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      • DECONSTRUCTING ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND PSYCHOPATHY: A GUIDELINES-BASED APPROACH TO PREJUDICIAL PSYCHIATRIC LABELS [Hofstra Law Review 2013]
      • Personality Disorders -- Unscientific & Vague -- Must Be Reformed
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      • OIG: STATE STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO CARE IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Sept. 2014)
      • OIG: ACCESS TO CARE: PROVIDER AVAILABILITY IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Dec. 2014)
      • GAO 15-710: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Actions Needed to Enhance CMS Oversight of Provider Network Adequacy (Aug. 2015)
      • CMS: Promoting Access in Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care: A Toolkit for Ensuring Provider Network Adequacy and Service Availability (April 2017)
    • Medicaid Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Parity >
      • CMS Parity Compliance Toolkit Applying Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Requirements to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs [Jan. 17, 2017]
      • Frequently Asked Questions: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Final Rule for Medicaid and CHIP [CMS October 11, 2017]
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      • Statement of the Department of Justice on Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead v. L.C. (2011)
      • Comprehensive Olmstead Planning
      • the Logical Long Term Consequences of our failure to provide Intensive Community MH Treatment
      • Olmstead Nation ---State Pages: How Far to Comply with Olmstead?
      • CO Olmstead Housing Data Dashboard
    • Risks for Suicidality & Homicidality in Psychiatric Medication
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    • Shared Decision Making & Better Implementation of Evidenced-Based Practices
  • Federal Funding for Parkland Threatened after Staff Calls Cops on Homeless Patient
  • Forced Medication in Colorado
  • Colorado Medicaid
  • Housing as a Human Right
  • Orchid's Housing Discharge Planning Aid
  • New Definition of "Gravely Disabled" -- Eff. July 1, 2014
  • Mental Health Courts -- Pro & Con
  • Atlantis Community, Inc. -- Independent Living Center
  • Attorneys Who May Be Able to Handle Prison Civil Rights Cases
  • More Resources -- Disability.gov
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  • Colorado's Family Advocacy Programs -- Mental Health & Juvenile Justice
  • Law & Neuroscience Research Networks & Associations
  • Mental Health Advocate Extraordinaire Amy Smith
  • Fantastically Intelligent & Sensitive Poet Grant Gilliand
  • Ryan Pettigrew -- "A Madman's Poetic Path" from 8 years in Administrative Segregation --to Mindfulness Teacher-- Beyond Inspiring
  • Brainstorm Career Services Executive Director Steve Bell's Desperately Needed Article
  • Mental Toughness Beyond Belief: Larry Quintana
  • TLC Legal Service Director Randy Chapman's Amazing Ability Blog (Special Education)
  • Tod McDade: A Man With Insight & a System Without It
  • Orchid's Resources on Diet, Exercise & Mental Health
  • New Science Is Amazing AND It Has HUGE Moral Implications for Our Society: NOW
  • Colorado Abuse & Neglect Scandals Involving People with Disabilities-- Orchid Has a Zero Tolerance Policy: What Does Colorado Have?
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) & Neuro-Disability in the Criminal Justice System

Alicia Keys & 60 Minutes:
" 'Cause Right Now It Don't Make Sense"

Alicia Keys' inspired song "We Are Here" is relevant on so many levels.  From Orchid's perspective, here are a few of those levels:

1.   However one identifies, "We are here for all of us" is a pretty profound answer to the existential questions and search for meaning we all face.

2.    If "We are here for all of us," then a corollary of that might be that "We are here to make a world that works for all of us" such as an adequate mental health system & a therapeutic system of criminal justice and an entire society (including employment) that can build on strengths & compensate for weaknesses.

3.    Finally, most people experience profound existential yearnings & that is no less true for people with "mental illness."

