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Adult Publications:

• A Call for Change: Towards a Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Service System
• A Plan for Promoting Housing and Recovery-Oriented Services
• Housing and the Sequential Intercept Model - A How-To Guide:
  • For Planning for the Housing Needs of Individuals with Justice Involvement & Mental Illness
• Hope for Pennsylvanians:
  •  Healthy Planning to Stay Calm in an Emergency & How to Cope Following Disasters and Emergencies
• OMHSAS Strategic Plan for Cultural Competence
• Recommended Clinical/ Rehabilitation Standards of Practice for Culturally Competent Services in Pennsylvania
• Mental Health Advance Directives for Pennsylvanians
  • Instructions & Forms - English
  • Instructions & Forms - Spanish
  • Information for Providers
  • Guide for Agents

Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Plans:

• Youth Five Year Action Plan (2007-2012)
• Youth Plan
• Adult Plan
• Older Adult Plan

Children's Publications:

• Guidelines to Best Practices in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
• Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services Provider Handbook
• Responding to Childhood Trauma: The Promise and Practice of Trauma Informed Care 
• Department of Public Welfare Child and Adolescent Pyschotropic Medication Workgroup Report - January 2012