Mental Health and Our Veterans
Acronyms
Potpourri
Important Numbers
Reform
100
How many core servicemen with severe mental health problems were there last year ?
What is 20,000?
100
DSM-V
What is Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- Fifth Edition?
100
To lower the prevalence of chronic mental illnesses, such as major depression in the community
What is Healthy People 2000 Act?
100
The total annual cost of Serious Mental Illnesses is
What is 318 billion?
100
The shift from large state and county Psychiatric Hospitals to ambulatory care within the community is called this.
What is de-institusionalization?
200
Days spent in mental health wards are projected to decline _____% in the army this year?
What is 15%?
200
NIMH
What is National Institute of Mental Health?
200
During a given year,___% of cases in the community seek care for major depression with half of those seeking care in the mental health sector and half in the general sector.
What is 50% of cases?
200
The percentage of the population that is diagnosed with a SMI
What is 6%?
200
The single most important goal for transforming Mental Health care in the United State is what?
What is recovery?
300
What has been suggested as the decline for hospitalization of veterans?
What is greater outpatient care?
300
DALYS
What is Disability Adjusted Life Years?
300
The average patient with major depression has been found to make approximately ______ times as many general medical visits
What is 2-3 times?
300
Studies reveal that almost ____% of patients referred out of primary care to specialty treatment do not follow through with treatment
What is 50%?
300
Name two current barriers to care
What is stigma, financial limitations, lack of insurance, provider distribution, personal/provider attitudes, cultural issues, poorly organized delivery system of care, misunderstandings about treatable conditions?
400
Injury and poisoning accounted for what percentage of total days spent in hospital?
What is 12.6%?
400
ROSC
What is Recovery Oriented System of Care?
400
CMS stands for what
What is Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services?
400
The Mental Health Parity Act was in enacted in this year.
What is 1998?
400
Improving the accuracy of diagnosis is a step in the process of
What is decreasing the prevalence of depression?
500
What mental illnesses/diseases accounts for more days in hospital than war wounds? (Hint: There are two of them)
What is What is PTSD and substance abuse?
500
SAMHSA
What is Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration?
500
Compared to the general population, people with SMI die how many years sooner
What is 15-20 years?
500
This % of people with SMI are incarcerated in jail or prison every year
What is 7%?
500
The Freedom Commission on Mental Health was first introduced by which president
What is George W. Bush?
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