Report Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Services and Outcomes Now Available
SBIRT Colorado has released a document summarizing the services delivered and outcomes realized from the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) project through February 2010. The document provides a number of helpful links, charts and statistics, and updates on important efforts to improve the healthcare of Coloradans by making screening for alcohol and substance use [...]
READ MOREPopular Drugs May Help Only Severe Depression
This article by Benedict Carey in the New York Times presents recent findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association discussing the effects of some widely prescribed anti-depression drugs. The study found that the effect of these drugs on mild to moderate depression may only be as effective as placebo pills. Click here to read about the implications [...]
READ MORECan Accountable Care Organizations Improve the Value of Health Care by Solving the Cost and Quality Quanderies?
Kelly Devers and Robert Berenson of the Urban Institute have completed a policy brief supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examining Accountable Care Organizations in the United States. Critical questions still exist about how ACOs should be structured, but their approach to addressing coordination of care issues and improving fragmented health care delivery systems [...]
READ MOREResource 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 [...]
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 [...]
READ MOREClosing the Addictions Treatment Gap
"Unforseen Benefits: Addiciton Treatment Reduces Health Care Costs", is a study published by the Open Society Institute detailing how effective addiction treatment will contribute to containing costs in reforming the U.S. healthcare system, as well as yield better healthcare outcomes. Click here to read the publication. This study will also be available in the CBHC Library in [...]
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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
- Injection Drug Abuse Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 1992 and 2009 December 1, 2011
- Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): Mental Health Findings December 1, 2011