The mission of the Veterans Advocacy
Council for Mental Health at the Robert J. Dole Medical Center is to establish
and maintain a council presided by Veterans without management or control by
the Veterans Administration (VA), and is therefore, independent of the VA, to
continue to strongly encourage the local VA facility to maintain the mental
health Consumer Advocate Liaison Council to facilitate stakeholders’ input on
the structure and operations of mental health services. The Council will educate and update Veterans
on the minimum clinical requirements for Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Mental Health Services in the VA Medical Centers and Clinics, established in
the “September 11, 2008 VHA Hand Book 1160.1.”
Veterans will be informed of “Behavioral
Health Interdisciplinary Program BHIP Teams”, a system that’s designed around
the needs of the Veteran to establish a truly meaningful professional
relationship between the VA Mental Health Staff, Community Partners, and
Veteran Service Organization in order to improve the quality of VA Mental
Health Services and improve the Veterans’ understanding of the services
available...
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