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Week 1 - Journal

Stakeholders

First, respond to these initial questions:

· Who are the typical stakeholders of a mental health services agency?

· Describe in detail what their major interests are.

· How might the interests of each of these stakeholders be in conflict?

· Where do your positions on confidentiality fit in?

Then, thinking of these initial questions, find a news article online, published within the last five years, and covering a story from the United States that relates to the issues of healthcare compliance, where it appears that stakeholder interests are in conflict. Make sure it covers a topic or topics in which you have personal interest. Copy and paste the link into your journal submission, and respond to the following questions:

· Summarize what the news article covered in relation to healthcare or mental healthcare compliance.

· Who are the stakeholders as described in the article?

· What conflict among stakeholders' interests seems to be occurring?

· What does the article say about compliance (if it, in fact, goes into any detail about this topic)?

· Why did this particular article interest you?

Your journal entry may be informally written in first person and should consist of approximately 500 words.

Resources

Required References

Essock, S. M., Olfson, M., & Hogan, M. F. (2015). Current practices for measuring mental health outcomes in the USA: International overview of routine outcome measures in mental health. International Review of Psychiatry, 27(4), 296-305. https://doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2015.1014314

Kelly, T. A. (2009). Healing the broken mind: Transforming America's failed mental health system: Ideas from a new book about transformation in the mental health system. Behavioral Healthcare, 29(10), 35.

Marbury, D. (2016). How behavioral health can benefit from population health strategies: breaking down silos remains critical for building continuity between primary care and behavioral health. Behavioral Healthcare, 36(3), 40, 42-43.

National Organization for Human Services. (2015). Ethical standards for human services professionals. Retrieved from  http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/ethical-standards-for-hs-professionals (Links to an external site.)

Vargo, A. C., Sharrock, P. J., Johnson, M. H., & Armstrong, M. I. (2013). The use of a participatory approach to develop a framework for assessing quality of care in children's mental health services. Administration And Policy in Mental Health, 40(4), 286-299. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-012-0419-7

Recommended References

Alemanno, A. (2016, June 3).  Citizen lobbying: How your skills can fix democracy  (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/WqNf2OPdu8c

Laptev, M. (2014, June 26).  The realities of lobbying - a look beyond the smoke and mirrors (Links to an external site.)  [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/o8bbzYjLEvE

Moore, J. D. (1997). Setting standards. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 27(44), I32.

Sharfstein, J. M. (2015). Dear health care lobbyists... The Milbank Quarterly, 93(1), 15-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12099

Smucker, B. (1999). The non-profit lobbying guide (2nd ed.). Independent Sector: Washington, DC.