NAMI San Mateo County
 

General Meeting

Our next General Meeting will be Wednesday - September 22nd

6:30pm Social and Announcements

7:00pm to 8:30 Speaker and Q&A

at the

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation

1300 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo

Recovery is Real!

Presenter: Lori Ashcraft, Ph.D., Executive Director, Recovery Opportunity Center in Arizona

We are extremely fortunate to have Lori Ashcraft as our guest speaker for this meeting. An inspirational advocate for true recovery since the late 1960's, Lori has worked to create a variety of successful programs in several states that empower people to succeed in accomplishing their goals, and to reconnect to themselves, to others, and to meaning and purpose in life.

Check www.recoveryinnovations.org and www.recoveryopportunity.org and join us to learn what it takes to make recovery real.

NAMI SMC General Meetings are free and open to the community.

SAVE THE DATE

Next General Meeting - November 17th

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