Abbreviation Term Definition ACT / PACT Assertive Community
Treatment / Program of Assertive Community
Treatment
This evidenced-‐based team treatment approach provides comprehensive, community based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation and support to persons with serious and persistent mental illness.
ADRC Aging and Disability Resource Centers
A place to go to get accurate, unbiased information on all aspects of life related to aging or living with a disability, whether you are a consumer, friend or family member, or professional. The ADRC provides information on broad range of programs and services, helps people understand the various long term care options available to them, helps people apply for programs and benefits, and serves as the access point for publicly-‐funded long term care. These services can be provided at the ADRC, via telephone, or through a home visit, whichever is more convenient to the individual seeking help.
AMD Affiliate & Membership Development Committee
Sub-‐committee of the NAMI Wisconsin board of directors who is responsible for overseeing affiliate relations and acting as a liaison to the board and affiliates.
ASK Access, Support, Knowledge
Outreach presentation specifically for the African American and Latino communities -‐ developed by NAMI Greater Milwaukee
BIT Build It Together NAMI Diversity & Inclusion initiative BOD Board of Directors A body of elected or appointed members who oversee the activities of an organization. CCS Comprehensive
Community Services Designed to serve consumers with mental health and/or substance abuse disorders who need case management, skill building and other support. CCS clients typically require more support and assistance than what outpatient (Counseling and Psychiatry) can provide but is less intensive than ACT or IDDT
CIP Crisis Intervention Partner This 16 hour training is customized for various audiences and provides education about basic signs and symptoms of mental illness along with skills to de-‐escalate a crisis situation.
CIT Crisis Intervention Training CIT training helps law enforcement personnel learn to recognize basic signs and symptoms of mental illness along with skills to de-‐escalate a crisis situation. It is a nationally-‐recognized 40-‐hour training that is also known as the “Memphis Model”
CPS Certified Peer Specialist Para-‐professionals who are individuals living with mental illness who work in a peer support role for other individuals living with mental illness. Requirements include: completion of a 40-‐hour training, certification exam and ongoing continuing education.
CSP Community Support Program
An evidenced-‐based model of treatment that provides comprehensive, community based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation and wrap-‐around support to persons with serious and persistent mental illness.
DBSA Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
A non-‐profit organization providing support groups for people with depression or bipolar disorder as well as their friends and family. DBSA's scope, also includes outreach, education and advocacy regarding depression and bipolar disorder.
Acronym Cheat Sheet
HHS Department of Health & Human Services
The United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
DMHSAS Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services
Manages programs that provide community mental health and substance abuse services. It also administers the State’s institutional programs for persons whose mental needs or developmental disabilities cannot be met in a community setting.
The Division, under the auspices of the Department of Health Services, also operates two psychiatric hospitals and three Secure Treatment Facilities that provide care and treatment for persons with mental illness and/or sexually violent behavior. The Division is also responsible for Client Rights reviews and investigations at the institutions and in the community, and for the Community Forensics program.
DOC Department of Corrections The department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
DPH Division of Public Health Provides public health services to the people of Wisconsin. The Division includes programs that address environmental and occupational health, family and community health, emergency medical services and injury prevention, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, and communicable diseases. It is also responsible for issuing birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates as well as collecting statistics related to the health of Wisconsin's population.
DSM-‐V Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association, offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders. It is used, or relied upon, by clinicians, researchers, psychiatric drug regulation agencies, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, the legal system, and policy makers together with alternatives such as the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), produced by the World Health Organization (WHO). As of February 2014, the current version of the DSM is the fifth edition, DSM-‐5, published on May 18, 2013.
EBP Evidence Based Practice Applying the best available research results (evidence) when making decisions about health care. Health care professionals who perform evidence-‐based practice use research evidence along with clinical expertise and patient preferences. Systematic reviews (summaries of health care research results) provide information that aids in the process of evidence-‐based practice.
ETS Ending the Silence "NAMI Ending the Silence" features individuals and family members whose lives have been affected by mental illness, who visit high schools to provide "real-‐life" perspectives based on personal experiences.
Free 50-‐minute presentations are designed to complement health, science or psychology classes and are typically presented in the freshman or sophomore year of high school. Each trained presentation team includes a young adult in recovery.
F2F Family to Family The Family-‐to-‐Family Education Program is an evidenced-‐based 12-‐week course for families of individuals with severe mental illness designed to foster learning, healing, and empowerment within those families.
FSG Family Support Group NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-‐led support group for family members, caregivers and loved ones of individuals living with mental illness. Groups generally meet on a monthly basis but may meet weekly. The hallmark of a NAMI support group is leveraging the collective knowledge and experience of the other participants.
GEP Grassroots Empowerment Project
Grassroots Empowerment Project (GEP), a state-‐wide non-‐profit organization that is controlled and directed by mental health consumers/survivors, exists to help people
labeled with a mental illness exercise power in their lives. HIE Health Information
Exchange Health information exchange (HIE) is the mobilization of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system.
