Front Door
Q: Is the “front door” the only way that people can enter the behavioral health system?
A: No. The “front door” is designed to serve as a streamlined and accessible way to connect people to the appropriate clinical assessment and treatment when they may not otherwise know where to turn.
Q: What kind of assistance will the “front door” provide?
A: An individual or their loved one can call or “chat” through a centralized, single phone number/website. A staff person will answer the call/chat and will gather information to help determine what help is indicated; a brief clinical assessment may be conducted when appropriate. The front door staff then will help the caller navigate and connect to the appropriate next steps, which may include referral to a Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) or other outpatient provider, referral to mobile crisis intervention, or connection to other behavioral health services.
The girl had been experiencing chest pains and her worried mother thought she should go to the emergency room, recalled Amanda E. DeCew, a Fair Haven clinic director and pediatric nurse.
The girl “was spending her entire day inside and had been inside for like two weeks,” DeCew said. “But the more we got into her symptoms, the more I really felt like this was anxiety and nothing that she needed to go the emergency room for.”
But DeCew also knew that some kind of medical intervention was needed. “I’m going to write a park prescription for you,” she told the girl. “Just try this for today.”
Frontline Toronto police constables and sergeants eligible to be vaccinated, province says
by Lucas Casaletto, News Staff
Posted Mar 1, 2021 3:11 pm EDT
Last Updated Mar 1, 2021 at 9:00 pm EDT
Toronto police say just over 2,000 of its frontline members are eligible to be vaccinated as of March 1 – the same day
The constables and sergeants were recently moved into
In a statement issued to 680 NEWS Monday, Toronto police said the 2,250 officers qualified for their first dose respond to emergency calls where medical assistance may be required.
There are about 5,000 police officers in Toronto. Almost half are now eligible to receive the vaccine as of today. And this was not previously announced. What other essential workers are getting the vaccine? The Ontario government has not said. https://t.co/pgJInXnCVB
Medical providers are taking nature therapy seriously
Melanie Stengel :: C-HIT.ORG
Meghan Casey, left, a nursing and public health student at Yale, and Amanda E. DeCew, an advanced practice registered nurse in pediatrics at Fair Haven Community Health Care in New Haven, go for a morning walk along Quinnipiac River Trail on Front Street. DeCew, also the clinic’s director for quality improvement and risk management, became interested in the benefits of nature therapy after hearing a podcast on the topic. She, and a few other colleagues, now prescribe outdoor activities to children and adults when they think it’s appropriate.
Melanie Stengel
Schools were closed and online learning was in full swing last March when a teenager and her mom arrived at Fair Haven Community Health Care in New Haven.
The girl had been experiencing chest pains and her worried mother thought she should go to the emergency room, recalled Amanda DeCew, a Fair Haven clinic director and pediatric nurse.
The girl “was spending her entire day inside and had been inside for like two weeks,” DeCew said. “But the more we got into her symptoms, the more I really felt like this was anxiety and nothing that she needed to go the emergency room for.”