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July/August, 2006 – Preadmission
screening and resident review (PASRR) programs may help identify
people with serious mental illness, according to recent findings
in a new report from SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services.
The report is called PASRR
Screening for Mental Illness in Nursing Facility Applicants
and Residents.
Medicaid regulations require states to maintain
a PASRR program to screen nursing facility applicants and
residents for mental retardation and serious mental illness
in order to ensure that they are placed in the most appropriate
setting and have access to specialized mental health services
where suitable. PASRR programs assess, through progressive
screening, whether applicants have a mental illness and if
the nursing facility is an appropriate placement. The Level
I test screens for potential mental illness. All who test
"positive" must receive a more in-depth screen,
Level II, which more accurately identifies the mental illness
and assesses whether individuals need specialized services
and nursing facility level of care.
The report is available from SAMHSA's National
Mental Health Information Center. Telephone: 1 (800) 789-2647
or 1 (866) 889-2647 TDD.
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