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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Kennebec Behavioral Health will from time to time provide information here that will give you a broader context for issues related to mental health and substance abuse, or our own services and background. If you know of other information that would benefit our readers, please suggest it by e-mailing a link to that information to KBH Communications Director George Myers Jr. / gmyers@kbhmaine.org.

New Multi-media Resource Available!
  Agency clients and staff now have access to a library of free Royalty Free music for clinically related multimedia projects. This music is made available thanks to the Royalty Free Music.com Music Grant Program. This grant program provides music and sound effects for non-profit clinical and education related projects such as theatrical productions, tech-based programs, film, television, PowerPoint presentations, web sites, and many more.

Access to this music requires a user name and password. The staff with whom you are working can help you get them by contacting the Clinical Director, Dr. Karen Mosher . The link to this award winning library of royalty free music is http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com.

Happy Creating!
Reference
  Understanding the acronyms
Health care providers often use a short-hand language of abbreviations to discuss symptoms, a diagnosis, a program, agency or modality of care. We hope you find the this list of acronyms and their meanings helpful as you learn about our programs and services.
  AMHI Consent Decree
This off-site Maine DHHS page about the old Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI) includes a settlement agreement that sets forth requirements to improve the mental health system in Maine—the major goals being continuity of care, services available close to an individual's home and an array of services available in a timely manner.
Related information: An AMHI timeline, from the 1840s to 2004; your rights under the decree; oral histories of "the People of AMHI"; and an AMHI news ticker (Google).
About Mental Illness
  Mental illness: just the facts
Recent data from the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the National Council to help you understand mental illness and its effects.
About KBH
  A KBH timeline
A history of Kennebec Behavioral Health, with agency benchmarks noted by year.

Visit Clinical Director Karen Mosher's Blog
Meet Dr. Mosher and read her views on various aspects of mental and behavioral health. Go to the blog.

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