The NRI is a non-profit corporation devoted to issues of the public mental health system. Established in 1987 as a national organization resource to provide leadership and support in the areas of analysis, evaluation, and research, NRI facilitates the application of research findings to management of state mental health programs. The following 8 video presentations come from the 2008 NRI annual conference.
This one-hour course describes methods for using Medicaid data to monitor evidence-based practice guideline adherence and recognizing current treatment patterns for persons with major depressive disorder. The importance of using evidence-based practice guideline for major depressive disorder is articulated and the impact of APA guidelines on Medicaid expenditures is discussed.
In 2005, Washington State was one of seven states that received Mental Health Transformation State Infrastructure Grants from SAMHSA. Washington has informed development and implementation of its Transformation initiative through activities of an Evaluation Team. This 1.5-hour course presents several core examples of ways in which the Evaluation Team has planned and conducted evaluation activities that facilitate use of data to guide Transformation activities, as well as evaluate the impact of the overall mental health transformation Initiative.
This 1-hour course provides an overview of how mental health care and the well being of people with mental disorders improved notably 1955-2001 but much still needs to be done. The forces that drove gains create new challenges and threats. Institutions aimed at creating a new stewardship for mental health represent a new frontier. Thoughts on research that needs to occur in support of these new policy challenges are shared.
This 1.5-hour course presents data from Maine on the impact of diabetes among persons with serious mental illnesses. An overview of the health-oriented mental health in Vermont is also provided. Policy and funding implications are discussed
In this 1-hour course, presenters share how the use of data can improve direct care, and example of the use of the assessment data to determine program eligibility and to monitor progress is given. Applied research related to the Community Alternative to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities Medicaid Demonstration grant uses CANS outcomes to help determine the cost effectiveness of intensive community based services.
The 1.5-hour presentation provides a detailed overview of antipsychotic use among children in Florida's fee for service Medicaid program from July 2002 to December, 2005, the last month before the implementation of Medicare Part D. The presentation examines antipsychotic usage trends both by class and by brand of atypical antipsychotic over the 42 month period for children 0-5, 6-12 and 13-18. In addition it examines the changing diagnostic patterns of users in the different age groups. The presentation answers the questions of who is prescribing antipsychotic medications to children in the different age groups and whether the roles of psychiatrists vs. primary care physicians have changed over time.
This 1-hour presentation shares research on returning veterans and the numbers with PTSD. The presenter distinguishes between different types of traumatic events both domestic and foreign.
Using the Iraq and Afghan wars, Dr. Robert Ursano provides the data to substantiate the numbers of veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD. Additionally, Dr. Ursano breaks down the different symptoms of PTSD and demonstrates how PTSD may manifest itself in returning veterans differently.
This one-hour presentation will provide information gathered by the Suicide Prevention Program cross-site evaluation of gatekeeper trainings. These gatekeeper trainings are designed to raise awareness of suicide prevention, assist in the early identification of youth at-risk for suicide, and build the skills necessary for successful intervention.