The National Council for Behavorial Healthcare

Resources & Services: Industry Events & Resources

Conferences

2009 National Council Conference: Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Texas, April 5-8, hotel reservations now open.

Clinical, Business and Workforce Resources

Learn how the ACTION Campaign can help provider organizations increase access to addictions treatment and keep clients engaged in treatment for improved outcomes.

The Center for Clinical Social Work is a national not-for-profit organization to promote clinical social work as a profession and to advance clinical social work in all settings by developing practice standards and credentials, advocating for practitioners and their clients, and enhancing opportunities for research, education, and training.

The American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work, a unit of the Center for Clinical Social Work, sets national practice standards, issues an advanced-practice certification and specialty credentials, and publishes reference information about board-certified clinicians.

SAMHSA’s Co-Occurring Center for Excellence offers resources on co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

Mental Illness and Addictions: Personal Stories

Order “Voices of Hope and Recovery: Our Stories, Our Lives” a series of CDs — produced by the National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations — featuring the personal stories of those who have recovered from mental illness.

Canvas, the poignant film about one family’s struggle with schizophrenia, previewed at the National Council Conference in Las Vegas, is available on DVD starting Jan 29, 2008, order now.

Reports and Papers

2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book: The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book ranks states on 10 key measures and provides data on the economic, health, education, and social conditions of America’s children and families. The essay, “A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform,” looks at the nearly 100,000 children confined to juvenile facilities and what can be done to reduce unnecessary detention and incarceration.

Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness: a report from the NASMHPD Medical Directors Council

Grading the States: A Report on America’s Health System for Serious Mental Illness, from NAMI.

Executive Summary of the IOM Report, Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions: Quality Chasm Series.

Executive Summary of the Final Report of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.

Executive Summary of Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General.

National Business Group on Health’s report, Employer's Guide to Behavioral Health Services.

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Real Stories National Council member organizations across the country work hard to give nearly 6 million adults, children, and families with mental illnesses and addiction disorders a chance to recover and lead productive lives. Read their stories