{"id":4960,"date":"2020-02-03T22:28:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T22:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/?p=4960"},"modified":"2020-02-03T22:52:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T22:52:30","slug":"medisys-deploys-mental-health-team-to-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/medisys-deploys-mental-health-team-to-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"MediSys Mental Health Team Departs to Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/medisys-deploys-mental-health-team-to-puerto-rico\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4961 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/puerto-rico-mental-health-deployment-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"133\" \/>Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced the deployment of 26 bilingual health professionals to Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>The Island was hit by a series of earthquakes that occurred nearly every day for several weeks.\u00a0 The quakes have left thousands of people displaced and many are fearful of returning to their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Natural disasters of this magnitude can greatly affect a survivor\u2019s mental health.\u00a0 \u00a0It is common for mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder to develop after such events.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the great need for mental health support in Puerto Rico, the MediSys Health Network delegated six employees from Jamaica Hospital&#8217;s Mental Health Department to serve on a team deployed by the Greater New York Hospital Association(GNYHA).\u00a0 Dedicating their time and expertise to this mission are Attilio Rizzo, Jr., Director, Psychiatric Social Work (Administrative Team Lead); Martha Edelman, M.D., Psychiatrist (Clinical Team Lead); Frank Lopes, Social Worker; Denise Osorto, Psychotherapist; Alberto Palomino, Clinical Manager and Jennifer Santos, Psychologist.<\/p>\n<p>The MediSys Health Network team members were invited to attend a special press conference coordinated by the office of Governor Cuomo during which he shared the objectives of the GNYHA deployment to Puerto Rico. According to the Governor,\u00a0 \u201cMental health professionals will be integrated into the work of the Puerto Rican Mental Health Agency- the Mental Services Administration Health and Addiction- and deploy to shelters in Guanica, Guayanilla and Ponce.\u201d \u00a0The collective goal is to address the long-term mental health issues that can affect residents, especially children.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica Hospital\u2019s mental health team departed for Puerto Rico on Monday, February 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and is scheduled to return on Monday, February 10<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 \u201cOur team is proud to serve on this mission and hope that by supporting the victims, we can help them to recover from these traumatic events and rebuild their lives\u201d shared Anthony Maffia, Jamaica Hospital&#8217;s Vice President of Psychiatry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareGovernor Andrew M. 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The Island was hit by a series of earthquakes that occurred nearly every day for several weeks.\u00a0 The quakes have left thousands of people &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/medisys-deploys-mental-health-team-to-puerto-rico\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4960"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4973,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960\/revisions\/4973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}