She also is working on ways to block the new-found protein and see how that affects cells. The survey, conducted at a time when services to the mentally ill are increasingly being offered primarily at the local level, identifies the most pressing issues facing community service agencies. Improving rehabilitative support, such as education and employment services, and improving coordination of benefits and accountability between agencies, providers and patients run close behind improving public understanding on the list of national priorities. Advancements in technology in the form of medication have changed mental health care irrevocably and will continue to improve the way we deliver service. These medications enable people to pursue education at a more advanced level.
Education is the great equalizer.
It opens the gateway to an incredible realm of opportunities that will help lessen the stigma associated with mental illness. Behavioral health directors rate as the highest priority for the nation's mental health agenda improving people's understanding of serious and persistent mental illness. Directors believe that the new medications have improved compliance rates and lowered hospitalization rates, and encouraged consumers to take advantage of rehabilitative services such as education and employment.