Behavioral Health
The NCIOM has conducted a number of Task Forces studying the North Carolina mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse systems. In some circles, these three systems of care are classified under the broad term "behavioral health."
Transitions for Persons with Developmental Disabiltiies
Subsance Abuse System
Transitions for Persons with Developmental Disabiltiies
Final Report
Issue Brief
The North Carolina General Assembly asked
the NCIOM to convene a task force to study three types of life
settings transitions for persons with developmental
disabilites, including: (i) transitions for adolescents with
developmental disabilities leaving high school, including
adolescents in foster care and those in other settings; (ii)
transitions for persons with developmental disabilities who
live with aging parents; and (iii) transitions for people with
developmental disabilities who move from developmental centers
to other settings. Dr. Jim Bodfish, Adonis Brown, and Leza
Wainwright served as co-chairs of the study group, which
published its final report in May 2009.
Read more about
the ongoing work and results of the Task Force on Transitions for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Task Force on Substance Abuse Services
Final Report
Interim Report
Issue Brief
NC Medical Journal Jan/Feb 2009 70(1): The Face of Addiction and the Pathways to Recovery
The North Carolina General Assembly asked
the NCIOM to convene a task force to study substance abuse
services in the state. The Task Force was co-chaired by Dr. Dwayne
Book, Rep. Verla Insko, and Sen. Martin Nesbitt and submitted its Final Report in January 2009.
Read more about
the ongoing work and results of the Task Force on Substance Abuse Services.
