ADULT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE DELIVERED THROUGH A DISEASE MANAGEMENT MODEL

  

WHAT IS DISEASE MANAGEMENT?

Treatment of Major Depression, Bipolar and/or Schizophrenia Disorders that focuses on an individual’s outcomes, selected services, tools, and strengths in order for them to recover.

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WHAT IS RECOVERY?

“A deeply personal, unique process of changing one’s attitudes, values, feelings, goals, skills, and/or roles. It is a way of living a satisfying, hopeful, and contributing life even with limitations caused by illness” (Anthony, 1993).

• Recovery is a process that takes place over time 
• It promotes balance in a person’s life 
• It develops the whole person 
• Its focus is on potential 
• It involves changing thinking and attitude 
• It promotes emotional and spiritual growth 
• It begins with self-acceptance 
• It’s activated through a willingness to self-change 
 

TREATMENT IS BASED ON THE BASIC PRINCIPLES THAT EVERYONE NEEDS:

• A sense of power 
• A sense of uniqueness 
• Positive role models and mentors 
• Problem solving skills 
• Conflict resolution skills 
 

FOUNDATIONS OF DISEASE MANAGEMENT

• Recovery 
• Community Integration 
• Good Clinical Practice Guidelines 
• Good Utilization Management 
• Good Business Practice 
 

DISEASE MANAGEMENT MODEL

• Builds on current strengths of individual. 
• Teaches skills to help reach “real life” goals. 
• Promotes recovery within limitations of the disease through encouraging.independence. 
• Focuses on community integration. 
• Focuses on whole-person and not just the disease. 
• Requires participation of individuals served. 
• Services are determined by individual’s needs. 
 

BASIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

• Treatment based on specific diagnosis and level of need. 
• A system of service delivery based on progression of recovery. 
• Outcomes that help individuals reach real life goals, increase community integration, and support progression toward recovery. 
• Community integration through building on an individual’s skills. 
• A system of services reflecting level of need matched with clinically appropriate resources. It is structured to progress from more intense levels of service to less intense and eventual graduation. 
• Service delivery that is designed to reduce psychiatric hospitalization, reduce substance abuse, and encourage jail diversion. 
• Services reflect right treatment, for appropriate length of time, and delivered in the appropriate setting. 
• Individualized services based on a set of practice guidelines. 
 

WELLNESS STRATEGY

What is it that the individual needs and wants in order to recover? A Wellness Strategy, looking at an individual’s activities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is completed for every adult mental health patient at Pecan Valley Centers service area to ensure that they receive:

• Regular Physical Exercise 
• Adequate Sleep 
• Healthy Diet 
• Referral to outside agencies for funding assistance as needed and available. 
• Linkage with at least 2 community supports specific to the individual’s needs, such as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Peer Support Groups, local churches, Narcotics Anonymous, and Alcoholics Anonymous. 
 

PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION

• Identifies desired outcomes and real life goals of an individual. 
• Builds on strengths and focuses on positives in an individual’s life. 
• Strengthens and teaches skills necessary for individual to cope with their disease. 
 

AREAS AN INDIVIDUAL MAY FIND ASSISTANCE THROUGH PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION AND SELF MANAGEMENT TRAINING/EDUCATION INCLUDE: 

• Stress Management 
• Coping Skills 
• Symptom Management 
• Medication Education 
• Activities of Daily Living 
• Budgeting 
• Problem Solving 
• Accessing Services 
• Communicating Effectively 
• Social Skills 
• Development of Natural Supports 
• Family Training Education 
• Illness Education 
• COPSD Groups 
• Anger Management 
• Supported Employment 
• Supported Housing