Thriving Mind News

Living Room Grand Opening:

Save the Date

New Horizons Community Mental Health Center, Inc. has launched a “Living Room” program to serve the mental health needs of people in Miami-Dade County which coincides with the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month.

This new model will be the first of its kind in South Florida. The 50-year-old agency is excited to offer this new line of service.

New Horizons will hold an open house from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. May 1^st at 1469 NW 36^th Street, Miami, FL 33142. The Ribbon Cutting will take place promptly at 10:30 a.m.

See flyer for more info.

NAMI Miami-Dade Conference Features Thriving Mind Speaker

Adilen Cruz, Thriving Mind's Vice President of Behavioral Health Services, spoke today (Saturday, April 20) at NAMI Miami-Dade's Honest Talk about Suicide and a Message of Hope. Her talk addressed crisis response resources in our community. Go to https://thrivingmind.org/crisis-support for more information.

Staff Attend Threat Management Conference In Palm Beach Co.

Stephanie Pastorino, MHS, CBHCM ,Threat Management Section Care Coordinator and Yisel Morell, LMHC, Care Coordination Manager, attended the Second Annual Palm Beach County Threat Management Conference. This conference identifies best practices of developing and maintaining threat management teams across the nation.

Child Abuse Prevention Month

Nikki Batista, Thriving Mind's Children's System of Care Specialist, and Michelle Luchau, Thriving Mind's Adult System of Care Specialist, participated in Citrus’ Community Resource Fair for Child Abuse Prevention Month at the Circle of Brotherhood on April 20.

Research Paper and

Textbook Chapter Published

John W.Newcomer, M.D., Thriving Mind President and CEO, recently wrote a book chapter on medications used to treat mental illness.

Newcomer JW: Ziprasidone and asenapine, in The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, 6^th Edition, Vol 1. Edited by Schatzberg AF, Nemeroff CB. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2024, pp. 813-847

A Thriving Mind research assistant, Jared Lipsey, was a co-author on a paper about substance use treatment. Mr. Lipsey was advised by Steven Proctor, Ph.D., Thriving Mind's Senior Program Director for Health Outcomes, who is first author on the paper. At the time, Mr. Lipsey was an undergraduate at Brown University majoring in neuroscience. He is now a Licensing Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Licensing Office.

Proctor, S. L., Lipsey, J. S., & Rigg, K. K. (2022). The insanity of addiction treatment in America. Addiction Research & Theory, 30, 231–236. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2021.2007888

Peer Services Conducts Training

Thriving Mind's Peer Services Team, Esther Serrano and Derek Moore, conducted a training for Network Service Provider Douglas Gardens (both the Miami Beach and North Miami site) on “Implementing a Recovery Oriented System of Care”. Present in the training were peers, case managers, therapists and the clinical director.

Thriving Mind Attends 2024NatCon

Adilen Cruz, Thriving Mind's Vice President of Behavioral Health Services, is pictured here waiting to hear Former First Lady Michelle Obama speak during the closing remarks at the 2024 NatCon. The event was hosted by the National Council on Mental Wellbeing, in St. Louis.

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