Mental health system transformation after the virginia tech tragedy

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 793-804

  Bonnie, Richard J ^a   Reinhard, James S ^b   Hamilton, Phillip ^c   McGarvey, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of General Services   (United States)

^c Virginia House of Delegates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; INVESTMENT; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLITICS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTERS; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; SUICIDE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 66749175267     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.3.793     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute, "Fiscal Year 2005 Revenue and Expenditure Study Results," State Profile Highlights, November 2007, http://www.nri-inc.org/projects/ Profiles/RevExp2005/FY2005%20Revenues%20&%20Expenditures%20Study%20Results. pdf (accessed 13 February 2009);
2. and T. Lutterman, Fiscal Year 2005 State Mental Health Agency Revenues and Expenditures: Key Findings, September 2007, http://www.nri-mc.org/projects/ Profiles/RevExp2005/keyfinds2005.pdf (accessed 10 February 2009).
3. Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission of the Virginia General Assembly, Deinstitutionalization and Community Services, October 1986, http://jlarc.state.va.us/Reports/Rpt85.pdf (accessed 28 October 2008);
4. and Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, Review of the Involuntary Commitment Process, December 1994, http://jlarc.state.va.us/reports/ rpt164.pdf (accessed 27 October 2008).
5. Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, Availability and Cost of Licensed Psychiatric Services in Virginia, October 2007, http://jlarc.state.va. us/reports/rpt365.pdf (accessed 10 February 2009).
6. Office of the Inspector General for Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, Review of the Virginia Community Services Board Emergency Services Programs, August 2005, http://www.oig.virginia.gov/documents/ SS-ESPFinalReportMay-August2005.pdf (accessed 2 February 2009).
7. Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, "Mental Health Crisis Intervention Continuum Survey," November 2007, http://dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/OMH-SurveyCrisisInterv.htm (accessed 1 November 2008).
8. OIG, Survey of CSB Outpatient Service Capacity and Commitment Hearing Attendance, September 2007, http://www.oig.virginia.gov/documents/VATechRpt141- v2.pdf (accessed 2 February 2009).
9. E.L. McGarvey, Civil Commitment Practices in Virginia: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Recommendations, April 2007, http://www.courts.state.va.us/cmh/ civil-commitment-practices-focus-groups.pdf (accessed 10 February 2009).
10. L.R. Hassell Sr., "Reforming Civil Commitment in Virginia," Developments in Mental Health Law 25, no. 1 (2006): 1-2;
11. and R.J. Bonnie, "Reforming Civil Commitment: Serving Consumers' Needs while Protecting Their Rights," Developments in Mental Health Law 25, no. 1 (2006): 3-12.
12. Commonwealth of Virginia Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, A Preliminary Report and Recommendations of the Commonwealth of Virginia Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, 21 December 2007, http://www.courts. state.va.us/cmh/2007-0221-preliminary-report.pdf (accessed 10 February 2009).
13. Hassell, "Reforming Civil Commitment in Virginia";
14. Bonnie, "Reforming Civil Commitment."
15. E.L. McGarvey et al., A Study of Civil Commitment Hearings Held in the Commonwealth of Virginia during May 2007, June 2008, http://www.courts.state.va. us/cmh/taskforce-workinggroup/2007-05-civil-commitment-hearings.pdf (accessed 2 November 2008);
16. and Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, Study of Emergency Evaluations Conducted by Emergency Services Personnel in Community Services Boards, June 2007, November 2008, http://www.courts.state.va.us/cmh/2007-06- emergency-eval-report.pdf (accessed 10 February 2009).
17. Council of State Governments, Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project, Consensus Project Report, June 2002, http://consensusproject.org/the- report/ (accessed 2 February 2009);
18. and Council of State Governments Justice Center, "Mental Health Resources," June 2002, http://justicecenter.csg.org/resources/mental-health (accessed 2 February 2009).
19. Virginia Tech Review Panel Report, August 2007, http://www.vtreviewpanel. org/report/index.html (accessed 10 February 2009).
20. Commonwealth of Virginia Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, Progress Report on Mental Health Law Reform, December 2008, http://www.courts.state.va. us/cmh/2008-1222-progress-report.pdf (accessed 10 February 2009).