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Followup to the Presidents New Freedom
Commission on Mental Health

• H. Stanley Eichenauer
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
  Administration
• Washington, DC - September 14, 2005

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Katrinas Devastation
Photos Courtesy of NEMA
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1-866-KAT-MEDI https//volunteer.hhs.gov
Assistance for Victims of Katrina
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Vision of the Commission

• A future when everyone with a mental illness will
  recover
• A future when mental illnesses can be prevented
  and cured
• A future when mental illnesses can be detected
  early
• A future when everyone with a mental illness, at
  any stage of life, has access to effective
  treatment and supports

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• All progress occurs because people dare to be
  different.
• Harry Millner

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Federal Partners Workgroup
Department of Health and Human Services
Other Federal Partners
AoA NIH/NIMH ACF NIH/NIAAA AHRQ HHS/OS CDC
-ASPE CMS -OCR HRSA -OD IHS -OPHS NIH/NIDA
SAMHSA
Department of Agriculture Department of
Defense Department of Education Department of
Housing and Urban Development Department of
Justice Department of Labor Department of
Transportation Department of Veterans
Affairs Social Security Administration
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Federal Action Agenda First Steps(available
online at www.samhsa.gov)

• Provides a model and promotes shared
  responsibility for change at the State and local
  levels
• Features the five principles around which the New
  Freedom Commission on Mental Health framed its
  vision
• Describes the "state of success" for each
  principle
• Highlights current activities and proposes Year 1
  action steps for each principle

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The Framework for SAMHSAs Federal Action Agenda
for Mental Health

• Consumer/survivor opportunities for a full life
  in the community
• Models of comprehensive, community-based care
• Maximization of existing resources
• Use of research findings to influence service
  delivery
• Promotion of innovation, flexibility, and
  accountability at all levels of government

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Federal Executive Steering Committee

• 22 Assistant Department Secretaries and Agency
  Heads
• Eliminate barriers to effective mental health
  care
• Make certain each agency commits necessary
  resources

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Transformation ? Collaboration
Across the Federal Government Federal Partners
Workgroup and the Federal Executive Steering
Committee Across the State Government Multiple
State agencies Across the Private
Sector Insurers, advocacy groups, and
corporations In partnership with consumers and
their families
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Mental Health Transformation SIGs

• Seed money to help States develop the
  infrastructure needed to meet the comprehensive
  needs of consumers and their families
• Nearly 19 million has been allocated for fiscal
  year 2005
• Grant applications are currently being reviewed
• Grantees must comply with the essential
  principles of transformation

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Transformation Action Initiative (TAI)

• Organizes our work around transformation,
  internally and externally
• Centralizes information to make it easier for
  States and others to navigate among more than 50
  technical assistance efforts
• Builds better connections between those involved
  in transformation

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National Outcome Measures (NOMs)

• Decreased mental illness symptomatology/improved
  functioning
• Increased/retained employment return to/retention
  in school
• Decreased criminal justice involvement
• Increased stability in family and living
  conditions
• Increased access to services
• Reduced use of psychiatric inpatient beds
• Increased social supports/socialconnectedness
• Client perception of care outcomes
• Use of evidence-based practices

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National Anti-Stigma Campaign (NASC)

• 3-Year campaign to educate Americans about mental
  illness and recovery

• Held expert symposium on stigma and
  discrimination, agency kick-off meeting, and
  first meeting of the campaign workgroup
• Will release public service announcements before
  the end of this year

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The First, SAMHSA Sponsored Voice Awards

• Film, TV, and radio writers and producers who
  have created positive, accurate, and dignified
  portrayals of people with mental illnesses
• Mental health advocates whose efforts have
  expanded public understanding of mental illnesses
• Others whose activities promote mental health
  awareness

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The Transformation Equation
T (V B A) ? (CQI)2
Transformation ? (Vision ? Belief ? Action) ?
(Continuous Quality Improvement)2

• Visionprovides direction for our work
• Beliefguides our work
• Actionmakes our vision and beliefs a reality
• Continuous Quality Improvementensures our
  actions reflect the wishes and needs of the
  community

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true progress is to know more, and be more, and
to do more. Oscar Wilde
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