California Women’s California Women’s Mental Health Mental Health Policy CouncilPolicy Council

Our History and Our History and AccomplishmentsAccomplishments

In The BeginningIn The Beginning

Gender Issues and Mental Health?Gender Issues and Mental Health? SAMHSA Conference September SAMHSA Conference September

19971997 California Wakes UpCalifornia Wakes Up California Contingent TalksCalifornia Contingent Talks

Wheels Start TurningWheels Start Turning

San Mateo County to Host San Mateo County to Host ConferenceConference

Gender Matters December 1998Gender Matters December 1998 December 1999 1December 1999 1stst meeting of meeting of

WMHPCWMHPC San Mateo County and CIMH San Mateo County and CIMH

supportsupport

Funding Funding

DMH funding for statewide DMH funding for statewide adolescent conference and then next adolescent conference and then next year for conferences on traumayear for conferences on trauma

3 yr. core support grant from The 3 yr. core support grant from The California Wellness Foundation - California Wellness Foundation - $200,000$200,000

MissionMission

The California Women’s Mental The California Women’s Mental Health Policy Council’s Health Policy Council’s (WMHPC) mission is to ensure (WMHPC) mission is to ensure effective, gender-specific effective, gender-specific culturally appropriate mental culturally appropriate mental health services for women and health services for women and girls.girls.

GoalsGoals An integrated system of care responsive to the An integrated system of care responsive to the

full diversity of women throughout their life-full diversity of women throughout their life-span.span.

Mental health services for women and girls Mental health services for women and girls based on the principles of relational psychology based on the principles of relational psychology and which acknowledge the important roles and which acknowledge the important roles family and community play in women’s lives.family and community play in women’s lives.

Mental health services which support the Mental health services which support the multiple societal roles of women.multiple societal roles of women.

A mental health system without financial and A mental health system without financial and other institutional barriers to services for other institutional barriers to services for women. women.

GoalsGoals

An integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to An integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to providing services to women with complex providing services to women with complex social, mental, and physical health problems.social, mental, and physical health problems.

Effective advocacy and consumer self-Effective advocacy and consumer self-determination to promote systems change.determination to promote systems change.

Gender-specific education, training, and Gender-specific education, training, and research to improve mental health services for research to improve mental health services for women and girls.women and girls.

To be aware and educate our membership and To be aware and educate our membership and others about broad issues impacting women’s others about broad issues impacting women’s mental health.mental health.

WMHPC DomainsWMHPC Domains

TrainingTraining

Research Research

AdvocacyAdvocacy

TrainingTraining 2 Film events2 Film events

““Women and Mental Illness”, Dan WeisburdWomen and Mental Illness”, Dan Weisburd ““Coming of Age…Coming of Age…at high risk”, at high risk”, Dan WeisburdDan Weisburd

Statewide conference on adolescent girlsStatewide conference on adolescent girls ““Challenging the Mental Health System: Challenging the Mental Health System:

Adolescent Girls’ Resilience and Risk”Adolescent Girls’ Resilience and Risk” 4 Regional trainings on trauma and women4 Regional trainings on trauma and women

““Building Gender Sensitive Services: Women and Building Gender Sensitive Services: Women and Trauma”Trauma”

Any Door is the Right Door Regional Any Door is the Right Door Regional TrainingsTrainings Fall 2005 – Spring 2006Fall 2005 – Spring 2006

ResearchResearch

““Gender Matters in Mental Health: Gender Matters in Mental Health: An Initial Look at Gender-based An Initial Look at Gender-based Data” February 2004Data” February 2004

““A Roadmap To Mental Health A Roadmap To Mental Health Services for Transition Age Young Services for Transition Age Young Women: A Research Review” (in Women: A Research Review” (in press, 4/05)press, 4/05)

AdvocacyAdvocacy

AB 2034AB 2034 CorrespondenceCorrespondence Position papersPosition papers

Medi-cal, Calworks, Family centered Medi-cal, Calworks, Family centered care, Integrated services, Housing, care, Integrated services, Housing, RealignmentRealignment

President’s Freedom CommissionPresident’s Freedom Commission Legislative briefing, January 2004Legislative briefing, January 2004 Parenting Question in CSIParenting Question in CSI

AdvocacyAdvocacy

MHSA MHSA Comments on draft Vision StatementComments on draft Vision Statement Comments on draft Community Services Comments on draft Community Services

and Support Plan Requirementsand Support Plan Requirements

Curriculum DevelopmentCurriculum Development

““Any Door is The Right Door: Any Door is The Right Door: Coordinating Services for Domestic Coordinating Services for Domestic Violence, Mental Health and Violence, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services”Substance Abuse Services”

Basic Mental Health 101 Home Basic Mental Health 101 Home Study CourseStudy Course

Basic Alcohol and Other Drug 101 Basic Alcohol and Other Drug 101 Home Study CourseHome Study Course

Current ProjectsCurrent Projects

Building Service Capacity: DV, MH, AODBuilding Service Capacity: DV, MH, AOD ““A Roadmap to Mental Health Services A Roadmap to Mental Health Services

for Transition Age Young Women: A for Transition Age Young Women: A Research Review” Research Review” (in press, publication (in press, publication date April 2005)date April 2005)

Building Collaborations for Women’s Building Collaborations for Women’s Mental Health Advocacy: Mental Health Advocacy: Developing Local Mental Health ChampionsDeveloping Local Mental Health Champions Women’s Mental Health BulletinsWomen’s Mental Health Bulletins

