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The annual Red Ribbon Week is a week-long campaign to support and promote a drug-free life. This week is a great opportunity to raise awareness and promote strength and resilience in your students and community. The National American Indian and Alaska Native MHTTC has designed the following resources for you to use: Red Ribbon Week Flyer: Celebrate […]

Today, for the eighth year in a row, Mental Health America (MHA) released its annual State of Mental Health in America report, which ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on 15 mental health access and prevalence measures. To access the report, click here.  The report illuminates the continuing crisis both in the prevalence of mental health conditions and in access to mental health services. It is clear that we must do […]

The E4 Center is proud to announce the release of their new toolkit: Utilizing Cross-Sector Partnerships to Reduce Behavioral Health Disparities in Older Adults.  In recent years, there has been significant focus on the benefits of cross-sector partnerships for improving health, particularly on partnerships between health care and community-based social service organizations. ii This toolkit applies best practices […]

In Healing Roots: Considerations for Mental Health Accessibility and Delivery of Services Across Tribal Communities, participants will learn about the gaps in services for tribal communities across settings. We will look at college mental health needs on tribal campuses, provide information on the prevention, intervention, and postvention after a suicide on the reservation, examine our own […]

  This CDC resource provides an evidence-based resource for healthcare providers caring for patients with underlying medical conditions who are at higher risk of developing severe outcomes of COVID-19. Severe outcomes are defined as hospitalization, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), intubation or mechanical ventilation, or death. Approved and authorized COVID-19 vaccines (initial doses and boosters) are […]

The CDC provides an evidence-based resource for healthcare providers caring for patients with underlying medical conditions who are at higher risk of developing severe outcomes of COVID-19. Severe outcomes are defined as hospitalization, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), intubation or mechanical ventilation, or death. Their page summarizes data from published reports, scientific articles in press, […]

SAMHSA announced it is launching an Office of Recovery, which will have "a dedicated team with a deep understanding of recovery to promote policies, programs, and services to those in or seeking recovery". The new office will include an emphasis on peer support and peer-delivered services.  Find additional details about the new office in the […]

Demand for mental health and substance use treatment began rising in 2020, with nearly an 80% increase in just the past three months. A new poll by Morning Consult, released by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, documents additional trends such as difficulty recruiting employees, long waitlists to receive care, and proposed policy solutions. Read […]

SMI Adviser published a new resource guide, "Improving Behavioral Health Services for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in Rural and Remote Communities". With close to 20% of the U.S. population living in rural and remote areas, this guide serves as a blueprint on how to overcome barriers to providing mental health services such as availability, […]

View the South Southwest MHTTC Year 3 Summary in detail. The South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center is excited to publish and share our Year 3 Summary Report, which highlights our impact across Region 6 and more, spotlights significant events from this past year, and provides updates on our School Mental Health and Provider Well Being supplements. […]

Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, has recorded a video message for World Mental Health Day, observed Oct. 10. This year’s theme is “Mental Health in an Unequal World.” Please watch the video down below or click on the link here. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a range of effects on everyone’s mental health. Hispanic and Black families have been disproportionately impacted, especially in ways that extend beyond socioeconomic status or underlying health conditions. This crisis changed everyone’s way of life, but many Black and Latina girls living in Washington, DC found themselves shouldering more responsibilities […]

          The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is launching an Office of Recovery, within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to advance the agency’s commitment to, and support of, recovery for all Americans. September marks National Recovery Month, and in organizing this […]

Editors' Note: This story ran in our October newsletter, published Oct. 4.   The next webinar in our series Context Clues: Using Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) to Enhance Treatment will cover education and child trauma from 12-1 p.m. CT on Thursday, Oct. 21.   Click here to register. Each webinar in this series, produced in collaboration with Aetna […]

Editors' Note: This story ran in our October newsletter, published Oct. 4.   The Adult Resilience Curriculum (ARC) Workbook for Professionals is now available.   Learners either following along with the modules individually or as part of an organization can now access the core modules' activities and take notes or write down reflections on the content via an […]

Editors' Note: This story ran in our October newsletter, published Oct. 4.   Three new infographic briefs explaining the benefits of integrated behavioral health and primary care are available for free to health care professionals and students.   The handouts introduce core concepts in integrated care to practitioners and students. Integrated behavioral health and primary care […]

Editors' Note: This story ran in our October newsletter, published Oct. 4.   Educators and school personnel are invited to join us for a free webinar from 12-1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, to learn about Classroom WISE as well as our 2021-2022 Promoting Educator Mental Health Literacy: A Mid-America MHTTC Regional Learning Community.   Classroom WISE, or Classroom Well-Being […]

          The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently announced an $825 million investment in Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) across the US. This distribution of funds to 231 CMHCS will enable CMHCs to more effectively address the needs of individuals who have a serious emotional disturbance (SED) or serious […]

October 10 is World Mental Health Day and this year’s theme is: Mental health care for all: let’s make it a reality! The pandemic has created new challenges for maintaining mental wellness and ongoing shortages in the behavioral health workforce make it difficult to meet the ongoing and increased need for mental health care. As we strive to make […]

Join the Mental Health America in this webinar, In Conversation With Peers: Mental Illness Awareness Week on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT About Did you know that one-third of people experience some type of dissociation? Additionally, 2.3% of people will develop Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. There has been a significant increase in mental health awareness over the […]

Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 3:00–4:00 PM ET / 2:00-3:00PM CST / 12:00-1:00PM PST On October 12, 2021, Glorinda Segay, D.B.H., will be the next guest speaker for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Director’s Innovation Speaker Series. Dr. Segay is the Director of the Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) at the Indian Health Service (IHS) and […]

  Join the National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC in this webinar, The Emerging Role of Mental Health Professionals in the Immigration Field from 1:00pm -  2:30pm EST / 12:00pm -1:30pm CST / 10:00AM -11:30AM PST on October 14, 2021. Immigration has a significant impact on many aspects of life in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, there were 44.8 […]

This Advisory is an update to the SMA10-4591, Vol. 9 Issue 2, published in 2010. The advisory summarizes key elements of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and describes its relevance to behavioral health, including recommendations for behavioral health professionals. To read more about this topic, click here.  

September is Suicide Prevention Month The National American Indian and Alaska Native School Mental Health Program would like to share with you this fact sheet which includes data on suicide rates among Native people, as well as helpful resources on programs that are raising awareness and reducing risk among Indigenous nations. Please take a few […]