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Avoiding Cruel Choices$10.00 A guide for policymakers and family organizations on Medicaid's role in preventing custody relinquishment. 28 pp. (November 2002) E-mail pubs@bazelon.org for information on discounts on the purchase of 10 or more copies of this report. 
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A New Vision of Public Mental Health$4.00 This pocket folder contains a model law to provide recovery-oriented mental health services and supports. Commentary and suggested advocacy steps are also included. (2/02)
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Disintegrating Systems: The State of States' Public Mental Health Systems $4.00 Excerpts state-based documents to help advocates illustrate the unraveling of public policy for meeting needs of people with serious mental illnesses. 24 pp. (11/01)
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Covering Intensive Community-Based Child Mental Health Services Under Medicaid $6.00 Overview and six issue briefs summarize coverage of behavioral aides, intensive in-home services, child respite care, after-school programs, therapeutic summer camps and therapeutic nurseries/preschools. (10/01)
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For the Long Haul: Maintaining Systems of Care Beyond the Federal Investment $8.00 Volume III in the Center for Mental Health Services-funded 2000 series on Promising Practices in Children’s Mental Health describes how federal grantees are finding the resources to sustain systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbance.
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Can Managed Care Meet the Mental Health Needs of Very Young Children?$3.00 Ten-page issue paper with advocacy tips for influencing a state's planning. (Oct. 1996)
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Your Family and Managed Care $3.50 Clearly written booklet explains the workings, advantages and pitfalls of managed care for children with mental, emotional or behavioral disorders. Includes a family checklist to rate a managed care plan. (November 1996) Click here for discounts on the purchase of 15 or more copies of this report.
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Managed Behavioral Health Care for Children and Youth: A Family Advocate's Guide $9.95 Family advocate's guide includes a checklist of strategies to assure that state systems adhere to the recommended principles and handouts to copy for educating policymakers and managed care administrators. 34pp. (9/96) Click here for discounts on purchases of 15 or more copies of this report.
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At Home—Strategies for Serving Older People with Mental Disabilities in the Community $11.50 Innovators in community services for elders and legal advocates describe what makes a system successful, discuss legal and ethical issues and advocacy strategies for creation of community programs for elders with mental illness or dementia.(11/95)
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Last in Line: Barriers to Community Integration of Older Adults with Mental Illnesses $6.50 A report on the persistent segregation of older Americans with mental illnesses that provides a prescription for reform. Please email pubs@bazelon.org for information on discounts for bulk purchases. |
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Last in Line Addendum - State by State Summaries $3.00 This addendum supplements Last in Line: Barriers to Community Integration of Older Adults with Mental Illnesses with analysis of relevant policies in Pennsylvania, Alabama, Illinois, Michigan and Nevada. Please email pubs@bazelon.org for information on discounts for bulk purchases.
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Last in Line - Report with Addendum $9.50 This package bundles Last in Line: Barriers to Community Integration of Older Adults with Mental Illnesses with its addendum, analysis of relevant policies in Pennsylvania, Alabama, Illinois, Michigan and Nevada. Please email pubs@bazelon.org for information on discounts for bulk purchases. |
Power in Planning: Self Determination Through Psychiatric Advance Directives $4.00 A new pocket folder that builds on the Bazelon Center's earlier work regarding advance psychiatric directives. Power in Planning provides forms to help create psychiatric advance directives and assesses the utility of such directives. (March 2003)
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Advance Directives$2.00 Forms for preparing an advance psychiatric directive, presented in ASCII text format. (2003)
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Managing Managed Care for Publicly Financed Mental Health Services $9.40 Primer on managed care for advocates and state and local policymakers, describes the prospects and pitfalls of this increasingly common approach to financing and delivering public-sector mental health services. 60 pp. (November 1995)
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Buying in the Public Interest$20.00 Primer for public purchasers of managed care, documents benefit design for the most cost-effective system of care; financing of a benefit for the best payment arrangements, cost-savings and capitation rate; and mechanisms to ensure quality of care. 32 pp
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Effective Public Management of Mental Health Care: Views from States on Medicaid Reforms That Enhance Service Integration and Accountability $4.00 This joint publication of the Bazelon Center and the Milbank Memorial Fund distills the experience of senior officials from various states. 48 pp.
