In The Media
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Guidance Center, National Grid Partner, Blank Slate’s Roslyn Times, March 1, 2019
Assistant Principal Easton Hazell; Kathleen Wisnewski, National Grid customer and mommunity manager; Lauren McGowan, director of development at the guidance center; Juan Santiago, National Grid customer and community manager; Dena Papadopoulos, mental health counselor...
“Waking Up to the Urgency of Mental Health Care,” by Andrew Malekoff, Blank Slate Media, March 5, 2019
Although my daily routine does not include reading Australian news, a social media headline from the Jan. 26, Sidney Morning Herald caught my eye: “Kids are Dying: Calls for Headspace to Publish Waiting Lists.” Headspace is the name for 110 centers located across...
“Waking Up to the Urgency of Mental Health Care,” by Andrew Malekoff, Blank Slate Media, March 5, 2019
Although my daily routine does not include reading Australian news, a social media headline from the Jan. 26, Sidney Morning Herald caught my eye: “Kids are Dying: Calls for Headspace to Publish Waiting Lists.” Headspace is the name for 110 centers located across...
“Breaking the Stigma of Depression,” By Andrew Malekoff, Long Island Herald, February 28, 2019
I’ve been working in the field of children’s mental health for more than 45 years, most of them with the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading children’s mental health agency on Long Island, where we turn no one away for inability to pay. During...
Guidance Center and National Grid Join to Help Students Think Big!
New partnership includes inspirational talk on setting future career goals Roslyn Heights, NY, February 21, 2019 — On February 12, 2019, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center and National Grid launched their new partnership with a Career Day talk at the...
“Grant a Living Wage to our Most Vulnerable,” By Andrew Malekoff, Long Island Business News, February 20, 2019
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent state budget included no funding to increase the paltry salaries of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) who are on the frontlines working with individuals living with developmental disabilities and mental illness. A DSP’s job is to assist...
“Postpartum depression, poverty and bonding with your baby,” Blank Slate Media, February 8, 2019
Having a baby can be the happiest time in a woman’s life. But for many, new motherhood can also bring risk of an increase in existing depression or the occurrence of new depression. In a recent report on maternal depression and economic mobility released by the...
“Giving Hearts,” Anton’s Long Island Weekly, February 6-12, 2019, by Andrew Malekoff
By Andrew Malekoff Why do people choose to support certain causes, while others look away? Sometimes it’s personal. A family member dies in hospice where their dignity was preserved in their final days. Other times it’s not as close to home. A television spot features...
“State Must Do Right by Mental Health Patients,” by LI Herald Editor Scott Brinton, January 24, 2019
EDITORIAL - Long Island Herald, published in 23 newspapers across Nassau County State must do right by mental health patients By Scott Brinton, Editor, Long Island Herald January 24, 2019 Society has long looked down on mental health patients, according to Andrew...
“Don’t leave children adrift in an ocean of inadequate coverage,” By Andrew Malekoff, Long Island Business News, January 22, 2019
By Andrew Malekoff One hazy mid-August afternoon many years ago, I was cooling off in the ocean off my hometown, Long Beach. Another swimmer grabbed my attention by pointing toward the jetty, the rock formation that helps to protect the shoreline from erosion. When I...