New Horizons Mental Health Services Inc

EXPANDING ACCESS TO COMMUNITY BASED MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES, TREATMENT OF CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS AND PHYSICAL HEALTHCARE. - ABSTRACT NEW HORIZONS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO IMPROVES COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY DELIVERING OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF AGE OR ABILITY TO PAY TO OVER 8,000 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS ANNUALLY. THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT (DECEMBER 2019) UNCOVERED THE TOP THREE HEALTH PRIORITIES; OBESITY, SUBSTANCE USE & ADDICTIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH. NEW HORIZONS CLINICIANS AND COUNSELORS HAVE ADDRESSED THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND YET, A CONSIDERABLE GAP EXISTS BETWEEN WHAT IS KNOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE AND INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING DELIVERED IN CLINICAL CARE. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES PROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUTPATIENT INTERVENTIONS. TO ADDRESS THESE GAPS, NEW HORIZONS PLANS TO IMPLEMENT: 1) PSYCHOSOCIAL DAY TREATMENT USING COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; 2) INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT THERAPY USING THE MATRIX; 3) CRISIS LINKAGE TEAMS, USING ZERO SUICIDE; AND, 4) PRIMARY CARE INTEGRATION WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH APPLYING THE IMPACT MODEL. EMPHASIS ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND MEASUREMENTS TO TRACK THE JOURNEY OF CLIENTS WILL BE ADHERED TO AND A FRAMEWORK PUT IN PLACE TO CONTINUE THE INTERVENTIONS FOR FUTURE CLIENTS. USING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES AND THE INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE, NEW HORIZONS PROJECTS POSITIVE OUTCOMES UPON DISCHARGE, AND OVER THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR, 1,500 INDIVIDUALS WILL BENEFIT. IT IS THE INTENT THESE PRACTICES WILL BE INTERACTIVE AND CYCLIC WITH THE RESULTS OF THE PROCESS BEING PUT BACK INTO THE EVIDENCE BASE AND BEGINNING AGAIN. THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF CLIENTS WILL IMPROVE, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WILL STRENGTHEN AND FAIRFIELD COUNTY WILL SEE A CHANGE IN ITS PRIORITY OF HEALTH NEEDS AT THE NEXT HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT IN 2022 WITH THE FOCUSED SERVICES NEW HORIZONS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THROUGH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION EXPANSION GRANTS FOR CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS.