Health services begins Mental Health Services Act planning

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LAKE COUNTY – Lake County Mental Health Services is announcing the commencement of the required Community Planning Process for the Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) component of the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). MHSA describes the PEI component as programs and interventions at the early end of the spectrum of mental health diagnosis.


Prevention in mental health involves reducing risk factors or stressors, building protective factors and skills and increasing support. Prevention promotes 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.


MHSA calls for an approach to prevention that is integrated, accessible, culturally competent, strengths-based, effective, and that targets investments with the aim of avoiding costs (in human suffering and resources) for treatment services.


Early intervention is directed toward individuals and families for whom a short-duration (usually 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 services; or to prevent a mental health problem from getting worse.


For individuals participating in PEI programs, the early intervention element:



PEI programs have the following characteristics:



Meetings are scheduled:



For more information, call Holly at 263-4338, Extension 250.


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