Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers Launches Primary Care/Behavioral Health Integration Program

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Launching Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers' Primary Care/Behavioral Health Integration Initiative are, (left to right): Dr. Pamela Straker, president and CEO of Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers; Dr. Frank Macchiarola, president of St. Francis College, Susan Saladino, chair of the Dept. of Nursing at St. Francis College, and Marcia Titus-Prescott, RNC, director of Behavioral and Primary Health Care Services for Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers.

Nine registered nurses (RNs) who are earning bachelor's degrees from St. Francis College's School of Nursing will staff the program, working with new clients and current clients who already have a medical diagnosis. The program will be introduced initially at Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers' three downtown clinic sites, and expand to other clinics in the future.

Dr. Macchiarola said he is pleased that the St. Francis College students will be serving the clients of Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers because the college's special mission is to serve the poor just as St. Francis of Assist did. "These are two historic organizations in Brooklyn," he said. "Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers was a pioneer 100 years ago in treating mental illness and dealing with the poor and people who had no support elsewhere. St. Francis College started 150 years ago. We've served the community together."

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Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers Launches Primary Care/Behavioral Health Integration Program

Dr. Pamela Straker, president and CEO of Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers, recently announced the launch of a Primary Care/Behavioral Health Integration Initiative, which will help the agency's clien...

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