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Access to firearms by people with mental ilnness
Resource Document on Access to Firearms by People with Mental Illness Approved by the Joint Reference Committee, June 2009 Reports of mass shootings and other serious firearmrelated violence, such as the Columbine shootings of 1999 and the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, are often accompanied by indications that the perpetrator had some emotional disturbance or mental illness. These incidents have raised growing concern about access to firearms (1) by people with mental disorders. Current f
Position Statement on Police Brutality and Black Males
Position Statement on Police Brutality and Black Males
Position Statement on Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Substance Use
Position Statement on Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Substance Use
Position Statement on Hospital Privileges for Psychologists and Other Non-Psychiatrist Mental Health Professionals
Position Statement on Hospital Privileges for Psychologists and Other Non-Psychiatrist Mental Health Professionals
Approaches to Youth in Mental Health Crisis
This document provides an overview of contemporary approaches to youth in mental health crises with practical, solution-oriented recommendations. It provides developmental considerations when dealing with youth in crisis, the continuum of existing response models and encourages readers to understand their role in advocacy through clinical vignettes. The resource document emphasizes de-escalation and rapid linkage to clinical evaluation services and supports the APA’s goal of ensuring young peopl
Accountability for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
Accountability for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
A Bill of Rights
Endorsement of Principles for the Provision of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services: A Bill of Rights
Mental Health Issues Pertaining to Restoring Access to Firearms
Mental health courts (MHCs) are one of a range of “problem-solving courts” operated on the premise that the criminal law can be used to therapeutic ends to the benefit of both individual defendants and society as a whole, a concept known as therapeutic jurisprudence (Winick 2003). Other examples of problem-solving courts include homelessness courts, veterans’ treatment courts, and domestic violence courts. Many psychiatrists are unfamiliar with MHCs despite their rapid expansion in recent years.
Core Principle for Alternative Payment Models for Behavioral Health
The APA’s Position Statement enunciates 10 principles. These are presented below along with their supporting background information. The first principle declares that the predominant goals for behavioral health APMs should be defined as increasing access and improving quality of care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUDs), in order to improve outcomes.
Social Determinants of Health
All of these variables impede access to care, which is critical to individual health, and the attainment of social equity. These are essential to the pursuit of happiness, described in this country’s founding document as an “inalienable right.” It is from this that our profession derives its duty to address the social determinants of health.
Position Statement on Suicide Among Black Youth in the United States
Position Statement on Suicide Among Black Youth in the United States