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Category Archives: Educational
New Book Review: The Anatomy of Evil
Reading a book called The Anatomy of Evil would be a challenge in any normal time. It is especially trying just now in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre. But read it we should, so better to think … Continue reading
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New Editorial: The Sandy Hook Slaughter: What Needs Studying?
In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, the nation is frenzied about this heinous slaughter of innocents. Everyone is demanding answers. “More gun control!” “More background checks!” “More screening of the mentally ill!” If the media’s response is a … Continue reading
Posted in Aspect of Need, Educational, Emotional, Financial, Functional, Legal, Medical, Occupational, Political, Psychiatric, Social, Spiritual
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Value: A Better Measure for Health Care and Mental Health Services
With public mental health budgets under fire everywhere, the debate over funding is intensifying. Definitely more support is needed for mental health in all respects. But it is also true that so much public funding is wasted by entities that … Continue reading
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New Link: Alliance for Health Reform
A bipartisan Washington healthcare think tank headed by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Alliance for Health Reform believes that our country is at the beginning of what promises to be a lengthy period of adjustment to the health reform law, especially since there will be … Continue reading
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MUST VIEW: Excellent KaiserEDU Tutorials Demystify Health Care
Families of loved ones with a psychiatric disability, and especially for ones with a co-occurring disability, must—repeat, must—know and understand the complex process of health care options and financing. This is because so many with psychiatric disabilities are among the … Continue reading
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New Report: Mental Health Financing in the United States, 2011
The Kaiser Family Foundation, one of the foremost health care policy information sources anywhere, has published a most useful report on the financing of American mental health system. Working closely as we do with families navigating the maelstrom of mental … Continue reading
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New Course: Planning for Change in Psych Rehab Service Delivery
Amidst sweeping changes in the business, management, and economics of behavioral health, community mental health agencies must prepare for turbulent times ahead. They need information and tools by which to create and executive new strategies for their services. They must … Continue reading
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New Link: National Implementation Research Network (NIRN)
All in the maelstrom of mental illness are entitled to the best possible care. What determines “best possible” is now ever increasing, thanks to the growth of evidence-based practices. But the dissemination of evidence-based practices in the behavioral health sector … Continue reading
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New Course: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Dual Eligible
Those with psychiatric disabilities who are beneficiaries of both Medicare and Medicaid are part of a cohort of 8 million Americans called “dual eligibles”. With epic changes afoot in Medicare and Medicaid, the physical health care service delivery system for … Continue reading
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California To Overhaul Its State Hospitals
On December 7, 2011, the California Department of Mental Health announced a blueprint to establish the new Department of State Hospitals and reforms to the DMH structure designed to improve the mental hospital system in California. “We are making the … Continue reading
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