From andyross@pacificrim.net Tue Feb 17 09:57:29 1998 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA31414 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:57:27 -0800 Received: from cascade.pacificrim.net (root@cascade.pacificrim.net [204.96.68.30]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.09) with ESMTP id JAA03482 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:57:26 -0800 Received: from skagit-ppp55.pacificrim.net (skagit-ppp12.pacificrim.net [204.96.70.12]) by cascade.pacificrim.net (8.8.7/8.8.3) with SMTP id JAA14860 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:57:32 -0800 Received: by skagit-ppp55.pacificrim.net with Microsoft Mail id <01BD3B8A.296BD3E0@skagit-ppp55.pacificrim.net>; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:55:22 -0800 Message-ID: <01BD3B8A.296BD3E0@skagit-ppp55.pacificrim.net> From: Andy Ross To: "'Assessment List Serve'" Subject: Community Mental Health Assessment Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:55:20 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does anyone out there have experience with COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH = ASSESSMENT? Statistics on suicides, drug and alcohol abuse, and child = abuse can all be viewed as indicators of mental health. But we are = interested in a broader assessment of community mental health. We will = be trying to work with the Regional Support Network (RSN) in our region = to look at mental health service utilization statistics. Has anyone = included mental health questions on their BRFS? Perhaps mental health = assessment could be a topic for a future DOH Regional Assessment = meeting. Any experiences/ideas are appreciated. Andy Ross and Cheryl Lee Regional Epidemiologists Northwest Washington Regional Epidemiology Partnership Island, San Juan, Skagit and Whatcom Counties Phone: (360) 336-9380 x5528 =20 Fax: ((360) 336-9401 andyross@pacificrim.net cherlee@pacificrim.net .