Office of Consumer Affairs
Mail List Form – Issues of Priority
in Western New York
In the Western New York Region, 261 forms were received, with 138 people identifying themselves as mental health users and 56 as family members. Priorities for these individuals are organized by clinical issues, entitlements, evidence-based practices, and other issues.
Clinical Issues
| Issues | Would like more information on this issue |
Would like to be involved with this issue |
Thinks this issue is very important |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Directives | 93 | 36 | 75 |
| Child Welfare | 60 | 27 | 61 |
| Civil Commitment | 81 | 32 | 56 |
| Cultural Competence | 88 | 39 | 62 |
| Disaster Response | 72 | 33 | 62 |
| Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) | 86 | 30 | 44 |
| Education | 112 | 69 | 100 |
| Elder Issues | 76 | 40 | 75 |
| Employment | 104 | 57 | 91 |
| Forced Medication | 89 | 40 | 69 |
| Forensic | 76 | 31 | 47 |
| Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Transgender/Transexual Issues | 67 | 32 | 57 |
| Homelessness | 99 | 59 | 88 |
| Informed Consent | 78 | 30 | 64 |
| Literacy | 60 | 36 | 63 |
| Outreach | 83 | 56 | 75 |
| Participation in Treatment Planning | 80 | 38 | 65 |
| Restraint and Seclusion | 74 | 30 | 47 |
| Rural Issues | 80 | 30 | 58 |
| Stigma | 117 | 68 | 93 |
| Training Development | 103 | 64 | 77 |
| Training CME/GRE | 68 | 28 | 34 |
| Transition Age Youth | 57 | 21 | 42 |
| Trauma | 90 | 43 | 72 |
| Treatment Compliance | 91 | 34 | 61 |
| Veterans Issues | 59 | 27 | 56 |
| Wellness Self Management (WRAP, PACE) | 112 | 51 | 90 |
| Women's Issues | 98 | 58 | 84 |
Entitlements
| Issues | Would like more information on this issue |
Would like to be involved with this issue |
Thinks this issue is very important |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security Administration Retirement | 76 | 23 | 57 |
| Supplemental Security Income (SSI) | 106 | 41 | 82 |
| Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) | 112 | 46 | 81 |
| Medicaid | 105 | 42 | 80 |
| Medicare | 96 | 37 | 68 |
| SSA Plan to Achieve Self-Sufficiency (PASS) | 91 | 39 | 55 |
| SSA Impariment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) | 72 | 28 | 42 |
| 1619B/1915B Extended Eligibility | 85 | 23 | 42 |
| Ticket to Work | 97 | 33 | 61 |
| Section 8 Vouchers | 102 | 30 | 73 |
| Social Services | 88 | 32 | 68 |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) | 61 | 19 | 39 |
| Energy Assistance | 85 | 24 | 53 |
| Enterprise Zones | 71 | 18 | 38 |
| Food Stamps | 80 | 27 | 65 |
| Temporary Assistance / Special Needs Accounts | 80 | 23 | 56 |
| Veterans Benefits | 62 | 24 | 43 |
| Workforce Investment Act | 81 | 27 | 41 |
Evidence Based Practices
| Issues | Would like more information on this issue |
Would like to be involved with this issue |
Thinks this issue is very important |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) | 77 | 37 | 56 |
| Family Psycho-Education | 88 | 54 | 75 |
| Integrated Treatment Co-occuring Disorders | 84 | 39 | 60 |
| Intensive Case Management (ICM) | 35 | 15 | 22 |
| Medication | 93 | 45 | 89 |
| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment | 98 | 52 | 77 |
| Supported Employment | 100 | 39 | 71 |
| Self-Help Peer Support Services | 122 | 81 | 112 |
| Wellness Self-Management | 108 | 58 | 99 |
| Childrens: EB Prescribing Practices | 51 | 24 | 45 |
| Childrens: Family Ed. and Support Services | 60 | 35 | 59 |
| Childrens: Functional Family Therapy | 47 | 22 | 44 |
| Childrens: Homes Based Crisis Intervention | 51 | 22 | 49 |
| Childrens: Home & Community Based Services | 57 | 28 | 52 |
| Childrens: Intensive Case Management (ICM) | 51 | 22 | 49 |
| Childrens: School Based Mental Health Services | 66 | 30 | 55 |
| Childrens: PTSD Treatment | 56 | 27 | 49 |
Other Issues of Importance
| Issues | Would like more information on this issue |
Would like to be involved with this issue |
Thinks this issue is very important |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child Custody / Parental Rights | 23 | 14 | 17 |
| Confidentiality | 76 | 42 | 90 |
| Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patients as staff | 84 | 57 | 78 |
| Creative Arts | 102 | 56 | 79 |
| Cross Disability Issues | 92 | 44 | 67 |
| Family Issues | 79 | 47 | 77 |
| Involuntary Treatment | 85 | 37 | 61 |
| Mental Health Insurance Parity | 98 | 47 | 84 |
| Parenting Skills | 22 | 11 | 12 |
| Public Relations | 87 | 45 | 61 |
| Rights Protection | 105 | 53 | 75 |
| Self-Help Alternatives | 122 | 70 | 108 |
| Voter Registration | 23 | 10 | 17 |
Comments or questions about the information on this page can be directed to the Office of Planning.