What's New | September 01, 2008

Improving the Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Mental Illness

The featured innovations describe collaborative models for integrating behavioral health care with primary care. The featured QualityTools educate practitioners about common psychiatric disorders, prescribing practices, and community suicide prevention efforts.

Featured Innovations:

• Onsite Care Teams Enhance Access to Medical and Mental Health/Substance Abuse Services for Homeless Individuals

Featured QualityTools:

• About Mood Disorders
Developed by Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

• Coming Together to Care: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Texas Communities
Developed by Mental Health Association in Texas

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Also in This Issue:

Innovations >

• Mailed Reminders to Heart Attack Patients Improve Compliance With Beta Blocker Medication Regimen

• Nurse Home Visits Improve Birth Outcomes, Other Health and Social Indicators for Low-Income, First-Time Mothers and Their Children

• Routine Cultures, Real-Time Alerts, and Immediate Precautions Reduce Intensive Care Unit MRSA Infections

• Solo Physician's Use of Virtual and Phone Visits, Same-Day Appointments, and Extended In-Person Visits Leads to High Patient Satisfaction and Improved Chronic Disease Outcomes

• Weekly Group Classes Lead to Significant Weight Loss and High Levels of Satisfaction Among Low-Income, Racial and Ethnic Minorities

QualityTools >

• Homelessness Resource Center
Developed by Center for Mental Health Services; Institute on Homelessness and Trauma; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S.)

• HowsYourHealth Online Screening Tool
Developed by Dartmouth Medical School

• Smoking Cessation for Persons With Mental Illnesses: A Toolkit for Mental Health Professionals
Developed by University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center