Resource Types: Report

Depressive disorder treatment in the military health system (MHS): A national quality management program special study

The purpose of this study was twofold. First, the study obtained baseline measurement rates for the Major Depressive Disorder CPG (the diagnosis codes for depression included non major
depression diagnoses). Second, the study measured Antidepressant Medication
Management using Health Plan Employers Data
and Information Set (HEDIS) 2002 Technical Specifications. MHS (Military Health System) performance rates were compared to rates from HEDIS civilian managed care plans.

Meeting the mental health needs of persons who are deaf

This report is the latest publication in the NTAC’s Cultural Diversity Series, which explores the mental health needs of an increasingly diverse nation. The report makes it clear that policymakers, planners, providers, and practitioners must work closely with members of the Deaf community to fashion programs and strategies that meet their needs and demonstrate a responsiveness to the issues of the Deaf culture.

Emerging Judicial Strategies for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Caseload: Mental Health Courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernadino, and Anchorage

This report describes the emergence of the mental health court strategy in four pioneering jurisdictions in the United States, beginning with Broward County, Florida, where the idea was first innovated and adapted to different settings and challenges in King County (Seattle), Washington; Anchorage, Alaska; and San Bernardino, California. Pressures that have led to the development of the mental health court strategy include crises in community mental health care (the long-term effects of deinstitutionalization), the drug epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s, the dramatic increase in homelessness over that period and problems faced by the mentally ill in already overcrowded jails including the relatively common co-occurrence of mental illness among the large numbers of substance abusers in the criminal justice population.

Assessment of suicidal behaviors and risk in children and adolescents

An online listing of interview, self-report, and screening tools for assessing suicide in children and adolescents, including behaviors, risk, intentionality, attitudes, reasons, exposure to suicide, and other factors. Includes psychometric properties, where to obtain the instrument, and references. Reproduced from a technical report submitted to the National Institute of Mental Health by D. Goldston (2000).