Funding Opportunity

Standard Grant Announcement: SVC

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Appendix D - Center for Mental Health Services Evidence-Based Practice Toolkits

SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiated the Evidence-Based Practices Project to: 1) help more consumers and families access services that are effective, 2) help providers of mental health services develop effective services, and 3) help administrators support and maintain these services. The project is now also funded and endorsed by numerous national, State, local, private and public organizations, including the Johnson & Johnson Charitable Trust, the MacArthur Foundation, and the West Family Foundation.

The project has been developed through the cooperation of many Federal and State mental health organizations, advocacy groups, mental health providers, researchers, consumers and family members. A website (www.mentalhealthpractices.org) was created as part of Phase I of the project, which included the identification of the first cluster of evidence-based practices and the design of implementation resource kits to help people understand and use these practices successfully.

Basic information about the first six evidence-based practices is available on the web site. The six practices are:

• Illness Management and Recovery
• Family Psychoeducation
• Medication Management Approaches in Psychiatry
• Assertive Community Treatment
• Supported Employment
• Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment

Each of the resource kits contains information and materials written by and for the following groups:

• Consumers
• Families and Other Supporters
• Practitioners and Clinical Supervisors
• Mental Health Program Leaders
• Public Mental Health Authorities

Material on the web site can be printed or downloaded with Acrobat Reader, and references are provided where additional information can be obtained.

Once published, the full kits will be available from National Mental Health Information Center at http://www.health.org/ or 1-800-789-CMHS (2647).