Sending substance-abusing state prisoners to community-based treatment programs instead of prisons could reduce crime and save billions of dollars, a new study concludes. The savings would result from immediate reductions in the cost of incarceration, and by subsequent reductions in the number of crimes committed by successfully treated offenders, which leads to fewer re-arrests and […]
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Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) for the Emergency Department
A set of four questions that takes emergency department nurses or physicians less than 2 minutes to administer can successfully identify youth at risk for attempting suicide, reported a study by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) researchers that was published in the December 2012 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Horowitz, […]
CONTACT We Care: Suicide Hotline Reaching Teens through Texting in New Jersey
CONTACT We Care is the award-winning, volunteer-staffed, caring and crisis hotline serving New Jersey. They are the primary responder within the State of New Jersey to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-SUICIDE. The hotline is one of only a handful in the country to add the text option which offers added anonymity and secrecy. […]
Understanding the Relationship between Substance Use and Self-Injury in American Indian Youth
A study conducted on the relationship between self-injurious behavior and substance abuse among young people of the White Mountain Apache Tribe found that suicidal behavior peaks among younger members of that tribe. This is similar to the pattern found in other American Indian communities, but unlike that of the general population of the United States, […]
Basic Training: A Primer on Military Life and Culture for Health Care Providers and Trainees
This tutorial is designed to enhance health care providers’ and trainees’ knowledge of military life and culture in order that they may be better able to provide culturally competent care to service members, veterans and their families. This resource is a computer-based, highly generalizable, user-friendly, self-guided tutorial. Active and retired military comprise about 10 percent […]
Racial Disparity in US Diagnoses of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 2000–2009
Using data from the national HIV surveillance records, this study, analyzed trends in racial/ethnic disparities in rates of AIDS diagnoses in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The analysis found that between 2000 and 2009, disparities in the rate of AIDS diagnoses decreased between all racial/ethnic groups except those between black and white […]