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  Enduring continuing education credits are now available for the Mid-America MHTTC's series Moving Towards Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC).   Participants have the opportunity to take the three enduring models for credits through June 2024. Sessions include: CCBHC Model Overview, Evolution and What’s Ahead, CCBHCs: Why, Who, and How, and CCBHC: Understanding the National Landscape, the […]

At the Society of Indian Psychologists Annual Retreat and Convention last month, the American Psychological Association delivered a formal apology to First Peoples and Nations of the United States for actions and inactions that “allowed, facilitated, and perpetuated harm, intergenerational trauma, and cultural oppression.” The apology, more than two years in the making, was presented […]

School professionals from across Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and the rest of the United States congregated together June 27 and 28th for the Mid-America MHTTC's Educator Well-being Summit.    During the two day event, participants engaged with the process of design thinking. Led by the University of Nebraska Medical Center's design thinking team, participants broke […]

  The Mid-America MHTTC launches a new series this week: Decolonizing Training and Supervision: Implementing a Culturally Responsive Model of Training. The series begins July 14 with the session Understanding the Role of Colonization and Historical Trauma in Behavioral Health Training. In this webinar, participants can expect to learn more about the role of colonization and historical trauma […]

July 21 COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic decreased both economic well-being and mental health. Using a survey of a diverse representative sample of Boston residents in the first months of the pandemic, we identify sources of vulnerability and resilience on mental health during the pandemic’s early months. Persons of color, […]

We hope you had a great holiday weekend!   Wow, what a busy June! We had a fantastic few weeks filled with conferences, learning communities, summits, and so much collaboration. We look forward to what July will bring — and hope you'll join us at our upcoming webinar.   Click here to read the full […]

July 21 COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health in Boston The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic decreased both economic well-being and mental health. Using a survey of a diverse representative sample of Boston residents in the first months of the pandemic, we identify sources of vulnerability and resilience on mental health during the pandemic’s early months. Persons […]

In this Telehealth COE webinar, Dr. Regan Stewart and Dr. Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo will present on telehealth implementation of trauma focused treatment to increase equity in access to care for underserved youth in the US and Puerto Rico. This webinar will explore: Ways to increase equity in access to telehealth services for child trauma treatment Implementation […]

In honor of PTSD Awareness Month, the Great Lakes MHTTC has released new episodes of the Checking In Podcast in which we asked PTSD treatment providers to describe the different ways they "check in" with themselves and recognize when they need to engage in stress relieving techniques to protect against vicarious trauma. Check out these new episodes to learn […]

Vamos Conversar Sobre Trauma, Abuso E Violência / Let's Talk about Trauma, Abuse, and Violence This resource seeks to guide Brazilian families residing in Massachusetts on the importance of recognizing what trauma is, learning about the different forms of violence, understanding how recovery strategies help to promote resilience, discussing stigma, and providing information about the […]

"About five minutes into his Montana Football Hall of Fame induction speech, Dane Fletcher took an unexpected turn. “Tonight, I’m going to talk about my dark times,” Fletcher told the Billings Hotel and Convention Center crowd on June 25, 2022.  “Everybody kind of went, ‘What?’” said Montana Football HOF chairman Rick Halmes. “It really got […]

"Indigenous men face unique mental health challenges. This week, they're invited to open up about their struggles at a conference in Moab. It will be the second year Pete Sands with the Utah Navajo Health System has organized this first-of-its-kind conference. He said the focus this year will be on young adult men and their […]

Changing the Conversation: Engaging Native Youth Cedric Woods shares strategies for reaching and engaging Native youth with host Ashley Stewart. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Listen Here!   New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center Survey The New England PTTC is committed to ongoing engagement of […]

The South Southwest MHTTC just completed our Case Conceptualization for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) series! The series brought together FEP providers, including therapists, skills trainers, and team leaders, from across the south southwest region to learn about how case conceptualization can guide team-based, recovery-oriented FEP services. The series included nine sessions and covered the basics […]

Now Available from SAMHSA: Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach  This practical guide updates and expands the discussion presented in SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach Resource from 2014. The primary goal of this guide is to provide implementation strategies across multiple domains based on the original publication. Click here […]

  The Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity  | The Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity provides behavioral health practitioners with vital information on supporting the population of people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, two-spirit, and other diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions.   SAMHSA: A Practitioner's Resource […]

  The Mid-America MHTTC has announced two new events featuring the innovative method known as Design Thinking.  Design Thinking is a process that tackles issues through six key stages: emphasize, define, ideate, create, test, and implement. The Mid-America MHTTC is working alongside the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Design Thinking team to facilitate these conversations.  […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted Latinx communities and highlighted how preexisting health disparities increase mental health conditions (Fortuna & Tolou-Shams, 2020). Challenges faced by Latinx families such as bereavement, food insecurity, reduced access to mental health services, and housing instability emphasize the critical need to translate and apply the best practices at the intersection […]

The Mid-America MHTTC team hit the road again for another successful conference. This time, the team traveled to Kearney, Nebraska, for the Nebraska School Mental Health Conference.  In a booth filled with resources for educators and school mental health professionals, our team met and conversed with school professionals from across the state. Attendees also received […]

Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavioral Health: Results from the 2021 and 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health presents data on key substance use and mental health indicators by sexual identity and gender among adults aged 18 or older in the United States. Estimates are based on pooled data from the 2021 and 2022 […]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), today published National Model Standards for Peer Support Certification for substance use, mental health, and family peer workers. The national model standards were created to accelerate universal adoption, recognition, and integration of the peer workforce across […]

To support Tribes impacted by wildfires and other smoke events, the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is working with partners to provide free air purifiers to Tribal Nations. Through a limited-time program, Tribes and Tribal organizations can obtain HEPA-certified air purifiers for residential homes, classrooms, gyms, community centers, etc., to reduce airborne allergens such as […]

Lived Experience–Led Research Agenda to Address Early Death in People With a Diagnosis of a Serious Mental Illness | JAMA Network Open   SAMHSA Region 3 Central East MHTTC Project Director Oscar Morgan recently co-authored an article in JAMA Network Open with Karen Fortuna, PhD, LICSW (Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine), Robert Walker, MS, […]

Changing the Conversation: Mental Health Advocacy: Honoring Living Experience In this podcast episode, Dina Coughlan shares her experience as a mental health advocate with host Ashley Stewart, and they discuss how to support mental wellness in the workplace. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Listen Here!   […]