Mental Health Skills Building Services are defined as individualized training to enable individuals to achieve and maintain community stability and independence in the most appropriate, least restrictive environment. Services are provided in the home and community as needed for a minimum of 26 weeks. This service is not a substitute for mental health counseling or psychotherapy.
Services include:
Training in or reinforcement of functional skills
Link to Case Management Services
Quarterly Reports and Discharge Reports
Link to Substance Abuse Services
Use of community resources
Medication management
Monitoring health and nutrition
Full Assessments
Admission Criteria for Mental Health Skills Building
- Have a need for individualized training in acquiring basic living skills such as symptom management; adherence to psychiatric and medication treatment plans; development and appropriate use of social skills and personal support system; personal hygiene; food preparation; and money management.
- Have a qualifying mental health diagnosis, i.e. psychotic disorder, major depressive disorder-recurrent, or bipolar disorder I or II. If an individual has another disorder, it will qualify if a physician determines: – it is a serious mental illness – it results in severe and recurrent disability that produces functional limitations in major life activities, and – the individual requires individualized training in order to achieve or maintain independent living in the community. The individual must have a prior history of qualifying mental health history.
If the individual is under the age of 21 they must be in an independent living situation or transitioning into one within six months. An independent living situation is defined as: a situation in which an individual, younger that 21 years of age, is not living with a parent or guardian or in a supervised setting and is providing his/her own financial support.