Products and Resources Catalog

  The Region 7 Mid-America Technology Transfer Centers (TTCs) recognize that Black communities in our country are hurting as the result of violence, bigotry and racism. Racism and discrimination are associated with dire behavioral and physical health issues, including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders. We know that disparities in equitable access to services and resources perpetuate these issues. Across the Mid-America region, we commit to collectively increasing our efforts to develop a collaborative plan with our community partners to be part of a solution to promote equity, safety and health for our communities. As a start to our efforts to promote behavioral health equity for all, we have compiled some resources that may support you in your work. Download the document here.   Author(s): Robinson, L./Mid-America MHTTC; Stilen, P./Mid-America ATTC; Closson, D./Mid-America PTTC  

  The school mental health supplement to the Northwest MHTTC is excited to co-sponsor the UW SMART Center's 2020 Virtual Speaker Series. Originally a series of in-person events, we have moved these presentations to a virtual format due to COVID-19. >> Learn more about the UW School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center here. << On Wednesday, April 29th from 8:30 - 9:45am Daniel Losen, JD, MEd, presented: "Efforts to Stop the School to Prison Pipeline: Seeking remedies to racial discipline disparities among students with disabilities".   Presentation Materials: Presentation PDF Helpful Resources & Presentation Data Sources About the Presenter: Daniel J. Losen is director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies, an initiative at the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles (CRP).  He has worked at the Civil Rights Project since 1999, when it was affiliated with Harvard Law School, where he was a lecturer on law. Losen's work concerns the impact of law and policy on children of color and language minority students including: the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with a focus on promoting diversity, access to effective teachers, and improving graduation rate accountability; the IDEA and racial inequity in special education; school discipline and revealing and redressing the “School-to- Prison Pipeline;” and protecting the rights of English learners to equal educational opportunity. On these and related topics he conducts law and policy research; publishes books, reports, and articles and works closely with federal and state legislators to inform legislative initiatives. Both for The Civil Rights Project, and independently, he provides guidance to policymakers, educators and advocates at the state and district level. Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Losen taught in public schools for ten years, including work as a school founder of an alternative public school. *Please feel free to distribute this event information to any interested individuals, as this speaker series will be open to all at no cost. Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions or would like more information about this event.  Want more information and school mental health resources? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's School Mental Health page and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

Recording of the webinar titled "Guiding the Shepherd and Shepherding the Flock in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Part 1," originally held on May 26, 2020.   Download the slides

Infographic on the growing crisis of Black youth suicide.

The Pacific Southwest MHTTC curated a series of topical resource sheets to help you find high-quality tools and information on caring for yourself, your families, and the communities you serve. This resource sheet focuses specifically on supporting racially and ethnically diverse populations; older adults; LGBTQIA+ communities; people living with HIV; people with disabilities; immigrant and undocumented communities; and college students and young adults. Click the "View Resource" link above to download, or view all available resource sheet topics.

In this webinar, Dr. Rao presents socio-behavioral and mental health-related barriers to engagement in care for people with HIV. She also discusses research to develop stigma reduction interventions to help people with HIV achieve HIV viral suppression and improve their overall quality of life.  Presentation available for download here. References cited in this presentation available here. Speaker Deepa Rao, PhD, MA is Professor in the Departments of Global Health and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and her professional interests are to implement effective interventions to improve mental health and reduce stigma for people with various conditions such as breast and cervical cancer, HIV, diabetes, and depression. She works in the United States on stigma reduction efforts, in South Africa on building mental health research capacity, and in India with pregnant women with depressive symptoms and experiences of domestic violence. She is the Associate Director of the Center for AIDS Research Behavioral Science Core, Associate Director of Global Mental Health, and the Associate Director of the M.P.H. program in Global Health at the University of Washington.       

Recording of the webinar titled "Dying to Ask for Help: Suicide Trends and Treatment Disparities Among U.S. Adolescents," originally held on March 3, 2020.   Download the slides

Read the Northwest MHTTC's February newsletter: we honor Black History Month and share a compilation of related resources. Learn about our upcoming live webinars on trauma-informed care and integrated care for people with HIV and our newly available products, including recorded webinars on smoking cessation and youth peer support workforce retention. We are also pleased to announce the launch of a new online course: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) ePrimer. We also share some important events: the Northwest Rural Health Conference and the 46th Annual National Association for Rural Mental Health Conference: "Beyond Treatment: Tackling Social Determinants to Improve Rural Mental Health." 

Statistics show that up to 20 percent of women develop a perinatal mental health illness, such as depression or anxiety, either during pregnancy or within a year of giving birth. This fact sheet provides information about postpartum depression (PPD), and explains why women of color are more at risk for developing PPD.

February 2020 issue of electronic newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. 

A downloadable fact sheet highlighting the complexity of Black college students' experiences and how they impact their mental health.

African Americans have lower rates of retention in substance use disorder treatment than the general population. In this one-hour webinar, Mark Sanders, LCSW, CSC, presents an overview of the factors that prevent African Americans from engaging in treatment, along with strategies that treatment organizations can use to increase engagement.  Presented on February 5, 2020.  Download the presentation slides. 

Monthly electronic newsletter sharing news and events for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.