No more Gap Between Community and Residential Mental Health Treatment

niekma — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:02:29 +0000

In the past 20 years, especially since the system of information on health concepts and practices, there have been tensions between the communities on the basis of providing residential care services for children, adolescents and mental health care to families need. Based on the mental health community have expressed concern about the hospitalization of his colleagues for their children is too long, failed to prove the effectiveness of their services. Hospital claiming that their community based colleagues do not support the coordination of their efforts in helping discharge planning, or to provide the necessary monitoring of action-intensive option. Families and young people often expressed different reactions to provide two sets of mental health and counseling, which requires all families to be done to encourage and guide young people and encourage them to create a more comprehensive range of services. In this environment, is even more complicated because system resources are limited, and community-based residential treatment providers, mental health, policy makers, family, mental health services for young people in the competition under the auspices Center initiated a dialogue in 2005 In the autumn, to discuss how to improve their relations and practices. The result is now a bridge known for taking the initiative. From this dialogue, “a national leader in children’s mental health team field participated in the first summit meeting in bridge construction in June 2006. Weight in the voices of youth and families inspired by the summit participants drafted and signed a joint resolution of common principles and shared commitment to a comprehensive, flexible, individualized, strength-based, family-oriented and youth, in charge of culture and language to guide a range of services and support. More than 20 national mental health organizations and 19 institutions have begun through the joint resolution. Construction of bridge called for reform of hospital care for mental health and social relationships based providers, families and adolescents. The model to promote shared responsibility and shared responsibility, regardless of, or treatment services need to create. Therefore, the activities of the Summit includes identifying the treatment plans of patients and national communities are implementing the principles of the joint resolution, innovative practices and find the family, about his vision for young trainees effective. The construction of bridges, the use of children and families team received a number of promising approaches is essential. Equipment used during treatment overlap, so that planning and service delivery goals and sense of responsibility. CFT hospital treatment and community cohesion of technology providers, professional use the power of youth and families, some long-term recovery orientation program. Treatment program for patients and community partners in the nation are working to improve its efforts to ensure that family therapy is to promote and implement the approach advocated by the leadership of the young bridge-building, such as CFT, the family and the recruitment of youth advocates, youth and the Advisory Board of Family Development, to provide education and support to improve their defense capabilities, to cultural and language skills, and applying a trauma informed care, thereby reducing the need for containment and isolation. Advocates and policy makers recognized the hospital as part of a series of treatment services, and coordination and cooperation is essential to improve outcomes. Here are some ways that the community and hospital treatment providers can support the construction of the bridge work “and establish a dialogue between all the constituent groups, including families, youth, community-based mental health , hospital treatment, advocates and policy makers. “agreements and development practices, making the hospital and the smooth transition to contribute to the community, support, coordination of immigration. “Supporting young people and families in the community involvement during the time of patient treatment program based on mental health programs and support services to facilitate smooth and timely transition to home.” “Continue with the implementation of trauma informed, promote, guide the youth, culture and language skills and evidence-based approach to the family.” Supporting development of children and families to become an active member of Task Force. “Meetings in the district and dialogue in order to facilitate the construction of bridges of conversation. In September 2007, the second summit to strengthen the initiative to determine the agenda, to promote reforms nationals. The creation of several working groups, a series of products have been developed or are developing: the paper on best practices for innovation to connect the hospital community-based performance criteria and indicators for self-assessment tool to hospital treatment and community-based parent, provider, Family and Youth “internal” investigation to determine the necessary reforms and financial policy. Plans to continue the important work of this initiative, so that the principles construction of bridges across the country. As partners, we ensure that children, youth and family development.

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No more Gap Between Community and Residential Mental Health Treatment