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Grading the States 2009 Report Card: Delaware
In 2006, Delaware’s mental health care system received a grade of C. Three years later the grade has dropped to a D, in part because of the lack of consumer-run programs and limited efforts to reduce the criminalization of people with mental illness. Full narrative (PDF).
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Health Promotion and Measurement: D 25% of Total Grade
Basic measures, such as the number of programs delivering evidence-based practices,
emergency room wait-times, and the quantity of psychiatric beds by setting.
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Financing & Core Treatment/Recovery Services: D 45% of Total Grade
A variety of financing measures, such as whether Medicaid reimburses providers for all, or part of evidence-based practices; and more.
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Consumer & Family Empowerment: F 15% of Total Grade
Includes measures such as consumer and family access to essential information from the
state, promotion of consumer-run programs, and family and peer education and support.
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Community Integration and Social Inclusion: D 15% of Total Grade
Includes activities that require collaboration among state mental health agencies and other state agencies and systems.
Innovations
- New state leadership
- Mobile crisis intervention teams
- Integrated dual diagnosis treatment
Urgent Needs
- Implement state hospital investigation recommendations
- Supportive housing
- Consumer-run programs
- Jail and prison reentry programs and CIT
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"I was provided with a therapist that I can see as often as I feel the need for, as well as an emergency number for after hours, staffed with people, not a machine."
"There is nothing positive about public mental health services in Delaware. The state does not provide enough access to treatment. Those living in the lower parts of Delaware do not have access to treatment at all"
"Limited resources ... poor communication about what is available ..."
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Consumer and Family Member Comments
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