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
HIPAA is the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The primary goal of the law is to make it easier for people to keep health insurance, protect the confidentiality and security of healthcare information ad help the healthcare industry control administrative costs.
IDDT Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment
Evidence based practice that focuses on individuals with dual diagnosis. It is most effective when used with people who have severe mental illness symptoms and severe substance abuse disorder. It helps to address both disorders at the same time -‐ in the same organization and with the same providers and staff
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities.
IEP Individualized Educational Plan
In the United States an Individualized Education Program, commonly referred to as an IEP, is mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
It defines the individualized objectives of a child who has been found with a disability, as defined by federal regulations. The IEP is intended to help children reach educational goals more easily than they otherwise would. It must be tailored to the individual student's needs as identified by the IEP evaluation process, and must especially help teachers and related service providers understand the student's disability and how the disability affects the learning process.
ILR Independent Living Resources
Independent Living Resources is a non-‐profit agency operated by a skilled staff and board of directors composed primarily of people with disabilities. This firsthand experience with disabilities provides a unique base of expertise for effectively addressing and providing services to individuals with disabilities.
IOOV In Our Own Voice In Our Own Voice is a consumer presentation program done by two trained consumers that present the lived experience of the consumer is five segments. The segments are dark days; acceptance; treatment; coping skills; hopes, success and dreams.
IPS Individual Placement & Support
This is an evidenced-‐based practice of supported employment. NAMI works with Dartmouth College through the NAMI family advocacy team to expand IPS in WI. Principles: • Focus on competitive employment • Eligibility based on client choice • Integration of employment and MH services • Attention to client preferences • Personalized benefits counseling • Rapid job search • Systematic job development • Time-‐unlimited and individualized support
MA Medical Assistance or Medicaid
Medical Assistance (also known as Medicaid) is a public insurance system with eligibility based on income and other criteria, including health status. It is jointly funded by the federal and state governments and administered by state governments.
MHA Mental Health America of Wisconsin
MHA is a nonprofit organization that is “dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives” through advocacy, education and support.
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) is describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between two or more parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action.
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a childhood disorder described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as an ongoing pattern of anger-‐guided disobedience, hostility, and defiant behavior toward authority figures that goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior. Children suffering from this disorder may appear very stubborn and often angry.
P2P Peer to Peer Peer to Peer is a free, 10 week recovery education course taught by trained mental health
consumer mentors for adults living with mental illness. P2P offers a holistic approach to recovery through a combination of lecture, discussion, interactive exercises and stress management techniques.
PATH Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
The Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program is administered by the Center for Mental Health Services, a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). PATH provides services to people with serious mental illness, including those with co-‐occurring substance use disorders, who are experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of becoming homeless.
PC Profile Center A SharePoint site created by Bob Scott at NAMI national to assist in successful completion of the Re-‐Affiliation process as well as offer affiliates and state offices a safe place to house documentation and important information.
PFF Planning for the future Planning For the Future is a training developed by NAMI Wisconsin addressing the concerns and needs of aging, older families who want to assure the quality of life for their loved one with a disability through the use of life plans, trusts, estate planning, and the like.
PTA Parents & Teachers as Allies
Parents and Teachers as Allies is an in-‐service mental health education program for school professionals. The two-‐hour in-‐service program focuses on helping school professionals and families within the school community better understand the early warning signs of mental illnesses in children and adolescents and how best to intervene so that youth with mental health treatment needs are linked with services. It also covers the lived experience of mental illnesses and how schools can best communicate with families about mental health related concerns.
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
SOE Standards of Excellence Collaboratively designed standards of operation for national, state and local NAMI affiliates that will help to build the NAMI brand, making us the household name members want us to be. The NAMI Standards of Excellence include categories and practices that describe how to grow strong while operating legal, ethical and accountable organizations. The NAMI Standards of Excellence are supported by required practices and extended by aspirations toward which NAMI, NAMI State Organizations and NAMI Affiliates are encouraged to work — these are the “stretch goals” that are above and beyond minimum expectations, but important goals to move toward. Together, these practices and chartering and affiliation requirements constitute our “NAMI Standards of Excellence.” They are rooted in our core values, expressing the high quality of our organizations and making clear the roles and responsibilities of NAMI, NAMI State Organizations and NAMI Affiliates.
SSI Supplemental Security Income
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a United States government program that provides stipends to low-‐income people who are either aged (65 or older), blind, or disabled.
TAD Treatment Alternatives and Diversion
The Treatment Alternatives and Diversion (TAD) program is a grant program for counties funded through 2005 Wisconsin Act 25, the Biennial Budget for 2005-‐2007. The program provides grants to counties to develop treatment and diversion alternatives to jail and prison sentences for non-‐violent offenders with drug and alcohol problems.
TCM Targeted Case Management
For those who are not eligible or do not require the more intensive community treatment services