PBS NewsHour has started a new series titled, “America Addicted” that explores every aspect of the opioid crisis in detail. The four-part series contains multiple eyewitness accounts and expert testimonies on the causes, results and treatment of opioid use, and the impact of race on the public’s reaction to the crisis. Links to Resource: PBS […]
Archives for October 2017
Arts and Minds: Creatively improving Mental Health
Arts and Minds is the leading arts and mental health charity in Cambridgeshire with a national reputation for contributing to the evidence base and policy developments around non clinical interventions for medical conditions. The charity has been running weekly art workshops for people experiencing depression, stress or anxiety for the past seven years. Arts on Prescription […]
Prevent Medicine Abuse Toolkit
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month launches in October. Teenagers and adults are abusing products such as over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicine. CADCA’s Online Rx Abuse Prevention Toolkit contains facts, strategies and tools to prevent and reduce teen Rx medicine abuse in your community. This newly revised toolkit is based on CADCA’s Seven Strategies for Effective Community Change. […]
Nevada’s Statewide Approach to Reducing Recidivism and Improving Outcomes for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
As a result of participating in Improving Outcomes for Youth: A Statewide Juvenile Justice Initiative (IOYouth), Nevada passed legislation that supports the adoption and implementation of key policy and practice changes to the state’s juvenile justice system. State and local leaders across the country have made concerted efforts to scale back juvenile incarceration, and their […]
Advancing Best Practices in Behavioral Health for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Boys and Men
A meeting held by SAMHSA’s Office of Behavioral Health Equity (OBHE) in 2015 focused on understanding behavioral health issues related to men and boys of color – namely Black/African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) – across the United States. At the convening, leaders of the AANHPI community […]