The importance of role models: even the way staff members dress
affects clients' potential to recover.
At its core, the clinical potency of residential drug treatment is
based on the program's ability to reflect a natural, if not ideal,
world, where order, social convention, rules, authority, moral . . .
Frustration.(EDITORIAL)
Until this month, my friend had a neighbor (I'll call him
"George") who clearly has a serious mental illness. Despite
all the time I spent at my friend's apartment, I never saw George.
But I heard . . .
Returning vets need a network of care: where VA services are hard
to reach, local behavioral health providers could fill in the
As large numbers of American military veterans return from Iraq and
Afghanistan, facilitating their reintegration into families,
communities, and jobs will be a growing challenge. Some veterans . . .
Anticipating the worst: a little planning can go a long way
during an emergency.
Memories of the chaos caused by Hurricane Katrina, coupled with a
post-9/11 awareness of the magnitude of emergencies that affect entire
communities, have prompted behavioral healthcare . . .
Pay attention to details: many factors influence furniture
selection for behavioral healthcare environments.(FURNITURE)
In behavioral healthcare, the nuts and bolts really do
matter--especially when you're talking about furniture.
"You really need to pay attention to everything about the
furniture you buy," says . . .
The value of peer employees: professional staff shouldn't
fear peers' greater involvement in the behavioral health
workforce.(TO
We both spend a lot of time traveling across the country training
staff in various programs and systems about recovery. When we get to the
part about how to actually transform a program into one . . .
Linking research and practice: by working together, we can make
real improvements in treatment delivery.(PERSPECTIVES)
The past 20 years have brought important advances in our science
base regarding the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental
health and substance abuse disorders, much of which was . . .
Flexible design: a large New York provider designs a
one-size-fits-all residential facility.(Hillside Family of
Agencies)
Keeping facilities up-to-date with changing treatment trends and
regulatory requirements has been a constant challenge for Hillside
Family of Agencies, a family and children services organization . . .
EASNA update: what's happening at the Employee Assistance
Society of North America.(EAPs)
The Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA) is an
association focused on advancing knowledge, research, and best practices
toward achieving healthy and productive workplaces. Comprised . . .
Workplace drug testing's mixed success: employers see the
benefit in drug testing--but not treatment.(IN RETROSPECT)
We recently passed a milestone in workplace drug testing. Just over
20 years ago, workplace drug testing became a nationwide reality when
President Reagan issued an executive order requiring a . . .
Helping states and providers work together: a NIATx initiative
brings them to the table to implement process improvements.(ADDIC
Since 2003, the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment
(NIATx) has worked with treatment providers around the country to make
more efficient use of their capacity and to achieve four . . .
Stranger in a strange land: experience at the recent HIMSS
conference shows how far the field has to go to be accepted by the
me
At this year's Healthcare Information and Management Systems
Society (HIMSS) conference in New Orleans in February, two behavioral
health organizations were honored with the prestigious Nicholas . . .
The importance of early treatment of schizophrenia.(SPECIAL
SECTION: SCHIZOPHRENIA)
Schizophrenia is a devastating illness, taking a tremendous toll on
patients, families, employers, and communities. Early and effective
intervention is vital. In this article, Joseph P. McEvoy, MD, . . .
Improving aftercare effectiveness: a managed care organization
studies what helps patients keep outpatient appointments after in
One of the most frequently reported behavioral health quality
indicators is the HEDIS measure of percentage of outpatient appointments
kept within 7 days of an inpatient psychiatric discharge. In . . .
Clients' role in fire prevention: a behavioral health
organization discovers a missing piece in its fire prevention plan.(RISK
M
Most behavioral health organizations have a fire safety protocol,
and many have routine fire safety training for staff. But how many
actually assess and involve clients in the fire education and . . .
Leaving survival mode behind: Seabrook House and its leader
emerge stronger from a period of financial strain in addiction
treat
Ed Diehl clearly recalls the moment when he knew it was time for
his addiction treatment organization to stop being complicit in what he
and others saw as managed care's dissolution of . . .
Emphasizing the greater good: important traits need to be passed
onto the next generation of addiction treatment leaders.
Two characteristics have distinguished first-generation addiction
treatment leaders from leaders in other areas of healthcare:
* Many addiction treatment leaders have been diagnosed with . . .
Connecting the docs: Ohio providers turn to videoconferencing to
increase consumers' access to psychiatrists.(TELEMEDICINE)
Technology and its applications have become commonplace in all
aspects of our society. Telecommuting, videoconferencing, and other
resources have changed the way the world communicates. Much of . . .
Responding during tough economic times: EAPs can be valuable
resources when companies downsize, but they shouldn't underprice
an
The past couple of years have been an unending roller-coaster ride
for the Big Three auto companies and their U.S. employees. Employees at
GM, Ford, and Daimler Chrysler, as well as their parts . . .
The importance of compliance planning: compliance planning for
behavioral healthcare providers used to be a good idea--now it's
A compliance plan is a set of documents that helps guide
businesses/agencies in their efforts to operate in accordance with
various governmental legal requirements. For the past several years, . . .
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