Validating a Behavioral Health Instrument for Adults: Exploratory Factor Analysis-A Brief Summary
Over the last 10 years, behavioral health systems and organizations have increasingly adopted the Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) to support planning, to monitor progress, and for quality improvement initiatives. However, research related to the ANSA remained scarce. This gap was recently been addressed through a publication by Betty Walton, PhD, and Hea-Won Kim, […]
Examining the Effectiveness of Integrated Behavioral and Primary Healthcare Treatment-A Brief Summary
Using subscales of the Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) and an author created Crisis Event measure, holistic client functioning was assessed for persons diagnosed with comorbid serious mental illness (SMI) and primary healthcare diseases. An ex post facto, quasi-experimental, pre- and post-test design was selected to compare the effectiveness of an integrated behavioral and […]
Rethinking Engagement in a High Staff Turnover Environment
By: Dr. John S Lyons Engagement is the second key decision point in the TCOM conceptual framework. Historically in most helping professions we have thought of engagement as primarily personal and often between two people. A therapist engages a client in mental health treatment. A substance treatment provider engages a person in their recovery process. […]