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From the MD-SPIN June/July 2019 Newsletter:

The Link between PTSD and Suicide.  Click here for the full article.

Posted: 06/14/2019

From the Maryland Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Network June/July 2019 Newsletter:

This June is the fifth annual PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. It’s estimated that for every 100 adults in the U.S., seven or eight will experience PTSD at some point in their lives.

While PTSD is well known in relation to veterans, anyone that experiences trauma could develop PTSD. Examples of these traumatic events include experienced or witnessed abuse, combat trauma, natural disasters, serious accidents such as a car wreck, terrorism and school shootings. Among those that experience PTSD, common symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, being easily startled and mood symptoms, including feeling more depressed, anxious and irritable.

Although PTSD is effectively treated through therapy, and some symptoms can be managed with certain prescribed medications, many people with PTSD struggle to seek help or recognize they are suffering from PTSD.

For PTSD resources and more ideas, visit the National Center for PTSD’s website. 

PTSD Awareness Month Calendar
30 ways to raise PTSD awareness, one for every day during the month of June.

Posted: 06/14/2019

Click here for the FY 18 Annual Report and FY 20 Annual Plan.

Posted: 06/13/2019

The 2019 Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) report about Anne Arundel County is now available.

Posted: 02/27/2019

Click here for more information.

Posted: 06/12/2019

From the Maryland Secretary of Health:

I am pleased to announce Lisa Burgess, M.D. as the acting deputy secretary for the Behavioral Health Administration. Dr. Burgess is a board-certified adult, adolescent and child psychiatrist. She joined the Department in 2012 as a physician advisor in the Medicaid Pharmacy Program and became the chief medical officer for Health Care Financing in 2016.

Please join me in welcoming her to this new role.

Sincerely,

Robert R. Neall

Secretary

Posted: 04/24/2019

Updated list of the sites where individuals can go and receive assistance with applying for insurance (Medicaid, QHPs through Maryland Health Connection). Please reach out to Kristina Dickinson, at kristinadickinson@aacounty.org, with any questions you may have.

Click here to view the updated list.

Posted: 02/01/2019

This chapter:

A. Prohibits inappropriate sexual behavior in covered programs; and

B. Adopts awareness and prevention training and reporting requirements regarding inappropriate sexual behavior that a covered program shall fulfill in order to be licensed by the Department or any of its Administrations, or approved by the Department or any of its Administrations to receive funding to provide services in Maryland.

For more information on this chapter of COMAR, please visit the following website:

COMAR 10.01.18

Reporting Form (MDH 4749)

Posted: 01/31/2019

A Provider Alert was issued on November 21, 2018 regarding the Recovery Residence Residential Rights Protection Act.  Click here to see the full alert.

Posted: 11/28/2018

Please click here for an important message from the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners regarding new requirements for Criminal History Record Checks for Renewal.

Posted: 07/02/2018

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Posted: 05/14/2018

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Posted: 02/12/2018

Please click here to see the attached notice from Beacon- Fentanyl

Posted: 01/17/2018

Beacon Provider Alert Balancing Incentive Program DLA-20 Training and Implementation Update CLICK here.

Posted: 12/23/2016

This web kit for healthcare providers contains early intervention, treatment and support tools that address methal health and substance use issues affecting children, adolescents and their familes: http://aaphysicians.org/pediatricianstoolkit 

 

 

Posted: 01/20/2015