MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness
"MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness Produced by the Fred Friendly Seminars for broadcast on PBS stations nationwide, the one-hour program effectively reveals the personal dilemmas facing individuals and families, the medical practices that can be obstacles to treatment, and the public policies that are falling short."
Many organizations are using this program for screening events to focus on systemic change.
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Resource Center for Primary Care and Behavioral Health Collaboration Now Available Online
The National Council for Community Behavioral Health recently introduced an online Resource Center for Primary Care and Behavioral Health Collaboration at www.TheNationalCouncil.org/ResourceCenter.
The Online Resouce Center Includes:
- Resources and guidelines for working with FQHCs
- Integrated care models and screening tools
- Report on "Person-centered Healthcare Homes for Persons with Serious Mental Illness"
- National Council Magazine on behavioral health and primary care collaboration, includes best practices and stories "From the Field"
- An updated version of the National Council’s acclaimed Four Quadrant Model, a population-based planning framework for the clinical integration of health services.
Visit the Resource Center at www.TheNationalCouncil.org/ResourceCenter
Read MoreSPQM Statewide Database a CMS Promising Practice
"Outcome data in the treatment of mental health and substance use are scarce, making quality improvement difficult. This report describes how Medicaid claims data can be combined with service-level data to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of services provided in community mental health centers (CMHCs). It describes how CMHCs in three States have used a particular system, Service Process Quality Management (SPQM), to improve quality and achieve cost savings." -Edward Kako, PhD of Acumen, LLC, for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.
New Report Finds Bush-era Medicaid Policies On Children’s Mental Health Continue Despite Obama’s Rollback
"States have continued to implement Bush-era Medicaid policies on children’s mental health despite a decision by the Obama administration to reverse those policies, according to a new report released today by the Alliance for Children and Families, a coalition of nonprofit health care providers for children in the child welfare system." – Medical News Today online. Posted September 4, 2009.
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Click here to read the full publication by Alliance for Children and Families.
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