Strategy

The time to act has come! Do so today!

December 21, 2012     Ron Manderscheid, PhD
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You can act to respond to the Newtown tragedy. Download the national letter and use it to craft your own letter.

$14.8 million provided to create new center for autism

December 18, 2012     Shannon Brys, Associate Editor
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The William & Nancy Thompson Family Foundation and the Children and Families Commission of Orange County provide $14.8 million to create ‘The Center For Autism And Neurodevelopmental Disorders Of Southern California.’

Seeking better health through our communities and our families: The Inaugural ACMHA DC Policy Forum

December 5, 2012    
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As we implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we will devote much more attention to policies and interventions that promote positive health and well-being. This effort arises from the recognition that health and disease are two separate dimensions, and that effective health promotion can prevent, delay, and mitigate disease.

Acadia Healthcare announces two agreements to purchase eight inpatient psychiatric facilities

November 28, 2012     Shannon Brys, Associate Editor
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These transactions, which will be completed in late December, will provide the company with over 600 new beds.

Planting seeds this holiday season

November 19, 2012    
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Dreading the slippery slope of the holiday season? Here's a twist on how to ease the pressure while making real one-on-one connections with your donors and volunteers.

Report reveals cost of veterans’ unmet mental health needs

November 16, 2012     Shannon Brys, Associate Editor
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A report by the National Council calls on community behavioral health centers to fill the gap in care for veterans.

Leadership lessons from Mandela and Tutu

November 14, 2012     H. Steven Moffic, MD
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Though seemingly too distant in time and place, the lessons of their leadership for us may be many, especially at a time when we are beginning a new Presidential term, and when healthcare (and mental healthcare) reform will become fully implemented.

New 'BHbusiness' initiative will help providers improve operations, expand treatment capacity

November 9, 2012     Shannon Brys, Associate Editor
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SAAS, the National Council and other industry leaders partner in SAMHSA-funded initiative to help providers expand capacity to serve the growing numbers of Americans expected to seek mental health and addiction treatment services.

Obama-2: Fulfilling the Agenda

November 9, 2012    
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Many balls already are up in the air. Obama-2 will have a major task to bring them safely over the goal line.

Dynamic Progress from Stigma Toward Inclusion: The Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy

November 3, 2012    
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Two hundred Symposium participants affirmed that we are, in fact, experiencing a national transformational change—we are moving beyond stigma. New approaches to housing, employment, and integrated care are changing our communities, and they are changing us. How very exciting on the eve of implementing the Affordable Care Act!

New York’s new state plan outlines “care management” for all

November 1, 2012     Dennis Grantham, Editor-in-Chief
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Five year plan envisions continued movement away from specialty treatment settings to community settings.

Third-party drug-test providers continue to grow nationwide

October 23, 2012     Dennis Grantham, Editor-In-Chief
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Demand drives franchise-based growth to meet individual, employer, and program needs.

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