Evidence-Based Practice

This CMS letter to State Medicaid Directors highlights six evidence-based practices shown to be effective for persons with mental illness. Following each description is a short discussion of the role of Medicaid services to support all or part of the practice.

These briefs have been developed to assist the CMS Real Choice grantees who are focusing on strengthening systems of care for children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances. Five briefs are included in the set. The briefs focus on assessment of children, therapeutic foster care, wraparound services, flexible funding, and multisystemic therapy.

This brief summarizes presentations made at NASHP’s 17th annual state health policy conference during a session on “Promoting Young Children’s Healthy Mental Development.” The session focused on the evidence base, state program highlights, a discussion of the ABCD program, and ways to use the Medicaid program to better support early childhood social and emotional development. Thie brief is available from the Assuring Better Child Health and Development initiative (ABCD II).

Medstat identified common factors of system change in a six-page brief, based on a review of organization transformation literature and, more importantly, the experiences of eight state long-term support systems that were the subject of a series of case studies on comprehensive system reform.

Presentation bt Jean Campbell at Oregon Real Choice grant conference in June 2004. Presentation looks at advantages and disadvantages of peer support programs moving to evidence based approaches.

Paper developed by SAMHSA/RWJ grantee for the evidence-based practices project. Paper is directed at Mental Health program leaders and discusses assertive community treatment. Assertive community treatment (ACT) started when a group of mental health professionals recognized that many people with severe mental illnesses were being discharged from inpatient care in stable condition only to be readmitted relatively soon thereafter.

Draft version of paper created by the grantees of SAMHSA/RWJ Evidence-based Preactices Project. This paper answers questions about supported employment for persons in recovery from a mental illness. This version is directed to consumers as an audience.

Draft version of paper created by the grantees of SAMHSA/RWJ Evidence-based Preactices Project. This paper answers questions about supported employment for persons in recovery from a mental illness. This version is directed to program leaders as an audience.

New York Office of Mental Health website on evidence-based practices. Description of wellness self management for individuals experiencing recovery from a mental illness. Users will also find resources on Medicare D, RFPs, Provider Guidance documents, resources and webcasts

DRAFT version of paper on integrating treatment for co-occurring disorders for individuals with both a mental illness and a substatnce abuse disorder. Paper focus is on information for consumers' families and other supporters. Part of the toolkit in the RWJ/SAMHSA evidence-based practices project.