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Behavioral Health

Dec 8, 2008 Sheree Kruckenberg
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Patients with mental health and substance-use disorders are commonly seen in general hospitals. The behavioral health disorder may be a patient’s primary diagnosis, or it may be a co-morbid condition accompanying a physical health disorder, such as diabetes, cancer or coronary artery disease.

2009 Mental Health Law Manual

Oct 9, 2009 Mary Barker
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Now Includes Chapter on Restraint and Seclusion
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CHA's Mental Health Law manual has been updated to reflect changes in the law, and now includes a new chapter covering restraint and seclusion.

Psychiatric Inpatient Bed Data

Aug 28, 2009 Sheree Kruckenberg
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Over the past decade or so, California's population has increased by five million, but in the same time period, the number of inpatient psychiatric beds in the state has dropped by one-third.  Using data from OSHPD and the CBH member survey, CHA has put together a document to illustrate the bed-loss crisis in the state.