Wrap-Around Services Weave Care for Arizona Patients
The right treatment at the right time for each person is the key to Recovery. About 170,000 folks (including nearly 50,000 children) use the public behavioral health system across the state… and we make sure that each get the best treatment possible. We regularly evaluate our comprehensive approach in behavioral health services by ensuring we’re using the most up-to-date evidence-based [...]
Performance Assessment: An ADHS Priority
Part of good science is tracking the outcomes of what you do. Tracking provides good data about what's effective and gives us the ability to intervene if something isn’t working. Our Behavioral Health Division is very good at that. Working through the contracts with the Regional Behavioral Health Authorities, we set standards they are required to meet to collect their [...]
Chalk Up Another Empower Award
This week the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs gave us the National Best Practice Award for our Empower Program. As a refresher for those of you that aren’t familiar with Empower… it’s a program we started in 2009 that focuses on increasing healthy eating and active living in our licensed child care facilities… reaching over 200,000 children throughout [...]
The Worst is Over for Flu this Season
This year’s flu really packed a wallop all across the country. In Arizona we’ve had almost 250% more cases than last year so far. But the good news is, this week’s flu report shows we’re on the downhill slope. We’ve seen fewer new cases in the past couple weeks - but it’s not completely gone. So you should still stay [...]
Caveat Emptor
The younger you are, the more likely you are to get a tattoo. In fact, a recent Pew Research poll found that 40% of people between the age of 18 and 29 have one these days. But if you’re thinking about it or your friend or adult child is- there are some important things to consider. I’ve written about some of the risks [...]
Troubled Teens: At Risk and Not Overlooked
Our Vision at the Arizona Department of Health Services is ”Health and Wellness for all Arizonans”. Part of that Vision for folks living with behavioral health issues or a mental illness means achieving and maintaining self-reliance and independence. To get there, some individuals simply need outpatient services occasionally. Some need wrap-around community or home-based services. Others need more intensive treatment [...]