Job Description:

The Human Resources Generalist is responsible for the day-to-day administration of policies and programs covering several or all of the following: recruiting, compensation and benefits, training, employee and labor relations, safety and personnel research. 

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Benefits Administration
• New Hire Process
• Recruitment
• File Maintenance
• Training Calendar Management
• Invoice payments
• IT Troubleshooting
• Track IT Work orders

Job Requirements or Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Associate’s Degree
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience
• Knowledge of Employment Law and Human Resources Best Practice Standards
• Prior experience with database management

Abilities and Skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced use of Microsoft Office Suite Applications
• Proven Ability to troubleshoot software, hardware computer issues

Compensation and Benefits:

• Part Time / Shift: 8:30AM-5:00PM Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
• Compensation commensurate with Education, Experience and Skills

Special Note: This is a part time position only. Candidate must desire part time work.

To Apply:
Please submit your cover letter, salary requirements and resume via the “Apply Now Button” 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer 

Please no recruiters or personnel agencies

No phone calls or walk-ins, please

See full posting in Psychiatric News Alert of the APA.

Resources:  www.aaap.org

Petros Levounis, MD of The Addiction Institute of New York and Michael Gillis, MSW of Lifeskills South Florida	Nancy Nitenson, MD of Boston, MA
Nancy Merrill, APRN, BC of McLean Hospital, Joel Rusher of Turning Point and Pam Alvich of Silverhill Hospital	John Mariani, MD AAAP Program Chair and Director of Columbia University's Substance Treatment and Research Service (STARS)
Roger Weiss, MD Chief, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program of McLean Hospital and Grace Hennessey, MD of VA NY Harbor Healthcare System	Sherry Nykiel, MD Director, McLean Center at Fernside
Jaime Grodzicki, MD Silverhill Hospital and Marc Galanter, MD of New York University	Eric Collins, MD New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical School

Ed Khantzian, MD of Harvard University Medical School, Cambridge, MA

Resources for Education, Training and Treatment:

www.iaedp.com

www.timberlineknolls.com

www.sierratucson.com

Henah Gupta, PhD and Nicolle Arbelarz-Lopez, PsyD of South Florida IAEDP

Rachael Soliman of Timberline Knolls, Miss America 2008, Kirsten Haglund and Jason Ross, PhD, LMHC of Lifeskills South Florida

Lisa Delaney, RD, MS, LD/N of Lifeskills South Florida

Resources for Awareness and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder:

www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com

www.fbpda.org

www.lifeskillssouthflorida.com

www.mclean.org

www.southfloridadbt.com

www.dbtassociatesofsouthflorida.com

Michael Gillis, MSW and Brandon Marshall

Anna Traylor, PsyD, Perry Hoffman, PhD and Jason Ross, PhD

Amanda Smith and Laura Durant, LMHC

Susan Geraci, LCSW, Brandon Marshall, Rachel Whipple, LCSW and Laura Durant, LMHC

Maureen Smith, LICSW, George Smith, LICSW, Anna Traylor, PsyD and Michi Nogami-Marshall

Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall revealed over the weekend that he suffers from borderline personality disorder. This explains much of his actions over the last five years, but what exactly is BPD? SB Nation’s medical expert explains.

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Aug 2, 2011 – The stark contrasts in the following images tell the story of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall and his battle with borderline personality disorder.

Picture a man who one day in training camp vows to help his team win a championship by any means necessary, then another day is suspended for punting balls out of practice and refusing to catch passes thrown his way. A man whose reputation as one of the NFL’s most generous contributors to charities is rivaled only by his having compiled one of its most notorious rap sheets. A man who is considered by some reporters one of the league’s most enjoyable interviews, by others its most stressful.

As telling as these images are, they explain only part of the story of an individual suffering from borderline personality disorder, a condition Marshallhas struggled with throughout his five-year NFL career.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD), which Marshall believes began for him after his rookie season in 2006, is characterized by marked instability in functioning, affect, mood, interpersonal relationships, and, at times, sense of reality. Patients often think in terms of extremes, with no compromise in between, and their mood can change in a manner that is startlingly abrupt. The instability that results from BPD often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual’s sense of self-identity.

Although less well known than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, BPD is more common, affecting as many as two percent of adults. Most often, it is diagnosed during adolescence, and although its cause is not fully understood, it is thought that BPD might result from a combination of traumatic and stressful events during maturation from childhood to adulthood.

While a person with depression or bipolar disorder typically endures the same mood for weeks, a person with BPD may experience intense bouts of anger, depression, and anxiety that may last only hours, or at most a day. These may be associated with episodes of impulsive aggression, self-injury, and drug or alcohol abuse. Approximately 70-75 percent of patients with BPD have a history of at least one deliberate act of self-harm, and according to one study, the estimated rate of completed suicides is 9 percent. People with BPD frequently view themselves as fundamentally bad, or unworthy. They may feel unfairly misunderstood or mistreated, bored and empty, with a confused sense of self.

Treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is often difficult but is best achieved through intensive behavior therapy, which Marshall began this summer at the McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass, on the advice of former Dolphins teammate Ricky Williams. The specific type of treatment for patients with BPD is known as dialectic behavior therapy (DBT), which teaches patients four skills: mindfulness (attention to one’s experience), interpersonal effectiveness (predominantly assertiveness), emotional regulation, and distress tolerance without impulsivity.

In clinical trials, DBT was more effective than standard psychotherapy in reducing suicidal and self-injurious behaviors, treatment dropout, hospitalizations, and self-reports of anger and anxiety. In a recent study involving patients with BPD, 93 percent attained a remission of symptoms lasting at least two years, 86 percent attained a remission lasting at least four years, and 50 percent achieved recovery. Recovery from borderline personality disorder is difficult for many patients to attain; however, once recovery is reached it can be relatively stable over time.

As Marshall himself put it in his Dolphins press conference over the weekend, despite all his success in the NFL, suffering from BPD has made it such that “I haven’t enjoyed one part of it.” Given the statistics, it is likelyMarshallwill have to deal with the condition for much, if not all, of his playing career. However, with continued, intensive treatment, there is no reason to believe he cannot continue to produce on the field while at the same time improving and enjoying his life off it.

Read More: Brandon Marshall (WR – MIA), Miami Dolphins

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The article was based upon the results of a study that tracked patients with BPD who were treated with MBT, group 1, and those who were treated with “treatment-as-usual” plus poly pharmaceuticals, or group 2. The results were intriguing. Those who were part of group 2 experienced more emergency room visits, and were almost 10 times more likely to have attempted suicide five years after hospitalization, initial treatment, and maintenance.

The core components of MBT are attachment theory (relationship with therapist) and developing the ability to observe one’s own emotions and those of other people and to appreciate how one’s behavior affects others. As one patient in one of the studies stated, “It never occurred to me that what I did had an effect on anyone else.”

Read more: Psychiatric News   | April 18, 2008
Volume 43 Number 8 page 28-29
Clinical and Research News

In 2007, researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health studied 480 adults who had been diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder. On average, patients had suffered this debilitating illness for approximately 20 years, with symptoms starting in their early twenties.

Children and adolescents are often diagnosed with ADHD or depression and treated with drugs that do not address the shifts in mood, energy levels, or self-defeating behaviors.

For many suffering from Bi-polar disorder early diagnosis and appropriate treatment could spare them a life of out of control feelings and thoughts as well as substance abuse. The proper treatment can alter the course of the illness and the quality of the patient’s life.

For the full article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070501075301.htm

The problem is global, especially among girls and women 15-24 years of age. These acts of self-harm are considered predictors of mental health disorders and a vulnerability for suicide. The study followed young people from 1992 to 2008. For more information go to Sun-sentinel.com/health/sns-rt-us-self-harmtre7ag025-20111116,0,5980946.story

Welcoming our Attendees

Cesar Benarroche, MD Medical Director and Wideline Guillaume, Administrative Assistant

Lifeskills South Florida Staff Introduction

Michael Gillis, MSW Executive Director

Lifeskills South Florida Staff

Executive Director, Michael Gillis, MSW Clinical Director, Dawn DiCicco, LCSW Director of Admissions, Jackie Fetzer DBT Specialist, Laura Durant, LMHC

Jason Ross, PhD, LMHC Director of Outpatient Services

DBT Specialist, Rachel Whipple, LCSW Trauma Specialist, Renee Altman, LCSW CBT Specialist, Tom Lewis, LMHC, CAP

Mentalizing-Based Treatment (MBT) Training

Facilitator: Efrain Bleiberg, MD of the Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX

