Missouri’s Early Psychosis Care initiative is bringing to the forefront the importance of identification and intervention as critical steps in reducing the impact of psychosis on affected individuals, their families, and our community.  Through educational opportunities and outreach, EPC will raise awareness state-wide about best practices, current trends in research, offer learning collaboratives, and implement new strategies, research, and trends into practice.

Current priorities are:

1.  Provide training, consultation, and implementation support to early intervention programs that specifically address early psychosis care in Missouri.

2.  Through community outreach, provide education and support to individuals seeking information and resources on early psychosis.

3.  Promote evidenced-based care and advance research on early psychosis, as it relates to promoting implementation science and clinical outcomes.

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Centurion Health provides healthcare services to governmental agencies in a wide variety of patient care settings, including correctional facilities, state hospitals, courts, juvenile facilities, and community clinics.

https://www.centurionmanagedcare.com/

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Show Me Hope is Missouri’s crisis counseling program (CCP) in response to a disaster or critical event. Counselors are based in the local community to teach coping and stress management skills to anyone dealing with the anxiety and uncertainty caused by the event. The CCP helps individuals and communities recover from natural and human-caused disasters through community outreach and access to resources including mental health services.

 

Missouri has been involved with the CCP since the 1970s. Show Me Hope activates when needs exceed the local community or state.

 

Goals and Principles

The CCP helps people recover and rebuild their lives after a disaster. It supports short-term interventions that involve the following counseling goals:

 

Helping disaster survivors understand their current situation and reactions.

Reducing stress and providing emotional support.

Assisting survivors in reviewing their disaster recovery options.

Promoting the use or development of coping strategies.

Connecting survivors with other people and agencies who can help them in their recovery process.

 

Key principles that make it different from other survivor support programs are:

 

Strengths-based: services promote resilience, empowerment, and recovery.

Anonymous: Crisis counselors do not classify, label, or diagnose people. No records or case files are kept.

Outreach-oriented: Crisis counselors deliver services in the communities rather than wait for survivors to seek their assistance.

Conducted in nontraditional settings: Crisis Counselors make contact in homes and communities, not in clinical or office settings.

Designed to strengthen existing community support systems: supplements, but does not end or replace, existing community systems.

Services

 

The CCP offers services to disaster survivors in their homes, shelters, temporary living sites, or houses of worship. Funded services include:

 

Individual and group crisis counseling.

Basic supportive or educational contact.

Community networking and support.

Assessments, referrals, and resources.

Development and distribution of educational materials.

Media and public service announcements.

As the community builds resilience, CCP services phase down and transition to the existing community resources.

 

Web Address: moshowmehope.org

 

Social Media (FaceBook & Twitter: @MoShowMeHope)

Chestnut Health Systems™ is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Chestnut offers a comprehensive scope of behavioral health and human services in Illinois and Missouri. Our professional and experienced staff is committed to providing high-quality care and services to the communities we serve. From drug and alcohol addiction treatment facilities (residential and outpatient), to primary care medical homes, to a research institute, Chestnut continuously works to achieve its mission to make a difference and improve quality of life through excellence in service. Chestnut is comprised of the following four core service areas: Substance use treatment and prevention Mental health treatment and housing for persons with mental illness Applied behavioral research, training, and publications Primary care treatment and preventative services Chestnut has been continuously accredited by The Joint Commission since 1975.

www.chestnut.org

Individuals with special health care needs are those who have or are at increased risk for a disease, defect or medical condition that may hinder the achievement of normal physical growth and development and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by individuals generally.

It is estimated that 18 million children in the United States have special health needs, and an estimated 5.3 million Americans are currently living with disabilities resulting from traumatic brain injury, which is a little more than 2% of the U.S. population.

https://health.mo.gov/living/families/shcn/

Behavioral Health Holdings offers placement services for individuals with severe behavioral challenges due to developmental and intellectual disabilities.

behavioralhealth.org

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society exists because there are people with MS. Our vision is a world free of MS.  Everything we do is focused so that people affected by MS can live their best lives as we stop MS in its tracks, restore what has been lost and end MS forever.

website: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/COVID19

Founded on the fundamental belief that persons with serious mental illness have tremendous upside potential, Person Centered Supports, LLC has various programs throughout Pennsylvania that allow Members to thrive in the least restrictive setting possible. By appropriately and diligently supporting our Members and employing evidence-based practices, our services are successfully delivered by a coordinated team in a relational, community context. All of our programs are designed with the primary goal of transitioning each and every Member into a life that is lived in the community and not in a facility.

http://www.personcenteredsupports.com/

Aging Best is the Area Agency on Aging covering 19 counties. We work to meet the needs of aging adults in our communities. Our goal is to provide the necessary resources and support to help our growing population of seniors remain active, healthy, and independent.

website: http://agingbest.org