AA - Alcoholics Anonymous
ABH - AmeriChoice Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
ADL - Activities of Daily Living
APH - Acute Partial Hospitalization; also Adult Partial Hospital
ARC - Association of Retarded Citizens

BHMCO - Behavioral Health Managed Care Organization
BHSI - Behavioral Health Services Initiative (Act 152)
BPD - Borderline Personality Disorder
BSU - Base Service Unit

CA - Cocaine Anonymous
CASSP - Children and Adolescent Service Support Program
CBH - Community Behavioral Health Corporation (Philadelphia)
CCBH - Community Care Behavioral Health (Allegheny County)
C/FST - Consumer/Family Satisfaction Team
CHIPPs - Community-Hospital Integrated Program Plans
CIS - Crisis Intervention Services
CLA - Community Living Arrangement
CM - Case Manager
CMHSBG - Community Mental Health Services Block Grant
CMHC - Community Mental Health Center
CMI - Chronically Mentally Ill
COLA - Cost of Living Allowance
CQI - Continuous Quality Improvement
CRC - Crisis Response Center
CRP - Crisis Residential Program
CRR - Community Residential Rehabilitation
CSP - Community Support Program
CSS - Community Support System
CST - Consumer Satisfaction Team
CTT - Community Treatment Team

D&A - Drug and Alcohol
DC - Discharge
DD - Developmental Disabilities
DHHS - US Department of Health and Human Services
DPW - Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
DSM-IV - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Edition)

EAC - Extended Acute Care

FY - Fiscal Year

GBMI - "Guilty by Reason of Mental Illness."
GRB - Governor's Recommended Budget

HMA - Healthcare Management Alternatives, Inc.
HMO - Health Maintenance Organization

ICCD - International Center for Clubhouse Development
ICD-9 CM - International Classification of Diagnoses, Clinical Modification
ICM - Intensive Case Management
IGT - Intergovernmental Transfer
IP - Inpatient
ITT - Interdisciplinary Treatment Team

JCAHO - Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

LOS - Length of Stay
LTSR - Long Term Structured Residence

MA - Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
MATT - Mobile Assessment and Transition Team
MBH - Magellan Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania
MBHC - Managed Behavioral Health Care
MDD - Major Depressive Disorder
MFC - Medically Fragile Conditions
MHA - Mental Health Association
MH/MR - Mental Health/Mental Retardation
MHPA - Mental Health Procedures Act
MHRO - Mental Health Review Officer
MICA - Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser
MIO - Mentally Ill Offender
MISA - Mentally Ill Substance Abuser
MNC - Medically Necessary Criteria
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MPR - Mobile Psychiatric Services
MTT - Mobile Treatment Team

NA - Narcotics Anonymous
NAMI - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NGRI - "Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity"
NIMBY - "Not In My Back Yard"
NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health
NSH - Norristown State Hospital

OMAP - Office of Medical Assistance Programs (State)
OMBH - Office of Managed Behavioral Health Care
OMH - County Office of Mental Health
OMHC - Outpatient Mental Health Center
OMHSAS - Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
OP - Outpatient
OVR - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

PCB - Pennsylvania Alcoholism Counselor Certification Board
PCH - Personal Care Home
PD - Public Defender
POMS - Performance Outcome Measurement System
PP&A - Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
PRS - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services

QA - Quality Assurance
QI - Quality Improvement

RC - Resource Coordination
RFP - Request for Proposal
RFPC - Regional Forensic Psychiatric Center
RTF - Residential Treatment Facility

SAMHSA - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Federal)
SIPPs - Southeast Integrated Project Plans
SLP - Supported Living Program
SMH - State Mental Hospital
SPMI - Serious Persistent Mental Illness
SSH - Specialized Supported Housing
SSDI - Social Security Disability Income
SSI - Supplemental Security Income

TEP - Transitional Employment Placement

UR - Utilization Review

VBH - Value Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania (Western PA)

Posted 8.23.01