{"id":210029,"date":"2015-09-09T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T20:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=210029"},"modified":"2015-09-09T06:00:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T20:00:46","slug":"organization-aims-to-help-behavioral-health-network-building-in-the-cnmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/organization-aims-to-help-behavioral-health-network-building-in-the-cnmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Organization aims to help behavioral health network building in the CNMI"},"content":{"rendered":"

The importance of providing a stable network for behavioral health was one of the main topics during a counseling retreat at the Center for Living Independently last Aug. 28.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jeremy Richards, a psychiatrist who is part of the Chalan Hinemlu, briefs conference participants on the importance of providing a stable network for behavioral health. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Jeremy Richards, a psychiatrist who is part of the Chalan Hinemlu (Healing Pathways) organization, discussed with CLI employees and their patients that developing a behavioral health network in the CNMI is needed.<\/p>\n

Chalan Hinemlu is a non-government organization that aims to build a grassroots behavioral health network in the CNMI by developing community integrated behavioral health systems and linking to local systems already here in the CNMI.<\/p>\n

Richards said that global partners can help create a sustainable system and partnership with specialists, program developers, and education centers, among others, for peer support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conference was about safe harbor, which we try to reach out to patients with behavioral needs and it is part of the safety and emergency for chronic stress that people are exposed to,\u201d said Richards, a former psychiatrist with the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.\u2019s Community Guidance Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially if you have low funding and resources. A lot of these programs are kind of learning as they go and they don\u2019t have a lot of the tools to prevent some of the stress and the training programs really emphasizes the need for this kind of programs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Due to lack of resources for small programs such as CLI, psychiatrist, specialists, social workers, and any peer support specialist are sometimes unaffordable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can help them develop programs and help direct them to talk to the parent organization that they came from. The idea for a safe harbor is to start a dialogue to reach out on peer counseling. We\u2019re trying to work with the communities, something we\u2019re developing as a way to address behavioral health concerns,\u201d Richards said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this we can find funding for programs and create a stable behavioral health network here on the CNMI,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The benefits of preventing and overcoming mental and substance use disorders are significant and valuable to individuals, families, and the CNMI community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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