Congrats to Colorado Health Foundation Healthy Connections Grant Award Winners!
The Colorado Health Foundation recently named its latest round of award winners of the Healthy Connections grant program. Grant funds were awarded to a variety of healthcare organizations committed to improving their delivery systems through Health Information Technology projects. Congratulations to CBHC member Southwest Colorado Community Mental Health Center for being named one of these latest grantees. Click here to [...]
READ MOREMentally Ill Getting Help, Not Jail Time
This article, by Kevin Simpson of the Denver Post, details the remarkable success of mental health courts as a means of leading non-violent, mentally ill offenders towards recovery and out of the jail system. Specifically, the article points out the work of a program involving the Mental Health Center of Denver call Court to Community. Click [...]
READ MOREBeyond Parity: Primary Care Physicians’ Perspectives On Access To Mental Health Care
Research and support for the integration of the mental and physical healthcare systems has been on the rise in recent years. The Federal Legislature, as well as many of their state counterparts, are backing legislation creating parity, or equitable insurance benefits, for mental health treatment services. Systems and institutions that have been operating entirely exclusively from eachother, are now learning to [...]
READ MOREDepression in Teenagers: Experts Say to Screen All
"About half of all mental illnesses arise by age 14. A new guideline asks pediatricians to be on alert." This article from the U.S. News and World Report, by Lindsay Lyon, draws further attention to a newly highlighted importance on screening youths between 12 and 18 for signs of mental illness, after increasing evidence demonstrates the [...]
READ MOREBehavioral Health / Primary Care Integration and the Person-Centered Healthcare Home
The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare recently published a detailed paper addressing the relationship between mental and physical healthcare and the importance of integration of these two systems. Click here to read this publication This paper is also available in the CBHC Online Library. under the Healthcare Integration/Coordination link.
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National Council News
- Survey Finds Behavioral Health Professionals Earn Less Than Fast Food Workers April 11, 2011
- 2011 Class Chosen for National Council Psychiatric Leadership Program April 7, 2011
- National Council Leadership Program to Eliminate Health Disparities March 14, 2011
- Experienced Voices Portray the Real Needs of Persons with Mental Illness March 14, 2011
SAMHSA News
- TIP 54: Managing Chronic Pain in Adults With or in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders January 1, 2012
- Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): Mental Health Findings December 1, 2011
- Illicit Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits in Metropolitan Areas of the United States: 2009 December 1, 2011