MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT, (MHSA)
PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION (PEI) :
KEY TO TRANSFORMATION
... San Diego County, Health and Human Services Agency, Mental Health Services (MHS) has been conducting an extensive community process over the past nine months to identify community needs that can be addressed with the PEI component of the MHSA. Approximately $16 M has been allocated to this initiative and approximately 10 programs have been identified for development.
WHAT IS PREVENTION IN MENTAL HEALTH
... Prevention in mental health involves reducing risk factors or stressors, building protective factors and skills and increasing supports, prevention supports positive cognitive, social and emotional development and encourages a state of well-being that allows the individual to function well in the face of changing and sometimes challenging circumstances.
WHAT IS EARLY INTERVENTION?
... Early interventions is directed toward individuals and families for whom a short-duration ( ususally less than one year), relatively low-intensity intervention is appropriate to measurably improve a mental health problem or concern very early in its manifestation, thereby avoiding the need for more extensive mental health treatment or to prevent a mental health problem from getting worse.
....Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) programs bring mental health awareness into the lives of all members of the community through public education initiatives and dialogue. To facilitate accessing supports at the earliest possible signs of mental health problems and concerns. PEI builds capacity for providing mental health early intervention services at sites were people go for other routine activities ( e.g. health providers, education facilities, community organizations). Mental health becomes part of wellness for individuals and the community, reducing the potential for stigma and discrimination against individuals with mental illness.
....For further information visit Network of Care: www.sandiego.networkofcare.org/mh
Article edited by Dr. Piedad Garcia, Ed.D. LCSW, Assistant Deputy Director, County of San Diego, Mental Health Services.
This article was written based on information available and latest research on the topic. The content of this publication "Domestic Violence and Abuse" is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission from MHS.
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