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Positions on Mental Health Policy Issues - 2008 - Table of Contents
The Mental Health Associations of Westchester and New York City are committed to the
progressive development of a comprehensive, community-based mental health system. Such a
system rests on the beliefs that:
- There is a fundamental right to live in the community.
- The mental health system should be responsive to the needs and choices of, and accessible to,
all people with mental health problems—to children, adults, and seniors; to people with
severely disabling conditions and those with mental health conditions which are not severely
disabling; and to people from all ethnic and racial groups.
- The system should provide a broad range of services, including crisis intervention,
outpatient, housing, rehabilitation, case management, community support, and inpatient
services.
- Effective mental health system care requires strong coordination among all the components
of both the public and private mental health systems and often with other helping systems
such as health, substance abuse, public entitlements, aging, child welfare, education, and
juvenile justice.
- State-of-the-art services should be generally available, requiring continuing efforts to provide
appropriate training and education to mental health providers.
- Research seeking improved care and treatment is essential.
The purpose of this document is to present the positions of The Mental Health Associations of
Westchester and New York City on specific mental health policy issues. The issues are
presented in alphabetical order.
Access
Adult Homes
Auspices
Children and Adolescents
Confidentiality
Consumer and Family Participation
Co-occurring Disorders
Coordination and Responsibility
Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA)
Criminal Justice and Mental Illness
Cultural Competence
Employment Of People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Family Support
Funding for Multi-Year Expansion
General Hospitals
Geriatric Mental Health and Addition Services
Housing
Human Resources
Involuntary Outpatient Commitment
Managed Care
Medicaid
Medicare
Outreach
Parity
Patients’ Rights
Peer Support
Personal Recovery Oriented Services (PROS)
Planning
Prevention and Early Intervention
Primary Care Physicians
Private Practice
Program Development Process
Public Assistance
Quality Assurance
Recovery and Quality of Life
Reinvestment
Research
Respect for Consumers and Families
Restraint and Seclusion
Roles of State and Local Government
Scope of Practice
Sexual Offenders
State Facilities
Stigma and Discrimination
Suicide Prevention
Terrorism and Disasters
Uninsured People
Universal Health Coverage
Veterans’ Administration
War and Mental Health
Workforce Development
Workplace Mental Health
For further information contact:
Michael B. Friedman, CSW
Director, The Center for Policy and Advocacy
MHAs of NYC and Westchester
666 Broadway, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10012
center@mhaofnyc.org
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