Building Service Capacity: Building Service Capacity: DV/MH/AODDV/MH/AOD

CalWorks research - collaborative formedCalWorks research - collaborative formed California Department of Mental HealthCalifornia Department of Mental Health CIMHCIMH WMHPCWMHPC Statewide California Coalition for Battered WomenStatewide California Coalition for Battered Women California Alliance Against Domestic ViolenceCalifornia Alliance Against Domestic Violence PROTOTYPESPROTOTYPES San Mateo CountySan Mateo County Peace and Joy Caring CenterPeace and Joy Caring Center San Joaquin County Mental Health ServicesSan Joaquin County Mental Health Services San Mateo County Alcohol and Drug ProgramsSan Mateo County Alcohol and Drug Programs California Department of Health Services Injury California Department of Health Services Injury

Prevention and ControlPrevention and Control California Department of Health Services, Battered California Department of Health Services, Battered

Women’s ServicesWomen’s Services Human Response NetworkHuman Response Network

DMH Jump Starts ProjectDMH Jump Starts Project

DMH funding to develop training DMH funding to develop training curricula and policy/administrative curricula and policy/administrative checklist. Materials to be used to checklist. Materials to be used to cross train mental health, substance cross train mental health, substance abuse providers, and domestic abuse providers, and domestic violence providers on the nexus violence providers on the nexus between clients with co-occurring between clients with co-occurring disorders and domestic violence.disorders and domestic violence.

Cross-Training MaterialsCross-Training Materials

Any Door is the Right Door Curriculum Any Door is the Right Door Curriculum Policy Checklist (not completed)Policy Checklist (not completed)

Home Study CoursesHome Study Courses Mental Health 101Mental Health 101 Alcohol and Other Drugs 101Alcohol and Other Drugs 101 Domestic Violence 101 (not completed)Domestic Violence 101 (not completed)

Data ReportData Report

Key finding: Females under age 40 are Key finding: Females under age 40 are less likely than males to receive mental less likely than males to receive mental health services. This finding is health services. This finding is consistent for public mental health consistent for public mental health systems across the board, in Medi-Cal, systems across the board, in Medi-Cal, the Client and Services Information the Client and Services Information System (CSI), the Interagency-Enrollee System (CSI), the Interagency-Enrollee Based Children’s System of Care, and Based Children’s System of Care, and the Chapter 26.5 Special Education the Chapter 26.5 Special Education mandate.mandate.

Data Report Data Report RecommendationsRecommendations

DMH, initiate a program with counties and DMH, initiate a program with counties and advocacy groups to increase awareness of the advocacy groups to increase awareness of the nature and prevalence of girls’ and women’s nature and prevalence of girls’ and women’s mental health issues and examine ways to increase mental health issues and examine ways to increase identification, referrals, and services for females.identification, referrals, and services for females.

The DMH Quality Improvement Council undertake The DMH Quality Improvement Council undertake a study to examine the access discrepancies a study to examine the access discrepancies between females and males.between females and males.

DMH use gender as a routine variable in all data DMH use gender as a routine variable in all data that the Department publishes.that the Department publishes.

DMH have gender as a routine variable in the data DMH have gender as a routine variable in the data obtained through the current data matching obtained through the current data matching project with CDSS.project with CDSS.

Data Report Data Report RecommendationsRecommendations

DMH pursue or create opportunities for other DMH pursue or create opportunities for other integrated data projects similar to the CDSS integrated data projects similar to the CDSS project.project.

At the next revision of CSI or as soon as it is At the next revision of CSI or as soon as it is practical, DMH add a data element to practical, DMH add a data element to determine how many clients are raising determine how many clients are raising children or caring for partners or parents.children or caring for partners or parents.

DMH actively participate in population-based DMH actively participate in population-based women’s health studies such as the California women’s health studies such as the California Health Information Survey and the Women’s Health Information Survey and the Women’s Health Survey.Health Survey.

The WMHPC pursue funding to analyze The WMHPC pursue funding to analyze service and outcome data by gender and service and outcome data by gender and race/ethnicity.race/ethnicity.

Data Report Data Report RecommendationsRecommendations

The WMHPC pursue investigation of what The WMHPC pursue investigation of what other studies have been done regarding the other studies have been done regarding the state of mental health issues for California state of mental health issues for California Latinas. Latinas.

WMHPC pursue collaborative relationship WMHPC pursue collaborative relationship with Latino/a health organizations to embark with Latino/a health organizations to embark on a study of mental health issues for Latinas on a study of mental health issues for Latinas in California..in California..

The WMHPC work collaboratively to prioritize The WMHPC work collaboratively to prioritize and implement the recommendations in the and implement the recommendations in the ethnic specific studies cited in this report.ethnic specific studies cited in this report.

Transition Age Youth Transition Age Youth ReportReport

To identify mental health practices To identify mental health practices supported by scientific evidence which supported by scientific evidence which specifically target young women.specifically target young women.

Provide analysis of which interventions Provide analysis of which interventions most likely to enhance young women’s most likely to enhance young women’s successful transition to adulthood.successful transition to adulthood.

To improve outcomes for transition To improve outcomes for transition age young women in the mental health age young women in the mental health system.system.

Policy/AdvocacyPolicy/Advocacy

Legislative briefingsLegislative briefings Bill tracking and budget analysis, Bill tracking and budget analysis,

correspondencecorrespondence Advocacy group in Sacramento, put a Advocacy group in Sacramento, put a

real face on advocacyreal face on advocacy Use existing offices including federal Use existing offices including federal

levellevel Developing Local Women’s Mental Developing Local Women’s Mental

Health ChampionsHealth Champions