Every 9 seconds, a woman is assaulted or beaten in the United States. “1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been physically abused by an intimate partner.” “Domestic violence accounts for 15% of all violent crimes.” “Domestic victimization is correlated with … Read More
Issue Briefs
Domestic Violence and Culturally Specific Factors
Posted on by Susan Liebold
Implementing culturally congruent trauma-informed care requires knowledge of acculturation factors. Scenario: A monolingual Chinese-speaking young 26-year-old Chinese female recently emigrated from rural China appears in the emergency room with a broken arm and a sprained wrist. She keeps her eye contact minimal and alternately looks … Read More
Population Health And Data Exchange: New Data Integration, One Person At A Time, For A Healthier Nation
Posted on by Susan Liebold
Case Study: Jimmy, a 59-year-old white male, is brought to a hospital emergency department by EMTs for the third time this month. He is bleeding from his left temple and exhibits signs of intoxication, and his blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is 0.16. Jimmy was … Read More
Models of Care that are not Inclusive of Behavioral Health: Making the Shift to Integrated Care
Posted on by Susan Liebold
Results from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) on Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) showed mixed results and an overall failure to capture significant savings. Only 21 ACOs applied and have been designated as the Next Generation ACO from a pool of 353 ACOs designated as Pioneer in … Read More
Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities and Addiction: Special Population Needs and Risks in Treatment Care and Access
Posted on by Susan Liebold
The 1999 US Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. (527 U.S. 581) was a pivotal point in defining treatment access for people living with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD). The decision held that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) required that individuals … Read More
Parity: Access to Meaningful Care to help actualize Meaningful Lives
Posted on by Susan Liebold
Before the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 and Timothy’s Law in 2007, there was a little boy name Timothy O’Clair who suffered tremendously with a serious mental illness. Timothy was born May 5th, 1988 in New York. He “loved … Read More