 The
North Coast Association of Mental Health Professionals
is a nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization consisting
of psychologists, psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists,
licensed clinical social workers, licensed educational psychologists,
and registered interns of these professions. It was formed
in April of 1993 to examine and respond to how managed care
impacts the working relationship between clients and therapists.
NCAMHP also has the goal of providing a high standard of care
for consumers of mental health services. NCAMHP serves all of California's Humboldt and Del Norte Counties including Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville, Ferndale, Fortuna, Garberville and Crescent City.
NCAMHP
publishes a newsletter four times
a year and publishes an annual Clinical Membership Directory.
Additionally, NCAMHP continues to address new issues of the
membership, creating new committees and disbanding old as
needs change.
What
NCAMHP can do for you.
As
a Mental Health Professional NCAMHP can provide
1. High quality local learning opportunities
2. Connections with colleagues
3. An opportunity to move the profession in an ethical, consumer
oriented direction
4. Professional exposure and representation
As a Consumer or Potential Consumer of Mental Health
Benefits NCAMHP can provide
1 . Information about member therapists, such as training,
specialty, and geographic location
2. Information regarding your rights as a mental health consumer
3. Better educated mental health professionals to serve you
and your family
4. A forum in which to bring grievances forth
5. Advocacy and support of your interests in a health care
market that may become preoccupied with cost and profit at
the expense of quality care
As a Purchaser of Health Benefits for your Family
or Employee Group NCAMHP can provide
1 . Information about the use of mental health services, their
cost effectiveness, and the benefits yielded in areas such
as employee productivity and physical health
2. Information about how to buy mental health coverage with
the most effective mental health treatment results
3. A better understanding of how, when, why and where to utilize
mental health services
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