Access to Behavioral Health
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Harborview is testing an innovative approach to gun violence patterned on alcohol and substance abuse interventions. After clinical staff treat patients’ gunshot wounds, social workers interview them and begin to address high-risk behaviors. Following discharge, a case manager is…
What is it?
Revere CARES is a community coalition founded in 1997 to reduce substance abuse by empowering the community of Revere, Mass. With support from Massachusetts General Hospital, the coalition engages multiple sectors to successfully advocate for policy, systems and environmental changes…
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Project Ujima is a multidisciplinary collaboration addressing youth and adult violence in Milwaukee using individual, family and community intervention and prevention strategies.
Merlyn LaPaix, MSN, MBA, LNC, Director, Psychiatric Nursing, Stephen Merz, FACHE, Vice President & Executive Director, Behavioral Health, Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital; and William Sledge, M.D., George D and Esther S Gross Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine,…
CDMHC's innovative programs divert hundreds of patients from the hospitals and emergency departments, increase community tenure for children with mental health conditions, prevent tragedy triggered by untreated mental illness, and improve the quality of life of the mentally ill in South Carolina's…
This case study presents the story of CareSouth Carolina and the Northeastern Rural Health Network, a group of organizations that made the mental health of residents of Chesterfield and Marlboro County a priority, and have maximized the potential for primary care- behavioral health integration in…
AHA letter to Representatives Joseph Pitts and Gene Green regarding H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015.
Held October 22, 2015
On behalf of the American Hospital Association Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services, I invite you to join a small group of your executive colleagues for a webinar and discussion on Telepsychiatry -- an effective solution to improving access to timely care for…
AHA letter to Representatives Fred Upton and Frank Pallone, Jr. regarding H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act.
Renée Romberger, VP of Community Health Policy and Strategy for Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System will describe how SRHS helped initiate, design and implement effective community partnerships to improve the health of the community & reduce the costs of care.