Issue Brief: Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use
This Issue Brief offers valuable information to State Mental Health Authorities about co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (COD). The document highlights the commonality of CODs and negative outcomes in the absence of evidence-based integrated care. It also provides…
Practical Guide for Expanding the Community-based Behavioral Health Workforce
This guide presents best practices for expanding community-initiated prevention and care, information on the role of behavioral health specialists, examples of community-based models of care, and resources for communities working to ensure community members’ well-being. Population of Focus: Behavioral Health…
Evidence-Based Guide: Suicide Prevention Strategies for Underserved Youth
This evidence-based guide provides strategies and insights specific to at-risk groups, to support interventions and help prevent suicides. The guide highlights existing research, discusses barriers that hinder youth’s access to prevention and intervention services, and offers guidance on selecting, implementing,…
Culturally Informed Trauma and Grief Recovery Toolkit
A group of psychologists and mental health professionals from diverse marginalized communities developed the Culturally Informed Trauma and Grief Recovery Toolkit to address the unique challenges faced by individuals who experience multiple forms of oppression. Recognizing the significant burdens of…
Ableism in Mental Healthcare Settings: A Qualitative Study Among U.S. Adults With Disabilities
People with disabilities (PWD) face elevated mental health concerns and are more likely to utilize mental health services compared to their nondisabled counterparts, yet they also report higher unmet mental health service needs due to myriad attitudinal and environmental barriers…
Transcending Self Therapy-Virtual Reality (TST-VR) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment Completion in Veterans
Transcending Self Therapy (TST) is an integrative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for substance use disorders (SUD). Virtual reality (VR)-based enhancement of treatment for mental health disorders holds potential as an innovative and immersive adjunct to standards of care. However, outside…
Engaging Primary Care Patients at Risk for Suicide in Mental Health Treatment: User Insights to Inform Implementation Strategy Design
Given that the majority of suicide decedents visit primary care in the year preceding death, primary care has been identified as a key setting in which to engage patients at risk for suicide in mental health services. The objective of…