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Carlos Pato will be the first executive chair of psychiatry at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and Michele Pato will become the inaugural director of the new Rutgers Center for Genomics of Psychiatric Health and Addiction.
Carlos Pato and Michele Pato to Oversee Behavioral Health, Addictions and Genomic Psychiatry Research
Rutgers has selected two distinguished psychiatrists – husband and wife Carlos N. Pato and Michele T. Pato – to oversee behavioral health, addictions and genomic psychiatry research, a rapidly growing field in psychiatric medicine that investigates the genetic connections to mental health.
Carlos Pato will be the first executive chair of psychiatry at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) and Michele Pato, the director of SUNY Downstate’s Institute for Genomic Health, will become the inaugural director of the new Rutgers Center for Genomics of Psychiatric Health and Addiction (RCPHA) and will join her husband as professor of psychia
NJ Human Services Launches COVID Crisis Counseling Helplines for Health Care Workers and Emergency Responders
By NJ DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
December 25, 2020 at 10:36 PM
By NJ DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
December 25, 2020 at 10:36 PM
New Helplines Bolster Response to COVID-19 Emotional Well-being and Mental Health Concerns
(TRENTON) – Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson today announced the Department has launched two new helplines in partnership with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care to provide emotional support and crisis counseling to health care workers and first responders impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our doctors, nurses, frontline hospital staff, first responders, and nursing home workers are risking their lives every day in this battle against COVID. Each day while caring for our families, they worry about the health and well-being of their own families. They have seen far too much heartbreak and tragedy, and we want to be sure that t
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TRENTON, NJ Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson announced Dec. 22, 2020, that the department has launched two new helplines in partnership with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care to provide emotional support and crisis counseling to healthcare workers and first responders impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our doctors, nurses, frontline hospital staff, first responders, and nursing home workers are risking their lives every day in this battle against COVID,” stated Commissioner Johnson. “Each day while caring for our families, they worry about the health and well-being of their own families. They have seen far too much heartbreak and tragedy, and we want to be sure that they have a safe place to talk about their experiences, anxieties and trauma. The COVID Hope and Healing Helplines for healthcare workers and first responders are here to help. Please do not hesitate to make the call.”
COVID-19 updates: Residents in 90 nursing homes to start getting vaccinated Monday. NJ Transit gets 1.25B in funding. What you need to know. (Dec. 24, 2020)
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
CVS and Walgreens will administer the shots into February, officials said Wednesday.
New Jersey is starting vaccinations at longterm care facilities a week later than other states including Connecticut and New York because it missed a federal deadline by one day.
UPDATE from @NewJerseyDOE on our efforts to close the digital divide for students lacking equipment of internet connectivity needed for remove learning:
➡️Original gap: 231,000 students
Officials have partly blamed blamed the federal government changed its vaccine allotments. Plus, officials say the delay is also because the state decided to include not just nursing homes but thousands of residents at developmental centers, group homes, and other longterm facilities were included.