DBH/MRS hosted a series of budget update sessions for providers and interested stakeholders. The department’s service goals for specific 2010 calendar year levels of care were discussed. Important changes in care management and clinical oversight were also discussed. The ultimate goal of these changes is to improve individual and system-wide outcomes.

Dr. Arthur Evans, a faculty member in the psychiatry department at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, suggested a basis for gambling addiction from a behavioral-science perspective. Dr. Evans and his colleagues answered questions and gave advice to attendees after the seminar on understanding, preventing, and ending gambling addiction.