PCPCC Behavioral Health Taskforce Resources

PowerPoint for use in presentations - “6 Reasons Behavioral Health should be an Integral Part of the PCMH Practice” developed by the PCPCC BH Task Force. The PowerPoint can rebranded and distributed for awareness and teaching purposes. Please view in “notes” mode.

PCPCC: Behavioral Health and the PCHM-10.12.09

Other Presentations

• PCPCC July 16th 2009 Stakeholders’ Meeting – Frank deGruy on BH in PCMH 
• NRI Plenary – “Update on Behavioral Health Integration Policy & Practice” Mauer and Druss – April 2009

Employers – Behavioral health issues including addictive disorders are serious, common and expensive problems, and a major cause of lost productivity and absenteeism.

• PCPCC meeting July 16, 2009, Tom Croghan “Why Should Employers care about Behavioral Health?”
• NBGH – “Employers’ Guide to Behavioral Health Services” - a blueprint of actionable strategies and recommendations that will allow employers to create and implement a system of affordable, effective, and high-quality behavioral health services
• IBI – Research on impact of depression in the workplace.
  • Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Abuse
• NBGH - “Purchaser’s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services” including services for alcohol misuse, tobacco use, and depression.
• Case Examples of Successful Corporate Approaches –Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
  • "Financial and Health Burdens of Chronic Disease Grow Between 2003 and 2007": More working-age Americans with chronic conditions go without care as medical-bill problems rise”, a national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Consumers

• Tools for Consumers to Navigate Primary Care: Talking about depression.
• NJ - Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey, Inc. (CSPNJ) is a private not-for-profit organization that strives to provide individualized, flexible community based services that promote responsibility, recovery and wellness, through the creation and administration of self-help centers, supportive housing, advocacy, and entrepreneurial programs for adults with mental health issues and other special needs. 
• RI -NRI Community Services is a non-profit, licensed behavioral healthcare agency in Rhode Island, founded in 1966, served over 3700 individuals in 2009, assisting them with mental health, behavioral, emotional and substance abuse issues. 
• DIAMOND Patient FAQs and Testimonials 

Adolescents - ARCH is Adolescent Residential Center for Help, an intensive residential treatment program for chemical dependency and co-occurring disorders. ARCH, located in Alaska serves chemically dependent adolescents, ages 12 through 18, in a structured home-like environment, providing clear limits and boundaries. The length of stay ranges from 4 to 6 months, depending upon the needs of each individual resident. 

State/Policy Makers 

• “Compendium of Primary Care and Mental Health Integration Activities across Various Participating Federal Agencies”
• “Behavioral Health/Primary Care Integration - Environmental Assessment Tool - State Level Policy and Financing”

National Association of Mental Health Directors, the only member organization representing state executives responsible for the $34 billion public mental health service delivery system serving 6.3 million people annually in all 50 states, 4 territories, and the District of Columbia.  Their website has a variety of reports, e.g., Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness, Obesity Reduction & Prevention Strategies for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, and Tobacco-Free Living in Psychiatric Settings

Serious Mental Illness and Medical Homes 

• New report calls for creating a medical home for people with serious mental illnesses by introducing general healthcare capacity within mental health organizations or by nurturing seamless partnerships between mental health and primary care providers.
• "An Avoidable Tragedy - The Relationship of Premature Death and Serious Mental Illness" 
• “A New Kind of Homelessness for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness? The Need for a "Mental Health Home"; Thomas E. Smith, M.D. and Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D. 

Other Websites

• HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Mental Health Services Locator providing comprehensive information about mental health services and resources
• HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Mental Health Resources 
• NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. 
• Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) is the country’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives.  To search for affiliate in your community, please visit the affiliate page. Additional resources can be found on the Mental Health America website. 
• National Institute for Mental Health - mission to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research - fact sheet on depression and diabetes.
• Robert Graham Center exists to improve individual and population health by enhancing the delivery of primary care. 
• Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) promotes a comprehensive and cost-effective model of healthcare delivery that integrates mind and body, individual and family, patients, providers and communities.  CFHA achieves this mission through education, training, partnering, consultation, research and advocacy. We  host a leading-edge conference every year, and are active in every other aspect of healthcare change: development, design, delivery and assessment. 
• Join Together is the major provider of current news, research and funding opportunities for people working in the fields of tobacco, alcohol and drug prevention and treatment. We provide technical assistance for developing and measuring sound strategies to prevent and reduce alcohol and drug problems.