Efrain Bleiberg, MD and Audrey Freshman, PhD, CASAC, Adelphi University

Elizabeth McGuire, LCSW of Wings Helps and Efrain Bleiberg, MD

Training Attendees

Maryse Duvalsaint, LCSW and John Crepsac, LCSW

The End of a Long Day of Training

Chanda Rankin, PhD, Private Practice/PCH Treatment Center, Los Angeles, CA

Concetta Bruce, It’s Perfect Malibu, Malibu, CA

Cookie Anderson, The Meadows, Wickenburg, AZ

Maryse Duvalsaint, LCSW and John Crepsac, LCSW, Private Practice, New York, NY

Mike Ferguson, Ferguson BHC, Los Angeles, CA

Scottie Gage, Hopewell Recovery Services, Boston, MA

Josh Benton, Hopewell Recovery Services, Boston, MA

Quinn Tremblay, McLean Center at Fernside, Princeton, MA

Stacey Reese, LISW, The Lindner Center of Hope, Mason, OH

Judith Landau, MD, BRII, Linking Human Systems, Boulder, CO

Lisa Lewis, Austen Riggs, Stockbridge, MA

Maureen McGlame, MEd, RFK Children’s Center, Boston, MA

Elizabeth McGuire, LCSW, Wings Helps, Boston, MA

Dr. Greg O’Donohue, Private Practice, Toronto, CAN

Paula Leslie and Andy Erkis, Erkis Consulting, Columbus, OH

Peter Johnson, Right Turn, Inc. Arlington, MA

Susanne Weil, LCSW, Private Practice, Stamford, CT

Susan Cappi, LCSW, RN, CS, Private Practice, New York, NY

Grete Laine, MA, NCPsyA, Private Practice, Riverside, CT

Cesar Benarroche, MD Medical Director and Cookie Anderson

Brett Passeroff, Director of Family Services and Guests

Susan Cappi, Hamish White and Concetta Bruce

Bill Jacyck, MD and Hildegard Jacyck

Andy Erkis and Paula Leslie

Maureen McGlame and Carol Dougherty, Director of Residential Services

Joel Rusher and Marcus DeVolder

Chanda Rankin and Stacey Reese

Dr. Greg O’Donohue and Jennifer Costa, RN

Elizabeth McGuire, Ed Levin and Spencer Bush-Brown

Jackie Fetzer, Director of Admissions and Audrey Freshman

Patricia Daza, PhD and Sally Zahner of the Menninger Clinic

Jeff Steiner, CFO and Guests

Judith Landau, MD and Michael Gillis, Executive Director

Full Moon Over Deerfield Beach Pier

www.hopeforbpd.com
www.fbpda.org

Michael Gillis, MSW - Executive Director Lifeskills South Florida

Maureen Borkowski, Hazelden Michael Gillis, Lifeskills South Florida Katie Gregory, Bridges to Recovery Whitney Goetz, Silverhill Hospital.

Michael Alvich and Pam Alvich, Silverhill Hospital

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/business/ruling-offers-hope-to-eating-disorder-sufferers.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Michael Gillis, Lifeskills South Florida and Sally Zahner, Menninger Clinic

Michael Gillis, Lifeskills South Florida, Sally Zahner and Jim Flack, MD of the Menninger Clinic

Michael Gillis, Lifeskills South Florida and Sally Zahner, Menninger Clinic

http://psychiatry.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2011/1003/1?q=etoc_jwpsych

Tiffany Posteraro of Hazelden, New York City and Michael Gillis, MSW Executive Director Lifeskills South Florida in New York City, NY October 20th, 2011

Pablo McCabe, LCSW of Hazelden and Michael Gillis, MSW Executive Director Lifeskills South Florida in New York City, NY October 20th, 2011

Maureen Borkowski, LCSW-R, CASAC of Hazelden NY2 and Michael Gillis, MSW Executive Director Lifeskills South Florida at Hazelden, New York City, NY October 20th 2011

Gina Ewing, Cottonwood de Tucson, Michael Gillis, Lifeskills South Florida, Liz Guerra, Marworth

Laura Travaglini, M.A. Substance Abuse Coordinator, Columbia University Outpatient Psychiatry Program and Michael Gillis, MSW Executive Director, Lifeskills South Florida

Michael Gillis, MSW Executive Director Lifeskills South Florida and Amy Burns of New York Center for Living, NY, NY October 20th, 2011

Michael Gillis, MSW Executive Director, Lifeskills South Florida and Kate Bowden, LCSW Executive Director, New York Center for Living, NY, NY October 20th, 2011

Michael Gillis, MSW, Executive Director of Lifeskills South Florida will be attending the inaugural gala for New York Center for Living October 20, 2011 being held in New York, NY. The Center for Living NYC offers coordinated recovery services for adolescents, young adults and families at its’ Manhattan location.

American Society of Addiction Medicine National Conference

Lifeskills South Florida will be attending the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) national conference entitled State of the Art in Addiction Medicine, October 27-29, 2011 being held in Washington, DC.

Silver Hill Hospital Gala

Michael Gillis, MSW, Executive Director of Lifeskills South Florida will be attending The Silver Hill Hospital Gala being held November 3, 2011 at Cipriani in New York, NY. Actress, novelist and screenwriter Carrie Fisher will be honored at this event. Silver Hill Hospital provides comprehensive inpatient, residential and outpatient programs for adults and adolescents covering the full spectrum of psychiatric diagnoses. Silver Hill Hospital is located in New Canaan, CT.

Professionals Weekend Lifeskills South Florida

Lifeskills South Florida will host a Professionals Weekend November 10-13, 2011 at its’ Deerfield Beach, FL location. The focus of the weekend is training on Mentalizing-based Treatment for Adolescents, Adults and their Families. This forward thinking training will be facilitated by Efrain Bleiberg, MD, Senior Psychiatrist and Past President of The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX. His book, Treating Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Relational Approach was published in the fall of 2001 by Guilford Press.

This is a good reminder that aggressive treatment of co-ocurring disorders is of paramount importance in reducing the risk of addiction relapse.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01645.x/abstract

C. Benarroche MD
Medical Director

Please read Elizabeth Landau’s article on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in children.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Children as young as 3 or 4 can show signs of OCD
• OCD is thought to affect 1 in 100 kids
• Exposure therapy is a behavioral therapy used for OCD
• Medications may also be prescribed

Read the full article

Lifeskills South Florida Staff at the Sierra Tucson Gratitude for Giving Breakfast at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, FL October 7, 2011

Jason Ross, PhD, LMHC Dawn DiCicco, LCSW Brett Passeroff, LCSW Rachel Whipple, LCSW Jackie Fetzer Michael Gillis, MSW