7/1/2008
June, 2008 – HFO E-News Issue 5
 BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing: Who’s a Candidate?
Since 1995, genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer has been clinically available, allowing health care providers to identify individuals who carry deleterious germline mutations placing them at increased risk for developing hereditary forms of breast and ovarian cancer.
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4/30/2008
April, 2008 – HFO E-News Issue 4
 What’s the Key to Mental Health Social Security Disability Claims?
From 1992 to 2007, the number of annual applications for a Social Security Disability (SSD) claim has increased substantially from 1,335,139 to 2,190,196. Moreover, this figure does not likely reveal the true number of claims because benefit applications for children and widows aren’t included.
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3/7/2008
February, 2008 – HFO E-News Issue 3
 End-of-Life Theories: Enabling the Patient to be a Unique and Active Participant in Coping with Death
One of the most well-known models to address death and dying is the Kubler-Ross five stage theory of dying. This model postulates that that people experience five distinct psychological phases at the end-of-life: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
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12/7/2007
December, 2007 – HFO E-News Issue 2 The Three Levels of Prevention in the Chronic Disease Context
In the U.S., chronic disease accounts for over 70% of deaths and up to 76% of healthcare expenditures. Never before has our society been faced with this magnitude of chronic disease burden. Although a likely result of complex interactions among genetic, behavioral, and environmental influences, the pace at which chronic disease has risen suggests that behavioral and environmental influences play a large role and as such, warrants a greater focus on disease prevention at each of its three levels; primary, secondary and tertiary.
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10/7/2007
October, 2007 – HFO E-News Issue 1 Recognizing the Signs of Resistance to Behavior Change and Examining Clinician-Based Antecedents
The first step in addressing resistance is to recognize it when it happens. From a Motivational Interviewing (MI) framework, Miller and Rollnick identify four categories of client behaviors that indicate resistance.
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