Adult Mental Health Services

Mental Health Therapy and Counseling for Adults

Mental Health Therapy and Counseling for Adults includes therapy or counseling designed to help improve functioning and relationships with other people.

Assessment

Assessment includes a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, psychological testing, substance abuse screening, Initial/yearly Assessments, or other assessments to determine a person’s level of functioning and mental health treatment needs.

Nursing Home Mental Health Assessment and Monitoring

Nursing Home Mental Health Assessment and Monitoring includes a review of a nursing home resident’s need for and response to behavioral health treatment, along with consultations with nursing home staff.

Peer-Delivered and Peer Specialist Services

• Peer-delivered services such as drop-in centers are entirely run by consumers of behavioral health services. They offer help with food, clothing, socialization, housing, and support to begin or maintain mental health treatment.
• Peer Specialist services are activities designed to help persons with serious mental illness in their individual recovery journey and are provided by individuals who are in recovery from serious mental illness.

Case Management

A case manager is a staff person who helps write an individual plan of service and makes sure the services are delivered. His or her role is to listen to a person’s goals and to help find the services and providers inside and outside the local community mental health services program that will help achieve these goals. A supports coordinator or case manager may also connect a person to resources in the community for employment, community living, education, public benefits, and recreational activities.

Community Living Supports (CLS)

Community Living Supports (CLS) are activities provided by paid staff that helps adults with either serious mental illness or developmental disabilities live independently and participate actively in the community. Community Living Supports may also help families who have children with special needs such as developmental disabilities or serious emotional disturbance.