Financial Services Committee

• Felli's Summary of the 12-9-05 COJAC Teleconference

Forensic Committee

• 1998 Survey of Jail Mental Health Services

Medical Services System of Care Committee

• CMHDA MSSOC Anti-Depressants Paper

• Medi-Cal DUR (Drug Utilization Review) Educational Program on Atypical Antipsychotics

• Indigent Pharmacy Proposal Public Behavioral Health Solutions Draft

• The Shortage of Child Psychiatrists in California -- a proposal for a conference to discuss remedies for the situation

Children's System of Care Committee

• Children's System of Care Framework
• CSOC Funding Reduction Position Paper
• Recommended Strategies Concerning Mental Health's Role in the 0-5 Population

Multi-Association Joint Committee

• The Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63) and Juvenile Justice Youth

CSOC/ASOC Transition Age Youth Subcommittee

• A Roadmap to Mental Health Services For Transition Age Young Women: A Research Review

Resource Guide Reference Materials:

• IDEA Transition Age Youth Resource Manual
• Voices of Youth in Transition
• Youth Development and Crime Prevention Initiative Annual Report
• NASMHPD, State Efforts to Expand Transition Supports for Adolescents Receiving Public Mental Health Services
• NASMHPD, Service System Supports During the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood: Parent Perspectives
• Outreach Services in Napa County
• Step-Out, TAY Model from Los Angeles County
• Step-Out, Program Stages
• Step-Out, MOU between Probation, DCFS, and MH
• Simmons College Longitudinal Study, Major Depression and Drug Disorders in Adolescence: General and Specic Impairments in Early Adulthood
• Simmons College Longitudinal Study, Childhood and Adolescent Predictors of Major Depression in the Transition to Adulthood

Data:

• DMH CSI Data for FY 2001-02: Clients Receiving MH Services, by age
• DMH CSI Data for FY 2001-02: Clients Receiving MH Services, by race and ethnicity ages 14-17 years old
• DMH CSI Data for FY 2001-02: Clients Receiving MH Services, by primary language ages 14-17 years old
• DMH Data: Percent of Eligibles Receiving Medi-Cal Mental Health Services by Age Group by County, FY 2000-01
• DMH Data: Average Monthly Medi-Cal Eligibles by Age Group for State and County, FY 2000-01

Resource Guide Reference Materials Pertaining to Guide's Chapters:

Co-Occurring Disorders

• Programs Connecting Child Welfare and AOD
• Drug Abuse Among High Schoolers
• SAMHSA Report to Congress on Prevention and Treatment of Co-Occurring Substance Abuse Disorders and Mental Disorders
• CSAT-SAMHSA Adult Dually Diagnosed Treatment Drug Court Project
• Los Angeles County's Co-Occurring Institute Press Release
• Los Angeles County's Co-Occurring Institute Program Overview
• Los Angeles County's Co-Occurring Institute Program Development Committee

Education

• Transition to Adult Living: A Guide For Secondary Education
• Special Education Rights and Responsibilities
• Los Angeles County's Co-Occurring Institute Press Release
• Los Angeles County's Co-Occurring Institute Program Overview
• Los Angeles County's Co-Occurring Institute Program Development Committee

Housing

• Corporation for Supportive Housing: Youth Resources
• All The Way Home: Creating Partnerships to House Emancipated Foster and Homeless Youth

Adult System of Care Committee

• Adult System of Care Framework

Older Adult System of Care Committee

• Older Adult System of Care Framework
• OASOC Position Paper, Building An Older Adult System of Care
• County of Los Angeles - Department of Mental Health Countywide Older Adult Programs Administration Prevention Models and Older Adults
• County of Los Angeles - Department of Mental Health Older Adult Program Administration Older Adult Recovery Retreat Draft
• The American Society on Aging Brochure on Problem Gambling and Older Adults - Free Training and Technical Assistance (PDF 140 KB)

Best Practices and Model Programs for Older Adults (Courtesy of San Diego Mental Health)

• Grid of Best Practices and Model Programs for Older Adults
• Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Older Adults
• Improving the System of Care for Older Adults with Mental Illness in the United States
• Caring for the Whole Person: Integrated Health Care for Older Adults with Severe Mental Illness and Medical Comorbidity
• Evidence-Based Practices in Geriatric Mental Health Care
• Reducing Suicidal Ideation and Depressive Symptoms in Depressed Older Primary Care Patients
• A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Community-Based Mental Health Outreach Services for Older Adults
• A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training for Middle-Aged and Older Outpatients With Chronic Schizophrenia
• Effectivess of a Nurse-Based Outreach Program for Identifying and Treating Psychiatric Illness in the Elderly
• Functional Adaptation Skills Training (FAST)
• Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services for the Elderly (PRISM-E)
• President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Final Report
  • Surgeon General's Report, Chapter 1: Introduction and Themes
  • Surgeon General's Report, Chapter 2: The Fundamentals of Mental Health and Mental Illness
  • Surgeon General's Report, Chapter 3: Children and Mental Health
  • Surgeon General's Report, Chapter 4: Adults and Mental Health
  • Surgeon General's Report, Chapter 5: Older Adults and Mental Health
  • Surgeon General's Report, Chapter 6: Organizing and Financing Mental Health Services
  • Surgeon General's Report, Chapter 7: Confidentiality of Mental Health Information: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues
  • Surgeon General's Report, Chapter 8: A Vision for the Future

ASOC/OASOC Transitional Adult Subcommittee

• PowerPoint Presentation about Subcommittee
• Subcommittee Goals for 2004-05
• Recommendations for Subcommittee (2004)

Data:

• Sacramento County DMH, Older Adult Profile, FY 02-03

Resources:

• A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Community-Based Mental Health Outreach Services for Older Adults (Stephen Bartels)
• Analysis of the Older Adult System of Care Demonstration Project
• Template of Relevant Transitional Adult Resources
• Transitional Adult Fact Sheet
• Survey results summary from February 2005 survey on assessing risk for transitional adults

Ethnic Services Committee

• Framework for Eliminating Cultural, Linguistic, Racial and Ethnic Behavioral Health Disparities
• Letter to Mental Health Directors Regarding Framework
• CA Dept of Health Services' April 2003 Report on Multicultural Health Disparities
• Health For All:California's Strategic Approach To Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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