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      • DECONSTRUCTING ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND PSYCHOPATHY: A GUIDELINES-BASED APPROACH TO PREJUDICIAL PSYCHIATRIC LABELS [Hofstra Law Review 2013]
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  1. WE NEED AI -- OR MORE SOPHISTICATED AUTOMATION ---TO GET MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS UP TO SPEED

    . But you know what? It takes time and energy and resources to do ...

  2. Brain Injury, the Immune System & Mental Health

    & Institutional Resources Jonathan ...

  3. Horror Story

    . The HUD resources at left are excellent and include information regarding ...

  4. CMS -- Coverage of Housing-Related Activities -- June 26, 2015

    . Although the focus of this Bulletin is on Medicaid reimbursement, other federal resources are also ...

  5. Burnout in Law, Mental Health, Law Enforcement --- "Boundaries" ---and the Need for Leaders and Policymakers to Continue with SYSTEMIC REFORMS

    OF PAPERWORK) --- we have to invest TIME and RESOURCES to do that.Further, we need our LEADERS ...

  6. Kenya Mental Health Task Force begins public forums Monday

    in the allocation of resources to mental health. The first forum will be in Meru ...

  7. Jail Wait for Competency Exams

    by Disability Law Colorado. State officials informed the advocacy group in a letter ...

  8. Medicaid Mental Health & People with Traumatic Brain Injury

    such as the client’s providers, case manager, or family member when available. When these resources ...

  9. Examples of Olmstead Complaints with a Request for Declaratory Judgment

    and RESOURCES for such a DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION need to be FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ...

  10. Flexible Assertive Community Treatment [FACT]

    human resources in mental health care more efficiently." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924933816017697 ...

  11. Regional Accountable Entities

    containment; reducing avoidable, duplicative, variable, and inappropriate uses of health care resources ...

  12. It's Important to be an idiot and ask some tough questions of mental health

    information from the level of the gene to the level of behavior. These resources will ultimately help us ...

  13. Arguments in Favor of Administrative Enforcement of Olmstead

    ​DOJ doesn't have the resources to enforce Olmstead consistently ...

  14. Orchid Calendar

    the DSM 5​ & Resources Click Here ...

  15. 50,000 IS .86% OF COLORADO'S 5.8 MILLION POPULATION-----------------------------------------------THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH UNLESS THAT 50,000 NEEDS BED SPACE, PLACEMENTS AND/OR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

    happening every day in this Country and in Colorado because we don't provide sufficient resources ...

  16. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF MICROGLIA

    'think" Inter-Faith and Secular People could push for the RESOURCES needed to SUPPORT:​Translational ...

  17. Heroes

    for services for parents in the Child Welfare System Resources, People with Disabilities ...

  18. SUBSTANCE USE: ​ OLMSTEAD & PARITY/ADDICTION EQUITY

    Take ​We'll include resources from both Title II of the ADA ...

  19. Why We Believe Colorado's "Community Living Plan"/Olmstead Plan Is Not Comprehensive and Is In Fact Woefully Inadequate for People with Mental Illness. & Sources of Law for our Olmstead/Civil Rights Complaint

    /civilrights/resources/specialtopics/health_disparities ...

  20. ACT -- Orchid's Comments on Capitated Behavioral Health Benefit, specifically ACT for Accountable Care Collaborative

    resources, and poor coordination among service agencies, the needs of people with long-term mental ...

  21. Are you synapse rich & Energy  Poor?

    at the synapse in SCZ and BP and serves as a resource for understanding the pathophysiology ...

