The drug overdose death crisis in the United States has expanded and worsened over time, and is estimated to account for nearly 841,000 deaths since 1999 (CDC, 2021; Mattson et al., 2021). Opioids have contributed to significant increases in overdose deaths, starting in 1999 with prescription opioids and followed by waves involving heroin and then […]
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I Got You: Healthy Life Choices for Teens
The “I Got You: Healthy Life Choices for Teens” (IGU) program was created in 2012 by Central Mississippi Residential Center to provide mental health education for students in rural east central Mississippi. Its design was also geared to decreasing behavior-related office discipline referrals in schools and provide general education about mental health and well-being. The […]
CMH Addiction Recovery Program
The CMH Addiction Recovery Program in rural Bolivar, Missouri, is an outpatient treatment program for people with substance use disorders such as opioid and alcohol use. The program is run through Butterfield Park Medical Center, a Rural Health Clinic (RHC). The program has a family medicine physician, two nurse practitioners, a case manager, a nurse, […]
Arukah Institute’s Living Room Program
The Arukah Institute of Healing, a nonprofit organization providing mental and behavioral health services in Princeton, Illinois, and nearby rural communities, saw a need for more local resources to address high rates of substance use in the region. Institute leaders partnered with local law enforcement to adapt a statewide model known as the Living Room, […]
Advancing Racial Equity in Early Childhood Through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Early childhood is a time of unparalleled developmental promise but also of vulnerability. Nurturing caregiving and enriching environments can pave the way for healthy development of a child’s social and emotional skills, which are the building blocks for their lifelong well-being and learning. All too often, young children who are Black, Latine, and Indigenous receive […]
Nurse Navigator and Recovery Specialist Outreach Program
Western Pennsylvania has experienced an epidemic of heroin and opioid abuse in the past 8-10 years. According to 2020 CDC data, Pennsylvania had the eighth-highest drug overdose mortality rate in the U.S. A consortium of the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission (AICDAC) and nine partners created the Nurse Navigator and Recovery Specialist Outreach Program to […]