Workforce Demands of Mental Health Reform

Peruvian Mental Health Reform: A Framework for Scaling-up Mental Health Services

Background Mental, neurological, and substance (MNS) use disorders are a leading cause of disability worldwide; specifically in Peru, MNS affect 1 in 5 persons. However, the great majority of people suffering from these disorders do not access care, thereby making necessary the improvement of existing conditions including a major rearranging of current health system structures beyond care deliv...

The nursing workforce in an era of health care reform.

n engl j med 368;16 nejm.org april 18, 2013 1470 a loss of status and income as well as disdain from peers. Although leadership is making its way into clinical training, the workforce of the near future is already practicing. How can senior leaders enable and encourage front-line leadership among today’s clinicians? Surveys suggest that clinicians want a greater leadership role but feel unprepa...

Health reform and workforce: the North Carolina connection.

The health reform legislation passed in March of this year, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), was the focus of intense debate largely because of provisions that changed the way we provide health insurance coverage and regulate the insurance industry. Some provisions received very little attention both because they were less controversial and also because they were s...

The Nursing Workforce and Health Reform: Implications for Nursing Education.

In June 2017, the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers hosted their annual conference in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of this editorial is to describe the themes of the discussions that occurred, along with their influence on nursing education. The themes of the conference paralleled the recommendations from “Assessing Progress on the IOM Report: The Future of Nursing” (National A...

Reform issues for insuring mental health care.