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Our MHSIP mission: to foster and enhance the quality and scope of information for decisions that will improve the quality of life and recovery of people with mental illness.
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Following are web resources recommended by Ms Joyce Boaz, Director,
Gift From Within-PTSD Resources for Survivors and Caregivers

The Gateway to PTSD Information (www.ptsdinfo.org) is a gateway to four nonprofit sites that offer PTSD information and resources. Four national and international organizations are here to help, with articles, references, web-links, mini-courses, 800 phone access and e-mail pen-pal resources. This site is listed on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website. This site is the brainchild of Frank Ochberg a psychiatrist and the former Associate Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and a member of the team that wrote the medical definition  for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  He was the editor of America's first PSTD treatment text.


 The Violent Death Bereavement Society (www.vdbs.org) serves as a centralized forum of information and training for service providers of loved ones and family members after violent death. The Director, Ted Rynearson, MD, is a practicing, clinical psychiatrist in Seattle, Washington.  He is a national and international clinical teacher, lecturing and training clinicians and service providers who restore loved ones after violent dying.

Gift From Within, (www.giftfromwithin.org) a non-profit organization is dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals.  GFW helps everyone with PTSD by sharing ideas, improving morale, and reducing the stigma of the diagnosis and its treatment. We have articles written by authorities in the field, poetry and art gallery for trauma survivors, peer support pal network, personal coping and inspirational stories, a Q&A, videos, book reviews, list of retreats for survivors, global list of trauma survivor support groups, and other educational materials and resources. 

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21st Annual Research Conference–A System of Care for Children’s Mental
Health: Expanding the Research Base

This annual conference is a nationally recognized forum to explore contemporary, empirical research on systems of care that promote the emotional and behavioral well-being of children and their families. Innovative methods presented at prior conferences have been utilized in practice and policy, creating a framework of best practices to improve the way communities address the mental health needs of children and their families. This event is designed for researchers, evaluators, administrators, policy makers, advocates, and family members interested in applied practical systems-of-care research.

Watch the Presentations from The National Summit on Defining a Strategy for Behavioral Health Information Management and Its Role within the Nationwide Health Information Infrastructure.

New Report on Measuring and Reporting Quality Released

"Promising Practices in Behavioral Health Quality Improvement: Summary of Key Findings and Lessons Learned" is based on a targeted  literature review, web-based research, a comparative analysis of national mental health measurement sets, interviews with national experts in the field of Behavioral Health Quality Measurement and Reporting Systems (QMRS), interviews with SMHA Commissioners and other staff at four best practice states, and interviews with administrators at two best practice organizations.   Click here to view

 

Findings and lessons learned are reported as they relate to four research questions.

  • What national initiatives, accreditation, and regulatory requirements should state mental health authorities (SMHAs) be aware of in developing a behavioral health quality measurement system?
  • What are the key management and infrastructure components a SMHA needs to build into a QMRS?
  • How are quality measures selected, and what measures should be used?
  • How do states implement and use their QMRS to improve quality?

        

         The University of Massachusetts Center for Health Policy and Research (CHPR) would like to thank the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) for their permission to disseminate this report on behavioral health quality measurement and reporting systems via the MHSIP website.  CHPR took the initial work, conducted on behalf of DMH, one step further by developing a 5-10 year high-level implementation plan or roadmap, which is also included in this report. Any questions or comments on the report can be directed to sabine.hedberg@umassmed.edu

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Data Infrastructure Grant Guidance for Uniform Reporting (URS)

 State Data Infrastructure Grants Coordinating Center

   Fiscal Year  2004
          Word Documents:
          Check List 2004
          Data Definitions 2004
          Basic Tables 2004
          Developmental Tables 2004 SMI and SED Estimates for 2003

          Excel Tables:es:
          Basic Tables 2004
          Developmental Tables 2004

    Fiscal Year 2003
          2003 URS Tables
          2003 Updated Uniform Data Definitions
          2003 URS DIG Data Checklist
           08/07/2003

Links

http://www.mahealthdata.org/data/library/acronym.html
 

Featured Papers

Updated June 2003
Socioeconomic Conditions, Stress and Mental Disorders: Toward a New Synthesis of Research and Public Policy.  The papers in this collection examine recent research on relationships among socio-economic conditions, mental health, and mental disorder. They focus either on the “social stress process” as a mechanism in these relationships-- exposure to stress and the use of personal and social resources in coping with stress-- or on the influence of the larger context(s) on the way this mechanism works-- in particular, the socio-economic conditions of people’s lives and the settings in which they interact with others. Obstacles to translating basic knowledge into efficacious preventive strategies, and efficacious strategies into effective population and service interventions, are explored throughout.

Presentations

 

 

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