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In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are excited to introduce you to the Healthcare workers and Educators Addressing and Reducing Trauma (HEART) Collective's Take HEART Campaign. Get educated and spread the word! Promote collaborations that support the mental health and well-being of everyone in the school building.   Visit the HEART website to access daily calls […]

Here at the New England MHTTC, along with the entire MHTTC Network, we are recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month in May. We also acknowledge Maternal, Children, and Older Adult Mental Health Awareness and Prevention Week along with Asian Pacific American Heritage, Haitian Heritage, and Jewish American Heritage Months.   Check out events and resources from throughout the […]

By Lee Locke-Hardy, they/them/theirs, C4 Innovations   Writing my story makes me want to throw up. Teasing out tendrils of trauma from my chest, around my lungs, it leaves me breathless.   Flightless feelings apply pressure until I stretch and crack my sternum most mornings.   I am hypermobile. Knuckles, jaw, back, any joint you […]

This May, we celebrate the important contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and invite you to join us in commemoration by supporting culturally responsive care and following evidence-based practices to increase health equity. Learn more about these topics by accessing and sharing related content provided by the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC: Webinar Recordings Alcohol […]

The Latino culture is similar to other cultures where there are added layers of stigma surrounding mental health care. In Kent and Sussex counties, where there is a significant Latino community but few mental health care professionals and other options, this cultural stigma is exacerbated. Efforts are underway to increase the number of agencies and […]

SAMHSA’s Office of Recovery, The Family Run Executive Director Leadership Association (FREDLA), Youth ERA, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Federation of Families, and Youth MOVE are sponsoring a webinar series that will take place during Children's Mental Health Week! Each webinar will take place from 10-11am PT / 1-2pm ET.   May 8 […]

May 10 The MHTTC Network's RACE (Raising Awareness Commemoration Event) for Mental Health Join the MHTTC Network’s RACE to learn about:  How to access free training and technical assistance (TTA), and readily available products and resources  Prime examples of TTA and resources that promote mental health awareness and literacy. In this 60-minute session, attendees will […]

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM). The overarching mission of the Southeast Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) is to develop and share resources on the topic of public mental health. This is especially timely during the month of May as we join a national movement to raise awareness about mental health and highlight […]

A recent University of Maryland study reveals that the unprecedented uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ measures in state legislatures contributes to the painful litany of everyday thoughts and experiences that cause LGBTQ+ youth to report having suicidal and self-harming thoughts.   Learn More

Join the Great Lakes MHTTC and our partners in promoting mental health awareness throughout the month of May! In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, we are spotlighting the following events and resources:     Great Lakes MHTTC - Upcoming Events & New Products May 4: Supporting Resilience: […]

Peer Support and Intersectionality  Listen to this new podcast episode, sponsored by New England MHTTC, as Jonathan Edwards and host Ashley Stewart discuss intersectionality in the context of the peer support workforce. We were lucky to hear from Dr. Edwards during the 2023 Innovations training event about honoring workforce solutions to support care for communities of […]

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has launched a program focusing on mental health among farmers. Statistics show farmers and ranchers are nearly two times more likely to die by suicide compared to the general population. To provide that population with increased access to mental health services, the UDAF has announced its Ag Stress Assistance […]

"Nearly two years ago, pediatricians and psychologists from Children’s Hospital Colorado convened a press conference to declare a “state of emergency” for pediatric mental health in Colorado. Post-pandemic, the state’s young people were suffering from an unprecedented degree of mental health issues, doctors said, and there weren’t nearly enough resources to stem the gap. “Our […]

Community Based Change Through Leadership Initiatives This series will discuss on-the-ground initiatives focusing on improving important aspects of Indigenous communities’ well being. The series addresses different aspects of community health and describes projects that have impacted communities across the country. Join us to meet the presenters who have stepped up for their communities and driven […]

Peer Support and Intersectionality  Listen to this new podcast episode, sponsored by New England MHTTC, as Jonathan Edwards and host Ashley Stewart discuss intersectionality in the context of the peer support workforce. We were lucky to hear from Dr. Edwards during the 2023 Innovations training event about honoring workforce solutions to support care for communities of […]

  Welcome, April!   A new month is here, full of new opportunities. As we embrace April into our lives, here's our reminder of the many new things that could be in store for you — new resilience skills, new funding opportunities, new calls for proposals, new continuing education credit chances, new webinars and so, […]

April 11 - 27 Think Trauma Training Series The aim of Think Trauma: A Training for Working with Justice Involved Youth is to make creating trauma-informed juvenile justice systems easier to implement. Many youth in the juvenile justice system have survived horrific traumatic experiences including chronic exposure to violence that has profoundly shaped how they think, […]

Federal funding awarded to Bowie State University will provide graduate students who want to become school counselors as well as school-based mental health professionals with training in culturally sensitive counseling. This opportunity will better prepare school counselors for employment in the Montgomery, Prince George's, and Anne Arundel county school systems. Learn More

  April was first designated as Alcohol Awareness Month in 1987 to increase public awareness about the prevention and treatment of excessive alcohol use–which continues to kill more than 140,000 Americans every year.   In addition, alcohol misuse increased dramatically during the pandemic, often co-occurring with opioid use disorder. Between 2019 and 2020, opioid overdose deaths that […]

Upcoming Events from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Autism Awareness Month Events in April Join NIMH for an Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Full Committee Meeting and the NIMH/Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC)'s Autism Awareness Month Special Event, A Portrait of Autism: Artists and Their Works.  The IACC April Full Committee Meeting will […]

This handout was prepared for the South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) for Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) providers in region 6. This contains a list of resources to help CSC providers support young people in CSC to access the best school accommodations possible for their needs. As each […]

In collaboration with federal, state, and local partners, SAMHSA’s Office of Recovery (OR) has developed a set of National Model Standards for Peer Support Certification, inclusive of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Family/Youth Peer Support, which closely align with the needs of the behavioral health workforce, and  the over-arching goal of the national mental health […]

  The Mid-America MHTTC's Moving Towards Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) Webinar Series continues this spring with the addition of two new webinars.    On April 7, Topher Hanson will present CCBHCs: Why, Who, and How. Hanson is the chief executive officer of CenterPointe, a Nebraska-based non-profit that provides community members with co-occurring mental health and substance […]

  The Mid-America MHTTC's Tele-Behavioral Health Consultation (TBHC) Primary Care Webinar Series continues this April and May with two new sessions.    The first new session is What You Need To Know About Section 504 Plans, which will be presented by Graciela Sharif and Kristin Flott on April 12, at 12 p.m. CT on Zoom. […]