Supporting Individuals with Co-Existing Conditions
Listed below are documents pertaining to Supporting Individuals
with
Co-Existing Conditions. Click on the publication title to access the PDF document.
State Reports and Program Descriptions
ALABAMA
Comprehensive
Support Services in Alabama (293KB PPT).
MAINE
2004 Crisis Annual
Report (470KB).
OHIO
Report and Recommendations
(1859KB PDF) regarding clinical best practice for serving Ohioans with mental
illness and mental retardation.
Sexual Offending Behavior (74KB PDF) in Persons with Developmental Disabilities.
MH/MR Discussion Matrix (47KB PDF) planning form.
The Ohio Coordinating Center of Excellence in Dual Diagnosis (Developmental Disability/Mental Health). The Ohio Coordinating Center for Excellence in Dual Diagnosis (MI/MRDD CCOE) is a virtual center organized around a collaborative partnership of expertise which includes the Wright State University Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University Nisonger Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Division of Developmental Disabilities, and Case Western Reserve University along with the Cuyahoga County Board of MRDD.
WASHINGTON STATE
Decision
Making Flow Chart for Crisis Intervention (143KB PDF).
Collaborative Program Description (231KB PDF) identifying program goals, infrastructure, resources and progress.
Other Resources
The
Importance of Person Centered Thinking (95KB PDF)
- Michael Smull
Good
to Great Presentation on Person-Centered System Change (481KB PDF)
- Michael Smull
Myths
and Realities Co-Occurring Disorders - Mental Illness/Intellectual Disability
(551KB PDF)
- Robert Fletcher, Executive Director, NADD
How
Well Does Your State Serve Individuals with Co-occurring Mental Illness and
Intellectual Disabilities? (84KB PDF)
- Joan B. Beasley, PhD
Children's
Services in the Real World (91KB PDF)
- Diane Jacobstein, Ph.D. and Terry McNelis, MPA
Recognizing
Psychosis in Nonverbal Patients With Developmental Disabilities 192KB
PDF)
- Ruth Ryan, M.D., Psychiatric Times, December 2001, Vol. XVIII, Issue
12
Positive Practices
Symptoms
and Behavioral Manifestations Associated With Trauma (62 KB PDF)
- Lyle S. Cope, Kathy Markovich, and John T. Phillips
Bridging
the Gap - The Philadelphia Behavioral Health Collaborative: Moving from Programming
to Supports (37KB PDF)
- Amy Nemirow, PhD
Learning
From a Person's Biography: An Introduction to the Biographical Timeline Process
(137KB PDF)
- Beth I. Barol, PhD
Reports and Reviews
Serving
Individuals with Co-occurring Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illnesses:
Systems Barriers and Strategies for Reform (268 KB)
- NASMHPD
This report documents the first step in a collaborative dialogue between state mental health and developmental disabilities agencies and multiple stakeholders in the states to assess the successes and failures of current practice in serving people with co-occurring conditions in an effort to develop a productive partnership for systems change. The report identifies barriers to services in existing service systems, describes components of an "ideal" system of care, and makes recommendations for systems change.
A
Systematic Evaluation and Implementation Strategy to Promote Effective Community
Service Systems for Individuals with Coexisting Developmental Disabilities
and Mental Illness: National Service Trends and the "Connecticut Blueprint"
(234KB PDF)
- Joan B. Beasley and Kathryn duPree
This article describes one method to evaluate community- based services that can be used by state and local governments to assess their service delivery system. The process used in the state of Connecticut and the new initiatives now taking place there will also be described as an example of an attempt to overcome obstacles and seek positive, long-term remedies to meet the challenge of providing effective services for people with mental retardation and behavioral health needs.
Evaluation
of Outcomes and Cost Effectiveness of a Community Behavioral Support and
Crisis Response Demonstration Project (824KB PDF) (June 1998)
- Roudolph, C., Lakin, K.C., Oslund, J.M., & Larson, W. Mental Retardation,
Vol. 36, No. 3, 187-197.
An evaluation of a behavioral support and crisis response demonstration project in Minnesota.
An evaluation of programs offered by Assets, Inc. in Anchorage Alaska to support individuals with co-existing conditions.
Resources