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  • Home
    • About Orchid >
      • Why Orchid?
      • ORCHID'S SYSTEMIC FOCUS & "ROOT CAUSE" ANALYSIS APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING WITH A COMMITMENT TO CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
      • Disclaimers, Limitations and An Invitation
      • Orchid Board
      • Orchid Book Club
      • Conjecture, Science & Translational Research & Medicine
      • Orchid Themes & Symbols
      • The Tipping Point
      • Orchid's Website Advertising Policy
      • Statement for Potential Website Contributors
      • Contact
  • Blogs
    • Val's Blog
    • Val's Blog 2
    • ​TRANSLATIONAL/ ​TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE MONDAY
    • NEURO-DIVERSITY Wednesday
    • Olmstead Law & Order Thursday
    • Translational Medicine Friday
    • Translational Love, Relationships & Neuro-Diversity Saturday
  • Orchid's A-Z Index
    • Crisis Services in CO, the US & Around the World
    • Assertive Community Treatment & Flexible ACT Index
    • Housing & Homelessness Index
    • Criminal Justice
    • Innovation Index
    • For More: See the Main Orchid Index Page
  • US Federal
    • THE IMD RULE & ADMIN. ENFORCEMENT OF DISABILITY CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS
    • Medicaid & Supportive Housing & Housing-Related Services
    • CMS' FAILURE TO COVER HOUSING FOR LTC & THE IMD RULE: WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS DISCRIMINATION
    • National Take
  • Immunology & Mental Health
    • Alcoholism & the Immune System & Mental Health
    • Brain Injury, the Immune System & Mental Health
    • Celiac Disease & Sensitivities, the Immune System & Mental Illness
    • Mental Illness & The Immune System
    • Racial Discrimination & the Immune System & Mental Health
    • Trauma & the Immune System & Mental Health
    • ***Physical Health Issues, the Immune System & Mental Health Index
  • University of Chicago: Institute of Translational Medicine
  • Hot Topics
    • What We Want --- SAMHSA Grant Opportunities Due Jan. 22, 2019
    • Anti-Social Personality Disorder >
      • DECONSTRUCTING ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND PSYCHOPATHY: A GUIDELINES-BASED APPROACH TO PREJUDICIAL PSYCHIATRIC LABELS [Hofstra Law Review 2013]
      • Personality Disorders -- Unscientific & Vague -- Must Be Reformed
    • Executive Functioning & "Prison Brain" >
      • Job Accommodation Network on Executive Functioning Deficits
    • Medicaid & Medicare Network Adequacy >
      • OIG: STATE STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO CARE IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Sept. 2014)
      • OIG: ACCESS TO CARE: PROVIDER AVAILABILITY IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Dec. 2014)
      • GAO 15-710: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Actions Needed to Enhance CMS Oversight of Provider Network Adequacy (Aug. 2015)
      • CMS: Promoting Access in Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care: A Toolkit for Ensuring Provider Network Adequacy and Service Availability (April 2017)
    • Medicaid Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Parity >
      • CMS Parity Compliance Toolkit Applying Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Requirements to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs [Jan. 17, 2017]
      • Frequently Asked Questions: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Final Rule for Medicaid and CHIP [CMS October 11, 2017]
    • Olmstead Disability Rights >
      • Statement of the Department of Justice on Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead v. L.C. (2011)
      • Comprehensive Olmstead Planning
      • the Logical Long Term Consequences of our failure to provide Intensive Community MH Treatment
      • Olmstead Nation ---State Pages: How Far to Comply with Olmstead?
  • Take A Walk Around Orchid's Resource Block
  • Colorado Abuse & Neglect Scandals Involving People with Disabilities
  • Mental Health By The Numbers
  • New Science Is Amazing AND It Has HUGE Moral Implications for Our Society: NOW
  • Olmstead & Homelessness
  • Double V
  • " 'Defund the Police" Means 'Invest in the Resources Our Communities Need' " or Don't Cost Shift to the Police
  • VAGUE OLMSTEAD PLANS, EXPENSIVE LITIGATION
  • Updating & Reforming our Understanding & Treatment of "Anti-Social Personality Disorder" Blog
  • Reform of " Anti-Social Personality Disorder" in Criminal Justice
  • CO HB22-1278
  • New Understandings Matter
  • Mental Health, Ethics & Law
  • CO Olmstead Disability Homeless Law & Policy Project
  • Inflammation, the Immune System, Neuro-Developmental Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use Issues & Chronic Disease
  • Microglia and the Brain's Immune System
  • Substance Issues & the Immune System