Volume 1: Embracing Our Values from a Client and Family Member Perspective

reasons to be hopeful: An overview of the paper… • Heightened awareness and research about the THE PROBLEM: People with SMI, SUD, and COD and their increased morbidity and mortality of people with families, along with the public health care systems that serious mental health problems has generated serve them, face an urgent need to decrease the dramatic attention, discussions, campaigns, and some. [...] Integration of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Primary Care Services • Volume 1 2 California Institute for Mental Health In response, national, state and local organizations PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL PLANNING: As California are addressing the need to bridge the gaps between moves towards implementation of the California 1115 b primary health care and behavioral health care… Medicaid Waiver and nati. [...] The idea of shared power and responsibility is funda- In addition, the inclusion of friends and family mem- mental in decision-making and care management and bers affected by people with substance use disorders sets the stage for the meaningful inclusion of clients began over 55 years ago. [...] For certain Tervalon and Murray-Garcia advocate for the teach- cultural communities, concepts of mental health and ing and inclusion of “cultural humility” as a core mental health treatment either do not exist, or are value and process in the training (and practice) of very different than Western concepts of mental health pediatric and other physicians. [...] • Network of Care: “…the Network of Care, recog- ✓ Attend meetings and events to get to know nized as a model program by the President’s New the leaders and change agents that work in Freedom Commission on Mental Health, provides the local systems of care and to support their vital information to help link consumers to sup- efforts to “change and integrate” health care port groups and personal adv.