ARMHS, use formal and informal supports more effectively,improve health and health care, and more effectively use mental health, health care, social services, and other supports to accommodate deficits in functioning. When recipients of ARMHS receive other mental services, Psychotherapy or Case Management, for example, ARMHS supports these services with the skill development needed to achieve the goals and objectives identified in their Psychotherapy

ARMHS is an Active Treatment service. Active treatment in ARMHS includes activities that are directed toward:

• Identifying symptoms and developing coping skills
• More effectively using health and mental health care services
• Meeting immediate unmet basic needs with an emphasis on preventing future unmet needs
• Improving status and increased independence in housing, employment, and/or education