Position Statements and Policy Briefs

The position statements and policy briefs listed below help guide NASMHPD as it develops and promotes mental health policy. Each position statement and policy brief was reviewed and approved by the NASMHPD Board of Directors and then referred to and approved by the full NASMHPD membership.

Position Statements and Policy Briefs
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Affordable Housing: The Role of the Public Behavioral Health System - 10/11
The Arizona Tragedy - 1/11
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Workforce and the Public Mental Health System 1/11
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Health Information Technologies (HIT) and the Public Mental Health System - 12/10
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Financing and the Public Mental Health System - 12/10
Seclusion and Restraint Position Statement as Revised by NASMHPD Forensic Division and Accepted by NASMHPD Membership - 7/15/07
Smoking Policy and Treatment in State Operated Psychiatric Hospitals - 7/10/06
Housing and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness - 7/10/05
Services and Supports to Trauma Survivors - 1/20/05
The Integration of Public Health Promotion and Prevention Strategies in Public Mental Health - 9/17/04
A Framework for Comprehensive State Mental Health Systems - 9/04
State Psychiatric Hospital Patient Cemeteries - 7/31/01
Mental Health Services in a Juvenile Justice Population - 4/01
Repeal of the Medicaid IMD Exclusion - 6/6/00
Culturally Competent and Linguistically Appropriate Mental Health Services - 6/6/00
Seclusion and Restraint -7/13/99
Services and Supports to Trauma Survivors - 12/7/98
Mental Health Block Grant Formula - 12/16/97
Laws Providing For the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Criminal Offenders - 9/9/97
Insurance Discrimination Against Individuals with Mental Illness - 12/10/96
Employment and Rehabilitation for Persons with Severe Psychiatric Disabilities - 12/10/96
Statement on Performance Measures - 7/96
Consumer Contributions to Mental Health Service Delivery Systems - 12/89

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Position Statements and Policy Briefs