State Mental Health Policy: Overview and Goals of the Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC)

• Published in: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 59; no. 8; pp. 836 - 838
• Main Authors: Young, John, Plotner, Kristi, Damon, John D, Hight, Terry L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychiatric Association 01.08.2008; American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: Children & youth; Community health care; Community Mental Health Centers; Financing, Government - economics; Health care policy; Health Policy; Mental health care; Mississippi; Organizational Objectives; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods; Program Development; State Government; Mississippi; United States > US

This column briefly outlines the Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC) Demonstration Project. MYPAC is a federally funded effort to examine community-based alternatives to residential placement for youths with severe emotional disturbance. The project is one of ten similarly structured...