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A Trauma-Informed Approach to the 1115 Waiver: A Critical Ingredient for Success
…is Sr. Consultant of System and Practice Transformation and Tricia Williams is Director of 1115 Waiver Planning and Technical Assistance at Coordinated Care Services, Inc. Footnotes https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/2021/docs/2021-08_1115_waiver_concept_paper.pdf https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/expert-answers/coronavirus-infection-by-race/faq-20488802 https://trust-survey.com/Landing …
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How Technology of the Future is Solving Treatment Centers’ Challenges of the Past
…challenges, reach out to us through our website at www.lightningstep.com. Footnotes American Psychological Association. (2020). Patients with Depression and Anxiety Surge as Psychologists Respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic. 1(3). https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2020/11/telehealth-survey-summary.pdf…
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Black Men and Mental Health: Practical Solutions
…Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). [Accessed 04/21/2021]. http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html Eric Jarvis, M.D., Laurence J. Kirmayer, M.D., […], and Roberto Lewis-Fernández, M.D., M.T.S….
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Nurturing Healing Within Our Homes: Pathways to Treatment Within the Family
…multiple substance use disorders, published by Nature Mental Health (March 22, 2023): https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-023-00034-y. Please see online from NCSACW, SAMSHA, CB, ACFY and HSS (2023), Implementing a Family-Centered Approach Series: https://ncsacw.acf.hhs.gov/topics/family-centered-approach/fca-modules-series/….
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Your Options for Responding to Mental Illness Stigma (Protectively, Collaboratively, or Assertively)
…great successes and learning opportunities, including people changing their policies and publications. For examples of this in the dispute resolution world, visit mhsafe.org/preventing/ and mediate.com/ending-mental-illness-discrimination-in-dispute-resolution-and-beyond-some-2023-updates/. Collaborating with others can be…
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Fountain House’s Silver Center for Older Adults: It Takes a Village to “Live Long and Prosper” with Behavioral Health Challenges
…PhD and Joshua Seidman, PhD, “Beyond Treatment: How Clubhouses for People Living with Serious Mental Illness Transform Lives and Save Money,” Fountain House, February 2024 (https://www.fountainhouse.org/reports/beyond-treatment) https://www.fountainhouse.org/news/being-around-younger-people-can-feel-rejuvenating-fountain-house-members-discuss-the-healing-benefits-of-intergenerational-relationships, April 13, 2023…
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Pain and Its Impact on the Opioid Epidemic
…https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids/opioid-crisis National Institutes on Health (2016). The National Pain Strategy. https://iprcc.nih.gov/National_Pain_Strategy/NPS_Main.htm President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis (2017). Draft Interim Report. https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/ondcp*]}*/commission-interim-report.pdf Price, TE (2017). “Secretary…
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Have Some CLAS: What Leading Organizations Are Doing to Address Population Health
…The Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Protocol for Health Care Organizations and Systems: http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=9.1g.htm&module=provider&language=English Health Research and Educational Trust Disparities Toolkit: http://www.hretdisparities.org “Improving communication—improving care”: the AMA Ethical Force program toolkit: http://www.ethicalforce.org/…
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Improving the American Mental Health System: The Importance of the Workplace
…2005. U.S. Census Bureau. “Highlights Regarding Health Insurance 2013”. http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/incpovhlth/2013/highlights.html U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). “Workplace Policies and Programs Regarding Alcohol and Substance Abuse”. The National…
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Barriers to Medication Assisted Treatment for Opiate Use Disorders
…Services, RTI international, September 2014. Walley, A.Y., Alperen, J.K., Cheng, D.M., Bottticelli, M., Castro-Donlan, C., Samet, J.H., &Alford, D.P. (2008). Office-based management of opioid dependence with buprenorphine: Clinical practices and…