        See "Existential Needs of People with Psychotic Disorders in Pôrto Alegre, Brazil" -- British Journal of Psychiatry (2005). 
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/186/2/141.short

Orchid's Take:  The 60 Minutes video above is an example -- and there are many such examples in Colorado -- of a grossly negligent parens patriae (the state's authority to act on behalf of minors or people who are "incapacitated") when it comes to mental health.
                    While we are not all on the same page with respect to the remedy -- we have every incentive to come together & fix this.
                  " 'Cause Right Now It Don't Make Sense"
to go back to top^
What We Want:
  • a Comprehensive
  • Effectively Working Olmstead Plan
  • To bring Housing & Services to Scale to Meet the Needs
  • of People with Disabilities to avoid unnecessary institutionalization or great risk of institutionalization such as is inherent in homelessness
  • With Specific Measurable Goals  

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    • Statement for Potential Website Contributors
    • Disclaimers, Limitations and An Invitation
  • Orchid's A-Z Index
  • Donate Now
  • About
    • About Orchid >
      • What we mean by "mental health" -- Neurologically Diverse
      • Why Orchid?
      • ORCHID'S SYSTEMIC FOCUS & "ROOT CAUSE" ANALYSIS APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING WITH A COMMITMENT TO CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
      • Orchid Board
      • Orchid Book Club
      • Orchid Policy Priorities
      • Val's Blog
  • Hot Topics
    • Anti-Social Personality Disorder >
      • DECONSTRUCTING ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND PSYCHOPATHY: A GUIDELINES-BASED APPROACH TO PREJUDICIAL PSYCHIATRIC LABELS [Hofstra Law Review 2013]
      • Personality Disorders -- Unscientific & Vague -- Must Be Reformed
    • Medicaid & Medicare Network Adequacy >
      • OIG: STATE STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO CARE IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Sept. 2014)
      • OIG: ACCESS TO CARE: PROVIDER AVAILABILITY IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Dec. 2014)
      • GAO 15-710: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Actions Needed to Enhance CMS Oversight of Provider Network Adequacy (Aug. 2015)
      • CMS: Promoting Access in Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care: A Toolkit for Ensuring Provider Network Adequacy and Service Availability (April 2017)
    • Medicaid Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Parity >
      • CMS Parity Compliance Toolkit Applying Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Requirements to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs [Jan. 17, 2017]
      • Frequently Asked Questions: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Final Rule for Medicaid and CHIP [CMS October 11, 2017]
    • Olmstead Disability Rights >
      • Statement of the Department of Justice on Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead v. L.C. (2011)
      • Comprehensive Olmstead Planning
      • the Logical Long Term Consequences of our failure to provide Intensive Community MH Treatment
      • Olmstead Nation ---State Pages: How Far to Comply with Olmstead?
      • CO Olmstead Housing Data Dashboard
    • Risks for Suicidality & Homicidality in Psychiatric Medication
  • Take A Walk Around Orchid's Resource Block
  • Amy's World (Promising Practices from Around the World from the Incomparable Amy Smith)
  • Other Practices from Around the World
    • Preparing the "Open Dialogue" Approach for Implementation in Colorado
    • Shared Decision Making & Better Implementation of Evidenced-Based Practices
  • Federal Funding for Parkland Threatened after Staff Calls Cops on Homeless Patient
  • Forced Medication in Colorado
  • Colorado Medicaid
  • Housing as a Human Right
  • Orchid's Housing Discharge Planning Aid
  • New Definition of "Gravely Disabled" -- Eff. July 1, 2014
  • Mental Health Courts -- Pro & Con
  • Atlantis Community, Inc. -- Independent Living Center
  • Attorneys Who May Be Able to Handle Prison Civil Rights Cases
  • More Resources -- Disability.gov
  • Other Advocacy Resources
  • Colorado's Family Advocacy Programs -- Mental Health & Juvenile Justice
  • Law & Neuroscience Research Networks & Associations
  • Mental Health Advocate Extraordinaire Amy Smith
  • Fantastically Intelligent & Sensitive Poet Grant Gilliand
  • Ryan Pettigrew -- "A Madman's Poetic Path" from 8 years in Administrative Segregation --to Mindfulness Teacher-- Beyond Inspiring
  • Brainstorm Career Services Executive Director Steve Bell's Desperately Needed Article
  • Mental Toughness Beyond Belief: Larry Quintana
  • TLC Legal Service Director Randy Chapman's Amazing Ability Blog (Special Education)
  • Tod McDade: A Man With Insight & a System Without It
  • Orchid's Resources on Diet, Exercise & Mental Health
  • New Science Is Amazing AND It Has HUGE Moral Implications for Our Society: NOW
  • Colorado Abuse & Neglect Scandals Involving People with Disabilities-- Orchid Has a Zero Tolerance Policy: What Does Colorado Have?
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) & Neuro-Disability in the Criminal Justice System
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