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Mental Health
We take Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance, including many HMOs, as payment for mental health services. Some insurances may require you to pay a deductible amount or a co-payment. Some mental health services are provided through contract with the county for people who qualify. Contact our office with your questions about mental health services that apply to you, or review the information on this website about our mental health programs.
With this service our readers can tune into a conversation about various topics of interest in mental health, to become better informed, and to offer information and opinion. Subject areas will range across the spectrum of mental health issues in America today. In this section we will present both scholarly papers and articles summarizing experience and opinion. These articles will be organized by topic. Topic areas will include a variety of broad subjects such as mental health administration, public sector mental health services, private sector mental health services, government funding of mental health services, models of practice, schools of thought, and other serious considerations within the field. Those who wish to contribute to this conversation may do so in two ways, one by offering articles for publication on this website, and two by offering comments to be posted on this website. (To submit an article for posting, click here; or choose an article below, or read on).
Topics in Mental Health
Consumer Corner |
Mental Health Policy Issues |
The articles in this section provide information on mental health diagnoses and treatment procedures. You can pick what article interests you. The purpose of these articles is to provide information that helps you understand better problems such as anxiety, depression, anger control, or major mental illness. Extending your knowledge of mental health problems and the forms of treatment can help you manage your life better. Successful treatment in mental health not only requires an understanding of the treatment procedure, but other kinds of investments by the person being treated. This section can help the person make the decisions that are important in achieving better outcomes. | The articles in this section cover many of the questions that have to be answered whenever programs are set up by agencies, or the government. We currently perform this task with mixed results. It would be nice if everyone could get better at this, but often the “debates” in the field consist of people talking past one another, or the questions remain silent. Explore these issues by reading these articles. |
PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN WISCONSIN: BASIC SOCIAL CONTRACT
|For more information click this PDF
Consent for Treatment and Services
|Persons seeking outpatient mental health treatment can expect the following information from the clinic when they enroll:
1. The results of the assessment have been presented verbally and in writing on the Initial Assessment and Treatment Plan and questions have been answered.
Caught on the Horns of Dilemma
|Reasons for staying in the safety zone
Fear of being a bad person
Social stigma
Fear of retaliation
Loss of material assets
Are You Listening Or Just Reloading?
|I think in our rush to argue and dissent these days, we have lost the art of listening. By that, I mean listening to truly understand the other person, not listening to agree or disagree, but simply listening to understand.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Myths and Realities
|I was surprised. My first blog received so many responses, that I thought I would address a few concerns that were expressed. (They mirror the misconceptions I uncover when I give workshops on CBT to therapists who have not read the major CBT books or received formal training and supervision in CBT or watched DVDs of CBT therapy sessions).
Child Welfare and MH Specialized
|CHILD WELFARE AND MENTAL HEALTH: Cross-training and Team Process
Day 3
December 3, 2003
Green Lake, Wisconsin
SPECIALIZED SERVICES
Jon S. Matthew
1. Mental health practitioner as specialist
The term specialist is a complex construct. The meaning of specialist is developed, rather than given, so we must consider the various aspects of this development to be able to understand what we are talking about when we say that mental health practice is a specialty.
Green Lake Training SB and UOA
|CHILD WELFARE AND MENTAL HEALTH: Cross training and team process
Day 3
December 3, 2003
Green Lake, Wisconsin
STRENGTHS, BARRIERS, AND USE OF AUTHORITY
Jon S. Matthew
Child Welfare Summary
|SUMMARY
Day 1 and Day 2 meetings
Child Welfare and Mental Health -- Cross-training and team process
I. Day 1-- Child Welfare
A. Federal Law
1. Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA, 1974)
Delineates the key principles guiding child protection
2. Adoption and Safe Families Act (1997)
a. Safety
Children have a right to live in an environment free from abuse and neglect
b. Permanence
Factor Practice
|I. Mental health professionals as specialists
A. Specializing in treatment for people with mental health problems
1. Anxiety
2. Depression
3. Psychosis
4. Conduct problems
5. Characterological troubles (personality disorders)
6. Psychosomatic illnesses
B. Diagnostic nomenclature
1. DSM IV TR diagnostic categories
2. Multiple axis system
Axis 1. Clinical disorders
Axis 2. Personality disorders
Mental retardation