Research has shown that the success rates for people keeping their New Year’s resolutions is somewhere between 6 to 50 percent. That’s a pretty big spread and a huge failure rate. Why are New Year’s resolutions often so unsuccessful? Let’s focus on the Big Three: Too Much, Too Fast, Wrong Time. Too Much Behavior change […]
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Comprehensive Healthcare’s new Chief Financial Officer, Diahann Barrera started her new role at Comprehensive Healthcare on Monday, December 28. Diahann Barrera comes to Washington from Reno, Nevada where she was the Chief Financial Officer for Reno Behavioral Healthcare Hospital. She has about 24 years of experience, 13 of which has been working in Behavioral Health. […]
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By: Jodi Daly, Ph.D., President and CEO As we leave pandemic year 2020 behind, I reflect on the threat the virus created in our communities – destabilizing our health and economic wellbeing while highlighting the disparities suffered by communities of color and women. Each day, our community faced significant challenges and barriers to our businesses, […]
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Special Time is a key positive discipline strategy that we teach in our Strong Families parenting classes. It is based on a couple of key principles. The first is that your undivided attention as a parent or caregiver can have powerful positive consequences. Children need attention. If they are not being provided with your attention […]
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by: The JEDI Committee Today, November 20, 2020, is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day in which we honor the victims of anti-transgender violence. We cannot ignore the numbers: In the last year alone, 350 trans and gender-diverse people have been killed. Among those victims, 98 percent were trans women or trans feminine people. Of […]
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With the new isolation measures and safety precautions currently in place throughout Washington, you might be wondering: how does this impact my services at Comprehensive Healthcare? We have provided some answers to those questions below, but if you ever have questions about your care, you can always reach out to your clinician, or give us […]
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School is a great setting for children and families to access quality behavioral health; it can help increase access to care for busy families, but also greatly benefit rural communities that may have fewer resources. Services can be provided at school, in the home or in other community locations that are most convenient for the […]
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In partnership with the Walla Walla Police Department and Blue Mountain Heart to Heart, Comprehensive Healthcare was awarded a grant through the Washington Association of Sheriff and Police Chiefs (WASPC) in July, 2020, to begin an Arrest and Jail Alternatives (AJA) program in Eastern Washington. An AJA program integrates local law enforcement, behavioral health providers, […]
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Comprehensive Healthcare’s Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) formerly known as “the Methadone Program” is expanding its provision of Medications to treat Opioid Use Disorders (MOUD) in Yakima and now includes Suboxone services. Suboxone (buprenorphine with naloxone) is a medication used to help individuals with an opioid use disorder by blocking the addictive effects of opioid medications […]