Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America

• Dialogue Guide Facilitator Handbook
  
  
• Full Text of Document Selected:
  Full Report: President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
  
  
• Executive Summary For Document Selected: Executive Summary: President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
  
  
• Dialogue Starters for:
  Executive Summary:
  
  • Vision and Goals
    
  • Goal1: Americans Understand That Mental Health Is Essential To Overall Health.
    
  • Goal 2: Mental Health Care Is Consumer And Family Driven.
    
  • Goal 3: Disparities In Mental Health Services Are Eliminated.
    
  • Goal 4: Early Mental Health Screening, Assessment, And Referral To Services Are Common Practice.
    
  • Goal 5: Excellent Mental Health Care Is Delivered And Research Is Accelerated.
    
  • Goal 6: Technology Is Used To Access Mental Health Care And Information.
  
  Special Focus on Goal 4:
  Early Mental Health Screening, Assessment, And Referral To Services Are Common Practice.
  • Goal 4: Overview
    
  • Goal 4.1: Promote the Mental Health of Young Children
    
  • Goal 4.2: Improve and Expand School Mental Health Programs
    
  • Goal 4.3: Screen For Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders and Link With Integrated Treatment Strategies
    
  • Goal 4.4: Screen For Mental Disorders in Primary Health Care, Across the Life Span, and Connect To Treatment and Supports.