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, […]
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Behavioral Health Equity Best Practices for African Americans
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), Office of Behavioral Health Equity held the Behavioral Health Equity Best Practices for African Americans event on Monday, February 5 at 1:30-3:00 pm EST. This dynamic webinar was a collaboration with SAMHSA’s Division of Children and School Mental, Mental Health Promotion Branch, Suicide Prevention Branch, and the […]
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, […]
Talking With Youth About Anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander Hate
As a caregiver, you have multiple conversations with youth each day, especially if they are your own children. You might ask, “How was your day?” “Did you do your homework?” “How was practice?”. So how do you ask the tough questions about things like race, violence, and discrimination? Discussing these topics with another adult is […]
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 […]
Strong African American Families-Teen Program
Researchers supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) created a family-centered prevention program to address the lack of interventions focused on decreasing behavioral and conduct problems in rural African American adolescents. Strong African American Families-Teen Program (SAAF-T) targets adolescents (ages 14-16) with the goal of preventing problem behaviors, particularly those most associated with […]