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Recovery in the Community: Funding Mental Health Rehabilitative Approaches Under Medicaid (Vol. I)$16.00 Report on how states use Medicaid to cover recovery-focused services--includes sample state rules. 84 pp. Click here for bulk discounts on purchases of five or more copies of this report.
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Su Familia y el Sistema de Salud Integral $3.50 Click here for discounts on the purchase of 15 or more copies of this report.
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Making the Right Choices: Reforming Medicaid to Improve Outcomes for People Who Need Mental Health Care $5.00 This 17-page issue brief details the effect of proposed changes to Medicaid on the millions of Americans who rely on the program for needed mental health and substance abuse services. (June 2003)
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Recovery in the Community: Program and Reimbursement Strategies for Mental Health and Rehabilitative Approaches Under Medicaid (Vol. II)$20.00 The second report of two discussing the use of the Medicaid program to fund recovery-oriented services for adults with serious mental illnesses. Email pubs@bazelon.org for information on discounts on bulk purchases of this report. (July 2003)
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Recovery in the Community: Volumes I and II$32.00 These reports discuss the use of Medicaid to fund recovery-oriented services for adults with serious mental illnesses.
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The Role of Mental Health Courts in System Reform$3.00 This document examines the use of mental health courts in the United States as a response by communities to the increasingly common arrest and incarceration of people with serious mental illnesses. Also available free online.
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Get it Together: How to Integrate Physical and Mental Health Care for People with Serious Mental Disorders$14.00 Get it Together examines model programs for improving integration and coordination of behavioral health and primary health services for adults and children with serious mental disorders who rely on the public mental health system for their care. It summarizes findings of a series of studies and offers recommendations for policymakers. Bulk discounts on purchases of more than 10 copies of this report are also available.
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Executive Summary for Get it Together$4.00 Printed copies of the executive summary for Get it Together: How to Integrate Physical and Mental Health Care for People with Serious Mental Disorders. You can also view and print the executive summary for free from the Bazelon Center's website. You can view and print the HTML version or a printer-friendly PDF version(You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view and print this file.) Bulk discounts on purchases of more than 15 copies of printed copies of the executive summary are also available.
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Get it Together: How to Integrate Physical and Mental Health Care for People with Serious Mental Disorders (10 or more copies) $7.00
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Integration of Primary Care and Behavioral Health: Report on a Roundtable Discussion of Strategies for Private Health Insurance$4.00 This publication presents major points from a 2004 roundtable convened to discuss strategies for integration of primary care and behavioral health in the context of private health insurance. Roundtable participants included health care leaders with expertise in primary care, mental health and substance abuse services, and public and private-sector health plan policy, purchasing and administration. [Item IN-2 $4, shipping and handling included] (Feb. 2005)
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Moving On: Federal Programs to Assist Transition-Age Youth with Serious Mental Health Conditions$21.00 CY-8 Moving On is a collection of fact sheets providing essential information about 57 federal programs that can assist transition-age youth with serious mental health conditions. Areas covered range from mental health and substance abuse services to education, housing and juvenile justice. Bulk discounts available on request. 166 pages, November 2005.
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Moving On: Analysis of Federal Programs Funding Services for Transition-Age Youth with Serious Mental Health Conditions $6.50 CY-9 An analysis of programs that can assist transition-age youth with serious mental health conditions. Areas covered range from mental health and substance abuse services to education, housing and juvenile justice. This analysis is based on a collection of fact sheets on 57 federal programs, available for download or purchase here.
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In the Driver's Seat: A Guide to Self-Directed Mental Health Care$7.50 Explains how self-directed care works in the mental health arena, with advocacy strategies and financing approaches.
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Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights! (1-49 copies)$1.00 Guide for college and university students who want to seek help for mental illness or emotional distress (27 pages, September 2008)
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Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights! (50-99 copies)$0.75 50-99 copies of the guide for college and university students who want to seek help fpr mental illness or emotional distress (27 pages, September 2008)
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Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights! (100-plus copies)$0.60 Guide for college and university students who want to seek help for mental illness or emotional distress (27 pages, September 2008)
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Healthcare Reform Issue Briefs$8.50 A series of 7 issue briefs on integration of mental health in 2009 healthcare reform initiatives
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Still Waiting...The Unfulfilled Promise of Olmstead$5.00 A call to action by the Bazelon Center in the 10th Anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision establishing the right of all people with disabilities to be served in the most integrated setting consistent with their individual need. June 2009.
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