeff Katzman, MD, Director of the Silver Hill Academy for Research and Education (SHARE), discusses the harmful impact of stress and burnout in the workplace, emphasizing how these factors can negatively affect both physical and mental health.
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Addressing Alcohol Use During Sober October
It’s Sober October, a movement gaining momentum as more people seek an alternative to alcohol. Amy Swift, MD, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Silver Hill Hospital, emphasizes the serious impact of alcohol misuse.
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Virtual Grand Rounds: The Emotional System in the Natural World and in the Human Family
Anne McKnight, EdD, LCSW discusses how each of the three species, bees, trees, and chimpanzees, comprise a natural system that includes communication, defense, provisioning resources, procreation, and nurturance of the young, and decision making.
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Certificate of Need (CON)
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We’re Addiction Experts. Here’s The 1 Thing We’d Never, Ever Do
This Huff Post article featuring Director of Addiction Services at Silver Hill Hospital, Ryan Wade, MD, discusses the profound impact of addiction, which affects nearly 50 million people in the U.S. and their loved ones.
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Sigurd Ackerman, MD (1940 – 2024)
It is with great sadness that Silver Hill Hospital shares the news of the passing of Sigurd Ackerman, MD, who served as our President and Medical Director from 2003 to 2017. Dr. Ackerman (“Sig”) was a friend and mentor to many and will be greatly missed.
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Everything is Better When Maya Angelou is There
Last Thursday, Silver Hill Hospital partnered with the Community Baptist Church in New Canaan for a special evening of conversation and thought, GROUNDING IN HOPE. It was time well spent and we look forward to sequels ahead.
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SHARE Newsletter
SHARE SHORTS is the newsletter of the Silver Hill Academy for Research and Education providing updates on recent SHARE activity in education, research, and more.
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Silver Hill: A Retrospective
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Working Like a Dog … at Silver Hill Hospital
The dog days of summer are long behind us, but the Dog Days of Silver Hill are still going strong. Every day, Silver Hill welcomes one of our six resident pet therapy dogs to campus, where each has their own routine, their own rounds, and brings their own special charm.
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New football season brings to light dangers of sports betting
In this News 12 segment, Benjamin Bernstein, PhD, Psychologist at Silver Hill Hospital, shares valuable insights into the impact of sports fandom on mental health, as well as the dangers associated with sports betting.
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Collaboration for Youth Mental Health Gap Analysis in Norwalk
The Youth Mental Health Gap Analysis project in Norwalk, funded by the City of Norwalk and the Silver Hill Hospital Charitable Fund will identify current services, evaluate existing resources, and pinpoint gaps in care.
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From Aspiring Pediatrician to Psychiatry: Meet Nia Childs, CUNY School of Medicine Student
Nia Childs, a medical student at CUNY School of Medicine and SHARE Learner at Silver Hill Hospital, shares her journey from an early aspiration to become a doctor to discovering her passion for psychiatry.
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COVID rapidly aged our teens’ brains. Here’s how we fix them
This Fortune Well article featuring Elizabeth Ortiz-Schwartz, MD, DFAPA, Psychiatrist and Adolescent Team Lead at Silver Hill Hospital, highlights recent findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health and brain development.
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B.More Collaborator, Dr. Michael Bogenschutz, Awarded NIAAA Grant for Psilocybin in Alcohol Use Disorder Trial at NYU and Silver Hill Hospital
Silver Hill Hospital is proud to be collaborating with B.More Inc., a non-profit, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of psychedelic medicines for substance abuse disorders, and Dr. Michael Bogenschutz, Director of the NYU Langone Center for Psychedelic Medicine, on a significant grant from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
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