Year: 2014
Type: book
Abstract: Year 1 Findings T he California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA)*-a coalition of California counties designed to provide economic and administrative support to mental health service delivery-formed the statewide Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Implementation Program to reduce adverse outcomes for Californians who experience mental illness.CalMHSA's focus is on three strategic initiatives: (1) reduce stigma and discrimination toward those with mental illness, (2) prevent suicide, and (3) improve student mental health.Under each initiative, community agencies serve as PEI program partners, performing activities to meet the initiative's goals.In 2011, the RAND Corporation was asked to design and implement an evaluation of the three initiatives in terms of the content of targeted programs, their reach (i.e., who receives services or is exposed to resources and trainings), and the short-and long-term outcomes of those activities (e.g., attitudes and knowledge about mental illness and reduced suicide, reduced discrimination, and improved student performance, respectively).For the Suicide Prevention (SP) Initiative, first-year evaluation efforts have focused on efforts being implemented by a number of program partners (and their subcontractors): • AdEase (and its subcontracts with Education Development Center and Your Social Marketer, Inc.) • Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Services (and its subcontract with Optum Health, Helpline, Inc., San Francisco Suicide Prevention, Wellspace Health, Kern County Mental Health, Community Health Improvement Partners) • Family Service Agency of the Central Coast (FSACC) • Family Services Agency of Marin (FSA Marin) and its subcontract with Sonoma County Indian Health Project • Institute on Aging (IoA) (and its subcontract with Wellspace Health) • Kings View • LivingWorks (and its subcontracts with Didi Hirsch, Wellspace Health, and Contra Costa Crisis Center) • San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP) (and its subcontracts with Contra Costa Crisis Center, Star Vista Crisis Center, and Santa Clara county) • Transitions Mental Health Association (TMHA) (and its subcontracts with Kern County and Mental Wellness Center of Santa Barbara).What Have the SP Initiative Program Partners Accomplished So Far? Key Metrics for the Know the Signs Campaign Website (www.suicideispreventable.org),
Source: RAND Corporation eBooks
DOI: 10.7249/rb9727
Institution: Optum (United States)
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2920974736