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Understanding the Importance of Mental Health First Aid
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
An event like the recent Arizona shooting tragedy makes us re-evaluate mental health care in the United States. Are we truly doing everything in our power to understand mental illness? Are there enough resources to ...
If You Don’t Measure the Integration of Primary Care and Behavioral Health care Services, You Won’t Manage It
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
The integration of primary care and behavioral health care services requires system-, clinic-, and patient-level changes that are not easily made unless proper attention is paid to choosing relevant measures. The old adage "That which ...
Who Pays for Integrated Health Care?
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
The financial reform that is part of healthcare reform law will not be fully implemented until 2014. Integrated behavioral health and primary care services are being provided now, however, and need to be billed. Organizations ...
Reform Means Planning for Healthcare System Wellness
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
Wellness is not simply an absence of illness, it is an active process of becoming aware, planning for, and carrying out healthy choices that bring about positive change.
Understanding and maintaining wellness is critical in ...
Getting Treatment for Depression
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
The feelings and behaviors associated with depression can be overwhelming - hopelessness, self-loathing, lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, etc. - but it is important to understand that help is available.
There are a variety of ...
Understanding the Signs and Symptoms of Depression
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
It is completely normal for everyone to feel "down in the dumps" at some point. Feeling sad is a natural reaction to some of the disappointments and heartbreaks that life sends our way. However, if ...
Addressing the Need to Help Those With Schizophrenia
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
Much has been done recently to advance the standards of care for people living with schizophrenia. An initiative is taking place at 10 community behavioral health organizations nationwide and is designed to improve the daily ...
Election 2010: Implications for Federal Addiction and Mental Health Policy
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
I am sure that most of us have had our fill of pundits offering opinions about why the elections went the way that they did, and what this means about the mood of the American ...
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Offers Much-Needed Assistance
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
The establishment of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention needs to continue to be commended, as there has been no better time than now to see such a project take shape. When announced by ...
Strengthening the Public Mental Health Addictions Safety Net
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
Much needs to be done to ensure that national healthcare reform and parity live up to their promise for persons with mental illness and addiction disorders, Congressmen and advocates pointed out during a recent policy ...
Weaving Mental Health First Aid into Workplace Wellness
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
Every month Anne LaFleur sends employees in her office a quiz about various wellness topics. When the topic was depression, she received twice as many responses as usual from co-workers.
When LaFleur, vice president of ...
Using Comparative Effectiveness Research to Examine and Improve Health Care Reform
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
Our understanding of the effectiveness of healthcare interventions continues to grow - in particular, our understanding of the impact of such interventions on individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders is becoming more robust. ...
Mental Health Care Coverage in Minnesota: Supplementing Federal Healthcare Reform
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
In 2007, the governor of Minnesota proposed a mental health initiative and the legislature passed it. One of the more important components of the initiative was legislation amending Minnesota's two programs for the uninsured - ...
Providing Continuity of Care for Mental Illness Patients Beyond Hospital Discharge
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
A strong family and caregiver support system is important to the continued treatment of mental health patients after they leave the hospital. In fact, it is critical in assisting with medication adherence to ensure consumers ...
Nine Recommendations to Increase Continuity of Mental Health Care for Schizophrenia Patients
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
Continuity of therapy is a vital component of quality care for people with serious mental illnesses and must be given more attention by consumers themselves, family members, advocates, providers, administrators, and researchers alike. At the ...
Mental Healthcare: Improving Public Safety and Maximizing Taxpayer Dollars
By Linda Rosenberg · 13 years ago
Community behavioral healthcare's role in preventing crime and increasing public safety is one of our country's best-kept secrets. And that's a shame.
A few months ago, news reports focused on a third straight year of ...
Bridging the Gap Between Community and Residential Mental Health Treatment
By Linda Rosenberg · 14 years ago
For the past 20 years, especially since the introduction of system-of-care philosophy and practices, there have been tensions between community-based and residential treatment providers that serve children, youths, and families in need of mental health ...
Bringing Behavioral Health into the Electronic Age
By Linda Rosenberg · 14 years ago
Mental health and addiction treatment providers today face a critical issue - how can they best manage information to improve patient care and safety while protecting patient rights and privacy. Behavioral health is part of ...
Nola's True Story of Overcoming Depression and Addiction
By Linda Rosenberg · 15 years ago
Nola has been affected by depression since she was nine. She was tormented with thoughts of suicide and would often mutilate herself. By the time Nola first sought help from a local community mental health ...