Community mental health directors and others interested in good public policy for mental health, addictions and developmental disabilities services in Oregon should check out this handy list of upcoming meetings and events.
Manufacturers build cars that fit the needs and the lifestyles of the people who will drive them. The machinery of a better health care system will be built on the same principle. Oregon and the nation are moving slowly but surely toward full insurance parity for mental health care and toward better integration of mental health and physical health care services. To build this better system with the end user in mind, the national Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) made a great start in 2005 with Building Bridges: Mental Health Consumers and Primary Care Representatives in Dialogue.
The most current inventory of integration projects underway across the state and other helpful resources are available on the Oregon Department of Human Services Integration webpage.
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Public mental health and addictions funding is among the most transparent and publicly accountable of all for both quality of service and efficient use of resources.
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