Virginia CSBs look forward to receiving updated hospital discharge data from the Behavioral Atlas. In addition to providing the data in a tabular format (click here to view), we have created a new visualization to spotlight discharges where the primary diagnoses was classified as serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED) or substance [...]
We recently received a request from VACSB for community data on 'deaths of despair,' for which the most recent data available are from 2013. We developed the following interactive visualization of deaths of despair by cause, displayed by CSB service region. Filter by cause of death using the radio buttons (top left corner) and/or [...]
We recently received a request from a CSB staff member for data on the demographic characteristics of their community. CHS is currently developing the 2017 Behavioral Health Atlas, and recently provided updated locality- and CSB-level demographic data now accessible on this platform. Additionally, we developed the following interactive visualization of selected population demographics. Click a [...]
Many CSBs are making the case to board members, board of supervisors, city council members, and other stakeholders about populations served and necessary funding for services. We recently received a request from a CSB staff member about the percentage of children with Developmental Delay in Virginia schools. We already include the number (counts) of children [...]