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51. Bringing Behavioral Health into the Electronic Age
June 03, 2009
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 the broader healthcare industry, which is in the midst of a massive transfor...
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52. The Patient-Centered Healthcare Home
May 21, 2009
What is the Medical Home Concept?
While the medical home concept has its origins in pediatric care, the concept has expanded as the general healthcare system has contemplated the shift from a focus on episodic acute care to a focus on managing the health of defined populations, especially th...
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53. Electronic Health Records - How they Effect Mental Health and Behavioral Healthcare Organizations
May 14, 2009
WHEN
In 2004, President Bush issued an executive order requiring fully operational EHR adoption throughout the healthcare industry by 2014. He also established the Office of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator and charged it with developing a "health information technology...
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54. The Prevalence of Mental Illness and Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Children
May 07, 2009
Mental health disorders and mental illnesses affect a greater number of children and juveniles than many people are aware of. These emotional and behavioral disorders can have profound negative effects on the growth and development of children, especially when they go unnoticed and untreated. A grea...
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55. Medicaid Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
April 17, 2009
MEDICAID MORATORIA
Sec. 5003 - Extends or creates moratoria - through June 30, 2009 - on four Medicaid regulations for the following: 1) outpatient hospital and clinic services, 2) targeted case management, 3) provider taxes, and 4) school-based administration and transportation services. Co...
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56. Treatment Works for Drug and Substance Abuse and other Addiction Disorders as Long as Everyone Helps
April 09, 2009
Decades of research has demonstrated that treatment works for addiction disorders and substance abuse patients.
> > Studies of publicly supported treatment programs show a savings of $7 or more in other societal costs for each dollar invested in treatment.1 > > Studies indicate drug treatm...
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57. Leon and Michelle: Two Real Stories of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
April 02, 2009
Leon
"Leon" thinks his drinking first got out of control in 1978 - the year his first wife left for good with their four children. Over the next 25 years, his life was littered with brushes with the law, hospitalizations, incarcerations, and another failed marriage.
Leon, who suffers...
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58. Bipolar Disorder: The Shared Mental Illness of a Mother and Daughter
March 23, 2009
"Annette's" struggles began at age 14, when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It was at this time, that her mother, also suffering from this illness, committed suicide. When she needed friends the most, she was ostracized by her schoolmates once they learned of her illness. Throughout her lif...
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59. Substance Abuse and Addiction Disorder: A True Mental Health Story
March 16, 2009
In 2003, "Amylin," a young mother in rural Tennessee, was very addicted to methamphetamine. After she started manufacturing it at home to maintain her addiction, she lost custody of her children. The loss of her children drove her deeper into despair and more meth use which ended up resulting in a p...
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60. A True Story of Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse from a Community Mental Health Network in Denver, CO
March 03, 2009
It has been an incredibly long and painful journey for "Nicholas," 21, and his family, but today Nicholas is living proof that with the right treatment and support, it is possible to recover from a crippling mental illness, schizophrenia, and substance abuse. Although Nicholas most recently has ...
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