Providing mental health services should be more than addressing the mental health needs of your client. Providing services should also include reviewing the social determinants of health that affect their lives, from food to housing to safety to education.
Open access is a revolutionary step in the provision of mental health services.
The idea here is that people in need of help can simply walk in and get to see a therapist without the need for the cumbersome process of booking appointments.
What’s the best part of your job?
“The best part of my job is getting to work with different agencies from all over the country. That is probably my favorite part because they’re really remarkable people – the people that we have the opportunity to work with because they’re taking care of other people in a time of need, in a time of struggle.”
The return to normal is a moment in time that we all have long looked forward to with yearning and much anticipation.
While most agencies I speak with have moved to using an Electronic Health Record (EHR) to collect necessary data, agencies are less likely to have discovered the tremendous advantages of using an EHR that provides a visual display of the client’s file.
Can a cell phone app dismiss the need for mental health services? Or should a cell phone app act as an add-on to mental health services? In today’s day and age, the above questions are developing a new concept.
So, you said you came from somewhere. Where did you come from? I was born and raised in New Hampshire and then went to college in Savannah. I was there for several years until I moved to Baltimore.
Visualize Your Data to Break Free from Status Quo Decisions
According to the World Health Organization, mental wellness is defined as “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”
Like the rest of the health world, behavioral health has adapted to new technology over the years for treatment and self-monitoring.
When you think about return on investment, remember the basic formula (ROI=gain-cost/cost).
Electronic health records (EHR) are a useful tool in the health field.
