Behavioral health

Restructuring our licensing bureaus to better address the needs of the state

By |2024-04-16T14:14:06-07:00April 16th, 2024|Licensing|

To best serve the residents of our state, especially some of our most vulnerable populations, we have restructured and expanded parts of our website to reflect recent changes to the Division of Public Health Licensing (Licensing). This updated structure will better serve the needs of Arizonans residing in, or receiving services at, an ADHS- licensed [...]

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State Hospital Launches New Public Dashboard

By |2024-01-24T10:57:15-07:00January 24th, 2024|Behavioral Health|

Arizona State Hospital Civil Treatment Facility Building. The Arizona Department of Health Services has released a new series of dashboards to provide real-time public information about the Arizona State Hospital (ASH). These dashboards will be updated daily to enhance transparency and foster understanding of operations and outcomes at the Hospital’s Civil and Forensic [...]

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How ADHS regulates sober living homes and behavioral health residential facilities

By |2023-06-14T16:03:25-07:00May 24th, 2023|General, Licensing|

In Part 1 of our Licensing blog series, we shared what a sober living home (SLH) actually is. We also explained other types of homes that are often confused for sober living homes, including behavioral health residential facilities (BHRF), which are also licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). In this installment of [...]

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How we license facilities that provide substance abuse recovery resources

By |2023-06-14T16:03:39-07:00May 17th, 2023|Licensing|

In Arizona, there has recently been a large uptick in interest about “sober living homes'' from the media, government officials, members of the community, legislative members, and law enforcement. Based on the questions we’ve received in our Division of Licensing, it is clear that there is a lot of confusion surrounding what sober living homes [...]

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How Arizona is using data and community feedback to help address mental health in our state

By |2023-04-06T14:44:47-07:00April 6th, 2023|General, Preparedness, Prevention|

Like physical health, mental health is important throughout the lifespan. It continuously affects how we think, feel, and act. It also plays an important role in our physical and social well-being. Many factors can impact our mental health, including early adverse life experiences, experiences related to chronic medical conditions, biological factors, feelings of loneliness or [...]

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The 2017 ADVICE Collaborative is Coming Soon

By |2017-06-14T09:57:53-07:00June 14th, 2017|Preparedness|

In 2013, our Licensing and Infectious Disease Services teams partnered with the Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Program to develop a day-long ADVICE Collaborative conference aimed at improving infection control practices. The ADVICE Collaborative brings together licensed dialysis providers, the dialysis network, federal partners and public health professionals to find new ways to promote infection control, build relationships, and identify how public health can [...]

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State Loan Repayment Program Rules and Webinars Online

By |2017-02-10T09:48:57-07:00March 15th, 2016|Prevention|

Many of you may recall the expansion of the State Loan Repayment Program back in February 2015 when the Governor signed Senate Bill 1194. The bill enhanced the program by expanding the types of providers who can receive loan repayment assistance, increasing the award amounts that eligible providers may receive and removing the four-year service cap. When the law [...]

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Crisis hotline for those impacted by today’s shootings

By |2017-02-10T09:49:15-07:00March 18th, 2015|Behavioral Health|

  Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care established a special hotline 1-800-203-CARE (2273) for the public after two unconnected shootings in the Valley.  People can also visit www.crisisnetwork.org for resources. The Crisis Response System in Maricopa County is built to provide care to anyone whether they are in the public behavioral health system.  People who are emotionally [...]

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5 Years of Behavioral Health Innovation Paying Dividends (Part III)

By |2017-02-10T09:49:41-07:00April 30th, 2014|Behavioral Health|

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve reflected about some of the innovative strategies that we’ve implemented with our behavioral health community partners over the last several years to improve the health status of folks with a serious mental illness.  So far, I’ve covered integrated health homes and improvements to the crisis system. On the [...]

5 Years of Behavioral Health Innovation Paying Dividends (Part II)

By |2017-02-10T09:49:43-07:00April 22nd, 2014|Behavioral Health|

Over the next couple of weeks I’ll continue reflecting about some of the innovative strategies that we’ve implemented with our behavioral health community partners over the last several years to improve the health status of folks with a serious mental illness. Last week I wrote about the Integrated Health Homes initiative. Another success has been [...]

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