NAMI San Mateo County
 

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Next General Meeting

March 28, 2012

6:30pm - Social and Announcements

7:00pm - Program

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 1300 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo

Topic: How Food Can Affect Mood - Trudy Scott, CN

Trudy Scott is President of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, a NAMI member, and the author of The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood, and End Cravings (available for purchase at bookstores and at the meeting). Her own experience with anxiety when she was in the computer industry, and her talk at the California NAMI convention was full of practical details relevant to everyone. See http://www.antianxietyfoodsolution.com/

NAMI meetings are free and open to the public.

SAVE THE DATE: June 2, 2012

The 2012 San Francisco Bay Area NAMI Walk will take place on Saturday, June 2 at Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park. Register Online at www.namiwalkSFbay.org.

ACCESS Team - Medical Necessity For Specialty Mental Health Services That Are The Responsibility of Mental Health Plans

Must have all A, B and C

A. Diagnosis - Must have one of the following DSM IV diagnoses, which will be the focus of the intervention provided

Included Diagnosis:

  • Pervasive Development Disorders, except Autistic Disorder which is excluded
  • Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
  • Feeding & Eating Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood
  • Elimination Disorders
  • Other Disorders of Infancy, Childhood or Adolescence
  • Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Somatoform Disorders
  • Factitous Disorders
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Paraphilias
  • Gender Identity Disorders
  • Eating Disorders
  • Impulse-Control Disorder, Not Elsewhere Classified
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Personality Disorders, Excluding Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Medication-Induced Movement Disorders

Excluded Diagnosis

  • Mental Retardation
  • Motor Skills Disorders
  • Communication Disorders
  • Autistic Disorders
  • Tic Disorders
  • Delirium, Dementia and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders
  • Mental Disorders due to a General Medical Condition
  • Substance Related Disorders
  • Sexual Disorders
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention, except medication induced movement disorders which are included

B. Impairment Criteria - Must have one of the following as a result of the mental disorder(s) identified in the diagnostic ("A") criteria; must have 1,2, or 3:

  1. A siginificant impairment in an important area of life functioning; or
  2. A probability of significant deterioration in an important area of life functioning; or
  3. Children also qualify if there is a probability the child will not progress developmentally as individually appropriate.

C. Intervention Related Criteria - Must have all 1, 2, 3 below

  1. The focus of proposed intervention is to address the condition identified in impairment criteria "B" above, and
  2. It is expected the beneficiary will benefit from the proposed intervention by significantly diminishing the impairment, or preventing significant deterioration in an impairment area of life functioning, and/or for children it is probable the child will progress developmentally as individually appropriate, and
  3. The condition would be responsive to physical healthcare-based treatment