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How to Safely Self-Inject Your Hormones
Learn more about Harlem United Congratulations on self-injecting your own hormones! These instructions will provide a step-by step guide for intramuscular injection. Be sure to see your doctor for an in person training on how to inject your hormones safely. If you don’t have a doctor, or if you are interested in primary care, or…
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Honoring World Suicide Prevention Day
Lawrence, one of our clients, came to us with an idea: he wanted to make a video talking about his experience with depression and suicide and invite other Harlem United clients to do the same. He hoped it would raise awareness, shatter stigma, and help others like him get the help they need.
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What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
Trauma is an experience that produces injury to the body or the mind as from violence or an accident. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, known as PTSD for short, is a collection of symptoms that can develop after experiencing a life threatening or violent trauma, or witnessing a life-threatening or violent trauma. These symptoms can develop immediately…
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How art therapy is changing Ellen’s life
Ellen will be quick to tell you that she’s not an artist, but her dozens of paintings over the past thirteen years tell a different tale. When she first started in the art therapy program in 2004, she says that she didn’t really know what she was doing. “I was just throwing paint on. But…
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Why Patricia is combining art therapy and activism
[lead]“I’ve been in recovery from addiction for 19 years… I never thought I’d be able to get 19 seconds of anything.”[/lead] Patricia first came to Harlem United a year into her recovery, hoping to not just survive but thrive, and one of the first programs that she connected with was art therapy. “Some things that…
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New Services Available at The Nest
For over 30 years, Harlem United has provided comprehensive, client-centered care to the community. This year, we are able to expand the scope of our care to include cardiology and podiatry services. Before our partnership with Gramercy Cardiac Diagnostic Services, heart doctor referrals for our patients took anywhere from 3-6 months. Now we are able…
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Harlem United Praises Governor Cuomo’s Commitment to Eliminate Hepatitis C in New York And Increase Access to Housing for All New Yorkers Living with HIV/AIDS
New York, NY (March 16, 2018) – Governor Cuomo announced today his commitment to end the hepatitis C epidemic in New York State and his continued commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2020 by increasing access to affordable housing for all New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS. Harlem United, a nationally recognized housing, health and…
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It’s Spring! We’re taking healthcare to the streets
Spring is in the air and we are out in the streets full force, meeting people where they are — literally and metaphorically — to make sure nothing stands in the way of a full and healthy life. Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to in the past week. HARLEM UNITED PRESENTS AT…
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Harlem United Commends Governor Cuomo’s Commitment to Eliminate Hepatitis C in New York
New York, NY (July 30, 2018) – Governor Cuomo announced on Friday his first-in-the-nation strategy for eliminating the Hepatitis C epidemic in New York State. Harlem United, a nationally recognized housing, health and human services organization, commends Governor Cuomo’s commitment on this critical public health issue. Modeled on the state’s continuing efforts to end the…
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Together we can stop Measles
Get Up to Date on Your Vaccines! There is currently a large outbreak in NYC, mainly in Brooklyn (Williamsburgh and Borough Park) and Queens. Measles is a virus that causes fever and rash. It can be deadly and it is highly contagious. After someone coughs or sneezes, the virus can stay in the air for…
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