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  • June 1, 2020

How Person-Centered is my Practice? A Tool for Practitioner Self-Reflection

Person-centered care and practices entered national conversations out of broad recognition that systems of healthcare in the United States1 and worldwide2 were delivering care in ways that invalidated the values,…

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  • June 1, 2020

Non-Binary Gender Identities: Providing Affirmative Care

Non-Binary Gender Identities Gender identity, or an internal sense of ones self, develops over time and is not confined to sex assigned at birth. Gender identity can develop over the…

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  • February 25, 2019

Integration of Mental Health and Primary Care

One of the many factors contributing to shorter life expectancy for individuals with serious mental illness is that they receive poor primary and preventative healthcare. This practice brief describes a Center study that elicited information from Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) practitioners identifying barriers to the integration of mental health and primary care. Recommendations for enhancing collaboration between primary health care and mental health care services are suggested.

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  • February 21, 2019

Guide to Goal Setting and Tracking

Identifying and setting personal goalposts are important foundations of recovery from mental illness and substance abuse. Goals provide a sense of purpose, meaning, identity and hope.

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  • February 21, 2019

Stages of Treatment

A comparison of the Stages of Change and Stages of Treatment models and examples of how each are used.

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  • February 21, 2019

Behavioral Experiments

Information to help an individual develop beliefs about their mental illness and substance use that can result in more control over their behavior.

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