Behavioral Health Management articles from May 2004

Behavioral Health Management archives from May 2004

All roads lead to community-based care.(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... "We envision a future when everyone with a mental illness will recover, a future when mental illnesses can be prevented or cured, a future when mental illnesses are detected early, and a future when everyone with a mental illness at any stage...

Working with the mandated client: confront beliefs, then treat.(Guest Editorial)
May 1, 2004... Imagine standing in front of a doctor with your right hand raised, promising to not exhibit symptoms of the disease she just has diagnosed. Enter any criminal courtroom and you can witness such a sight, as offender after offender is sentenced...

Bush administration policy: all hat and no cattle?(Washington Insights)(George W. Bush)
May 1, 2004... In Texas, they have a saying describing the would-be "cowboys" who flock there from places like, New York and New Jersey: They're "all hat and no cattle"--in other words, more style than substance. That's a phrase, ironically enough, that...

Psychiatric neurosurgery: trials, tribulations--and promise.(In Retrospect)
May 1, 2004... Psychosurgery, psychiatric neurosurgery, neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders--each of these terms refers to the surgical treatment of mental diseases--and perhaps no other medical practice has engendered such ardor, controversy, and...

How Olmstead impacts state mental health policy: courts are attempting to balance the interests of community-based clients and state taxpayers.
May 1, 2004... The U.S. Supreme Court's 1999 decision in Olmstead v. L.C. represented a groundbreaking victory for the mentally disabled. For the first time, the Supreme Court deemed undue institutionalization a form of disability discrimination prohibited by...

An OASIS for urgent, after-hours mental healthcare: Annapolis mental health professionals stay up late to respond to an unmet community need.
May 1, 2004... Sheila" needed to do something about her son. His older brother had attempted suicide, and she already knew the telltale signs of depression. Shelia wanted to get her younger son immediate attention and when a friend mentioned OASIS: The Center...

Defining successful pharmacologic treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
May 1, 2004... Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neuropsychiatric disorder afflicting children and adolescents in the United States. Epidemiologic studies in the United States indicate that approximately 5% of youth have the...

Building a stronger community foundation: foundations behavioral health fulfills its mission by developing community partnerships.
May 1, 2004... Foundations Behavioral Health is a nonprofit, JCAHO-accredited behavioral health facility for children and adolescents in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. In 1998, it set out to solve a local need: Although many agencies and professionals provided...

Mental health's cold shoulder treatment of pedophilia: experts urge professionals to overcome the disorder's stigma to help reduce future victimization.
May 1, 2004... Emotions run high when discussing pedophilia. The behavior is so disturbing that it's often attributed to a moral flaw that must be punished. Although the victim's perspective cannot be dismissed when examining this psychiatric disorder, is...

Getting up to speed on ADHD.(Special Report)
May 1, 2004... Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often does not receive the attention or seriousness its' due. Contrary to what many believe, ADHD is not just about kids occasionally daydreaming in class, occasionally running around wildly in...

The 'quiet' form of ADHD: the inattentive subtype poses different challenges.(Special Report)
May 1, 2004... Many professionals and lay people alike maybe unaware of a subtype of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in which the individual is not hyperactive, restless, or even impulsive, but rather has problems primarily in the maintenance...

ADHD in adults: assessment and treatment considerations: important distinctions between child and adult patients exist.(Special Report)(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
May 1, 2004... Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is an enduring psychiatric disorder characterized by developmentally excessive levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. (1) Once believed to be primarily limited to childhood, (2)...

Facility design showcase.
May 1, 2004... For many years, Communicare's local chemical dependency counseling program was conducted in an old church accommodating a dozen or so beds--and for men only. A few years ago, the company decided to upgrade its facilities, and in a big way. On...

Using technology to improve community-based service delivery.(Views On Technology)
May 1, 2004... Community-based care is in demand and often proposed by policy makers as the solution to the impending twin crises of the aging baby-boom population: funding and labor for their increasing care needs. Yet community-based care faces many...

The price of the privacy rule--hardly a deal.(As I See It)
May 1, 2004... Privacy--it's one of the defining issues of the Information Age. As the sum of our existence becomes more and more represented by data that can be measured, mined, and manipulated, many of us want to restrict access to our personal information...

Guide to Drug-Testing Laws.(Product Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... Published by the Institute for a Drug-Free Workplace, the latest edition of the Guide to State and Federal Drug-Testing Laws analyzes every federal and state drug-testing court decision, legislative statute, and regulation. The Guide is a...

Morals and Mental Health Treatment book.(Product Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... Doing the Right Thing: An Approach to Moral Issues in Mental Health Treatment, published by American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., is written for all mental health professionals. This book by John R. Peteet, MD, offers a framework both for...

Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids.(Product Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems' Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids provides communities with locally relevant data on the extent of serious drinking problems and alcoholism among adolescents. The Calculator, located at...

Updated ADHD resource.(Product Spotlight)(Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
May 1, 2004... The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has released Version 2.0 of the Managing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder GUIDELINES Pocketcard[R] for 2004, The pocket card is a 4" x 9" accordion-style portable reference toot...

Preteen alcohol prevention.(Product Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... In partnership with numerous national organizations, SAMHSA has launched a program to keep preteens, ages 9 to 13, from drinking alcoholic beverages. Too Smart to Start provides research-based strategies and materials to community groups to...

Juvenile Sexual Offenders reference.(Product Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders (published by John Wiley & Sons) guides mental health professionals through the breadth of assessment and treatment methods available for working with this special...

Adjustable mouse platform.(Product Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... Humanscale, a supplier of ergonomic seating and office products, has introduced the Clip Mouse, a fully adjustable mouse platform that offers versatility and comfort for a computer user. The 10"-diameter mouse platform clips to a rail on either...

Free risk-management video.(Product Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... The Mental Health Risk Retention Group (MHRRG) offers a free risk-management video, along with a quotation on insurance renewal. MHRRG and Negley Associates, its underwriting management firm, specialize in providing liability insurance for the...

Work/Life Promotions Kit.(Product Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... Workplace Options (WPO) has developed the Work/Life Promotions Kit for EAPs to help their client companies promote work/life services to their employees. The kit, available exclusively to WPO clients, includes a variety of employee promotions...

Focus on transportation.
May 1, 2004... Reliable transportation is key to maximizing the value of community-based treatment (the theme of this issue)--indeed, it is often the key to community dwellers' treatment access. Some provider organizations use their own vehicles to reach...

Paratransit bus.(Focus On Transportation)
May 1, 2004... The smaller paratransit Crusader from Champion Bus is ideal for facilities with limited budgets that need to provide dependable transportation for their patients. Crusader is an entry-level paratransit vehicle that does not require a commercial...

Passenger Vans.(Focus On Transportation)
May 1, 2004... Commercial passenger and ADA-compliant, wheelchair-lift-equipped vans and buses are Mobility Transportation Services' only business. Because they are specialists, they can customize a van to a client's specifications and deliver in fewer than...

Cutaway bus.(Focus On Transportation)
May 1, 2004... To demonstrate its safety, ElDorado National's Aerotech cutaway bus has been crash tested at an automotive testing facility. The Aerotech is available in a variety of lengths and configurations to meet all transportation applications. The...

Clearing the air(waves): it's not Roy Rogers and the shadow anymore.(Views From The Trenches)
May 1, 2004... Have you noticed the freshening breeze wafting over the filthy stench of the usually polluted airwaves in our country? What began as a playful prank at the Super Bowl has mustered groups from coast to coast to clean up the broadcast industry....