Effective Early Intervention for Adolescents in Mental Health Crisis

Unique behavioral health programs at Kings County Hospital provide the specialized care young New Yorkers need to help achieve goals for school, careers and personal relationships before they may be derailed by long-term psychiatric complications.

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New Health Center Tailors Care to LGBT Community

Comprehensive health center at Metropolitan Hospital aims to remove barriers to care for underserved lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered populations.

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Syandra Turrentine
Special Officer
Queens Hospital Center

  • 25 years as hospital police officer

  • Known as "T, the social worker"

  • Volunteers at senior center

"My philosophy is, "If I don't know the answer,
I will find someone who does. I would never say
I can't or I don't know."

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