Executive Briefings | May 4, 2013
Is There A WHAM In Your Future?
Where does consumer engagement and peer support fit into the integrated care management models of the future? I had a preview of this in a presentation of Whole Health Action Management (WHAM) by Larry Fricks, Deputy Director of the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS) at last week's New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) executive seminar in Albany.
If you're not familiar with WHAM, it is SAMHSA's new peer support curriculum. According to SAMHSA, WHAM is designed to train "peers teaching skills to better self-manage chronic physical health conditions and mental illnesses . . .