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Centering the Family: What It Means to Implement Family-Focused Practice (FFP) in Adult Mental Health Care
…concerns about discharge or treatment. When there were family phone calls or visits, attendance at family therapy sessions, and communication with staff, patients were more likely to receive comprehensive discharge…
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The Evolving Health and Social Service Landscape: Promise for Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders
A year has passed since the United States Congress enacted sweeping legislation to address deficiencies in our national behavioral health service infrastructure. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) and…
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Developmental Disabilities Nurses: Consultants in Mental Health Settings
There has been recent discussion about health reform and its potential impact in the community setting. With the implementation of a new or changed concept there comes a period of…
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The Mental Health Needs of Special Populations
…be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life’s highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an…
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The Legal Case in Support of Veterans Suffering with PTSD
…and women return with psychiatric wounds after their time in combat. This article will go on to examine the first of its kind class action lawsuit, Veterans for a Common…
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AsOne LEADS: Lessons Learned in Building a Behavioral Health and Family-Centered Healthcare IT and Data Solution
…enable family-based approaches to treat patients with complex illnesses and co-morbid conditions. For example, Medicaid does not enroll family members on the same insurance plans and Managed Care Organizations (MCOs)…
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Serious Mental Illness Recovery: The Basics
…internal strength; it can come from caregivers, friends, peers, people outside of a mental health context, and even animals or faith. Feeling supported, accepted, and loved as a person of…
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The Behavioral Health Workforce Crisis and its Impact on Families
…risk of absenteeism and turnover related to overwork, agencies run the risk of providing inadequate care for clients. One example of this comes from a study conducted by the American…
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Helping People Cope with Grief During COVID-19
…the Coronavirus pandemic, grievers are feeling the loss of this forward motion and describe feeling stuck and claustrophobic. Trauma cannot be overlooked when we talk about loss during COVID-19. Many…
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Living with Schizophrenia: A Sister’s Perspective
…owner and was well-regarded in his community. Aaron’s mother was a difficult individual whose married life was fraught with problems that couldn’t be solved and only got worse. In her…
