Community Resource Exploration for Behavioral Health Clinic and Family Support and Education Programs

Running head: COMMUNITY RESOURCE EXPLORATION 1
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Program: Behavioral Health Clinic
Website Link: http://mihs.org/behavioral-health/behavioral-health--outpatient
1. Services Provided by the Program
Desert Vista is a behavioral medical clinic that provides treatment to the mentally ill persons
experiencing emotional, psychological, psychiatric and behavioral difficulties. In relation to the
treatment, they offer full assessment, symptoms analysis, medication, management and
psychotherapy to the victims. Therapies include individual, group and family therapy. The
common symptoms experienced by such individuals include notable anxiety, hallucinations,
depression and lack of attention. The victims also face difficulties addressing their relationship
with peoples and in most cases portray grief. The dedicated team of doctors at Desert Vista
provide prescriptive medication aimed at addressing the needs of every patients. Most
importantly, their services are affordable and for convenience, client’s prescriptions can easily be
filled at any MIHS pharmacy or any other pharmacy of their choice (Geller 2000).
2. Target Population
Desert Vista offers behavioral health care to over 1,500 adolescents and adults in need of
comprehensive mental care at their outpatient clinic. They target individuals who seeks
medications following a court order where a judge orders a criminals suffering from severe
mental illness to seek a treatment plan with the aim of preventing dangerous deterioration. Such
deteriorations are not only very harmful to the individuals as well as their communities but can
result in the victims being detained in medical facilities. The behavioral health care offers
involuntary treatment to such individuals with fully assisted outpatient commitment (Bachrach,
2016).
3. Positive Outcomes of the Program

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The medical clinic has collaborated with other health care providers with the main aim being
provision of excellent services to the client’s. A good example here is the Maricopa Health Care
Systems where they demonstrate a safe, high quality and comprehensive outpatient services. In
additional to the client-centric setting in these clinics, they present an Assertive Community
Treatment Program to benefit the mentally ill persons. Treatment and medication in Desert Vista
is anchored on evidence based practice which is a new way of integrating nursing knowledge
with client’s experiences and preferences.
4. Challenges Facing Program Implementation
No single program not even the most successful has ever lacked its set of challenges. With
regard to Desert Vista, the main challenge is the shortage in community resources that could
otherwise be used in substance abuse-detox services. The health care unit handles thousands of
patients suffering from various substance related illnesses but it becomes difficult to serve
persons unwilling to accept their mental condition or who are abusing alcohol and drugs. Like
any other project, this program requires a lot of capital to implement. Outpatient services are
overly expensive and consumes a great deal of funds thereby limiting the capacity for service
delivery (Belluck, 2013).
Program: Family Support and Education
Website Link: http://mihs.org/behavioral-health/outpatient-services
1. Services Provided by the Program
The program known as Family Support and Education by MIHS aims at educating
individuals and families about mental illnesses. With this program, people are equipped with the
knowhow of the cause and effects of mental diseases and how to address their loved ones who
could be suffering from the same. Most important is the self-care and self-renewal that comes