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The following links show Evidence-based Practices information from SAMHSA (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration):

• Assertive Community Treatment
• Co-Occurring Disorders:  Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment
  
• Family Psychoeducation
  
• Illness Management and Recovery
  
• Supported Employment

• About Recovery
• Proposed Model of Mental Health Recovery and Recovery-Oriented Services (state of Connecticut, specific dimensions of recovery)
• SAMSHA Consensus Statement on Mental Illness Recovery
• SAMHSA Toolkit on Illness Management and Recovery

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• National Association of State Mental Health Directors Organization (state agencies' mental health policy issues)
• The Mental Health Association of Virginia

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• Building Bridges: Mental Health Consumers and Primary Care Representatives in Dialogue (Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2005)
  
• Concepts of “Transformation" (National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute, Inc.)
• CMHS Draft Principles of Consumer-Driven Care
• Hallmarks and Features of High-Quality Community-Based Services
• Key Components of Systems Change
• Mental Health System Transformation (United States Department of Health and Human Services, Evidence Based Practices: Shaping Mental Health Services Toward Recovery)
• Practice Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Behavioral Health Care (Connecticut DMHAS, gives insight and practical information on achieving and maintaining a recovery-oriented health care service system in Virginia)
• Promoting Self Direction and Consumer Control in Home and Community-Based Service Systems (ILRU Community Living Partnership, National State-to-State Technical Assistance Center)
• Transforming Behavioral Health Care to Self-Direction (Report of the 2004 Consumer Direction Initiative Summit: Free to Choose)

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• Medscape: Psychiatry and Mental Health
• PLoS Medicine, an open-access journal published by the nonprofit organization, Public Library of Science

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