This paper offers ideas for the roles that evaluation can play in helping foundations ensure that a discussion about sustainability is started early
enough and maintained throughout an initiative.
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.
The Air Force Suicide Prevention Program: A description of program initiatives and outcomes (AFPAM 44-160)
Air Force Pamphlet 44-160. This 54-page document describes the Air Force Suicide Prevention Plan, which consists of eleven initiatives identified by the Air Force Suicide Prevention Integrated Product Team (IPT).
Cultural competency: A practical guide for mental health service providers
Defines the term “cultural competency”. Provides guidance for mental health professionals on: developing essential knowledge, skills and attributes; building counselor/client rapport; translator and interpreter challenges; connecting with families; and confidentiality issues.
Mental health: Culture, race, and ethnicity. – A supplement to Mental health: A report of the Surgeon General
Considers mental health services for the following racial and ethnic groups: African Americans; American Indians and Alaska Natives; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; and Hispanic Americans;
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).
Continuity, success, and survival of community-based projects: The national youth at risk program sustainability study. – Report to the USDA
Addresses some of the deficits in program sustainability, specifically for at-risk audiences, and reflects the second phase in a multi-year study of community-based programs that are targeted to at risk youth and families.
Telemental health: Delivering mental health care at a distance: A summary report
This report was produced to inform federal, state and local mental health administrators about options for utilizing telecommunication and information technologies to improve the delivery of mental health services to rural and frontier populations.