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Principles
for Systems of Managed Care: Principles and standards for managed
mental health care developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration/ Center for Mental Health Services.
Contracting
for Public Mental Health Services Opinions of Managed Behavioral Health
Care Organizations
Mental
Health Links - Financing and Managed Care
Into
the Light: A Search for Excellence in the Arizona Public Behavioral
Health System A strength-based analysis of Arizona's public behavioral
health system that identifies "best practices" across the
United States and applies them to Arizona. Contact Roy Pringle at St. Luke's Health Initiative for this report.
Children's Services
A Conceptual Framework for Developing and Implementing Effective Policy in Children's Mental Health by Robert M. Friedman, Ph.D. This paper presents a conceptual framework, based on the best available research, to guide thinking about the relationship between policy development, policy implementation, systems of care, and outcomes in children's mental health.
Cultural Competence
Cultural
Competence Standards in Managed Mental Health Care Cultural competence
standards and guidelines in managed mental health care for four underserved/underrepresented
racial/ethnic groups.
Assuring
Cultural Competence in Health Care: Recommendations for National Standards
and an Outcomes-Focused Research Agenda National standards for culturally
and linguistically appropriate services in health care, developed by
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority
Health.
Disaster and Crisis Response
Emergency Mental Health and Traumatic Stress - Information and publications
of the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services. Includes:
- Psychosocial Issues for Children and Adolescents in Disasters
- Psychosocial Issues for Older Adults in Disasters
- Field Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters
- Training Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters
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Outcomes
for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Their
Families: Programs and Evaluation Best Practices Edited by Michael
H. Epstein, Krista Kutash, and Albert J. Duchnowski. Published by Pro-Ed,
1998
Evaluation
in Children's Mental Health
Family
Leadership Through Evaluation: by the Federation
of Families for Children's Mental Health is a free learning opportunity
designed for families in Phase IV Systems of Care Communities. Each
month teleconference shares resources, training tools, information,
and hear about promising strategies being used in the field. There are
no wrong questions. This is about families developing leadership in
systems evaluation and learning with each other.
Children's Mental Health Services : Research, Policy, and Evaluation Essays on the current status of services, state and federal policies, components of a system of care, and evaluation of children's mental health services. Topics include system building and refinancing, research developments, the primary care context, the future of psychiatric hospitalization, school-based services, juvenile justice, and evaluation of a service system for youth with severe emotional disorders.
The
Evaluation Initiative The Evaluation Initiative at the Georgetown
University National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental
Health (TA Center) was created to provide technical assistance (TA)
to states and communities on the evaluation of children's services.
Includes assessment strategies, evaluation tool kits, newsletters, and
a listserv for evaluators.
Miscellaneous
Surgeon
General's Report on Mental Health Comprehensive report includes
current prevention and treatment information on mental health for children,
adults, and older adults, including model programs and system design/financing
considerations.
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