NASMHPD Medical Directors Council Publications and Reports

For more information on NASMHPD Medical Directors Publications and Reports, contact Roy Praschil at 703 - 682-5183.

Issue Papers

2008

• NEW! NASMHPD's Medical Directors’ Statement on Comparative Effectiveness of Antipsychotic Medications and Individualized Treatment (pdf)

2005

• NEW! NASMHPD Issue Paper (December 9, 2005): Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) What Does It Mean for Practice and Policy? (pdf)

Technical Papers

2008

• NEW! Suicide Prevention Efforts for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: Roles for the State Mental Health Authority (pdf)

2006

• Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness (pdf)
• Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness Slides(ppt)
• Smoking Policy and Treatment in State Operated Psychiatric Facilities (pdf)
• Smoking Policy and Treatment in State Operated Psychiatric Facilities Slides (ppt)

2005

• Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Services: Opportunities and Challenges for State Mental Health Authorities (pdf)

2004

• Prevention Approaches for State Mental Health Authorities (pdf) (cover page- pdf)

• State Mental Health Authorities' Response to Terrorism (pdf)
  • Attachment E Cover (pdf)
  • Attachment E Document Body (pdf)

2002

• Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint: PART III (pdf)
  • Appendix C: Meeting Participants List (pdf)

2001

• Involuntary Outpatient Commitment (pdf)
• Psychiatric Polypharmacy (pdf)
• Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint: PART II (html, pdf)
• Psychiatric Medications (html, pdf)

• Issues Pertaining to the Development and Implementation of Programs for Persons
  Civilly Committed for Treatment Under Sexually Violent Predator Statutes (html)
• Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint, PART I (pdf)

1997

• Algorithms and the Treatment of People with Serious Mental Illness (html)

Symposia

2004

• Focus on: Pharmaceuticals…Pricing & Acquisition, Use of Mortality Data, Creating Recovery Facilitating Systems of Care, and Prevention Strategies for SMHAs (pdf)
  

2003

• Focus on Utilization of NRI’s Performance Measurement System Data, Reducing Medical Morbidity, Guiding Physician Practice to Ensure Open Formularies, and Effective Use of LOCUS and Treatment Planning (pdf)

2002

• Best Practices Symposium - Trends in the Public Mental Health System: An Environmental Scan, Developing Best Practice Guidelines for Treating People with Co-Occurring People with Mental Illness/Mental Retardation, Mental Health's Response to Terrorism, and Lessons for State Clinical Directors from Business Management (pdf)

2001

• Best Practices Symposium - Focus on Computerized Performance Measurement Systems, Children’s Psychopharmacy, Continuity of Care from the Hospital to the Community and Practice Guidelines Update (pdf)
  
  

2000

• Best Practices Symposium - Fourth Annual Best Practices Symposium on Use of Antipsychotics/Medicaid Formularies, Seclusion/Restraint, State/Academic Collaboration, and Mental Health Courts (html)

1999

• Best Practices Symposium - Dual Diagnosis, Criminal Justice/Mental Health Interface, and Psychiatric Rehabilitation/Recovery (html)

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