Service Outreach and Recovery
January 28, 2013Objective: Reduce drug and alcohol use and increase participation in formal substance abuse treatment programs and 12-step self-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. Description: Service Outreach and Recovery (SOAR), a multicomponent program for indigent and residentially unstable clients, targets individuals at soup kitchens who acknowledge current or past substance abuse problems. The […]
Fiesta de Salud: Community Event to Promote Traditional Healing Techniques
Objective: To increase the community’s knowledge about the effectiveness of traditional healing for substance use problems. Description: Hoy Recovery Program, Inc. has more than 11 years in using Ferias (now called Fiestas) de Salud to provide and promote traditional healing and to engage the community in the programs through festive and fun family friendly activities. The Fiestas […]
Feria de Salud: Behavioral Health Fair on the Affordable Care Act & Health Exchanges
Objective: To support, connect and assist consumers to live healthy and improve their quality of life through community resources or services; to help consumers understand the Affordable Care Act Description: Albuquerque Center for Hope & Recovery (ACHR) organized and hosted the first Feria de Salud (behavioral health fair) in New Mexico centered on healthcare reform […]
Atlantic Cape Family Support Organization: Hospital Companion Program
Objective: Provide peer support for parents while they are in psychiatric screening with their child. Description: Taking your child to the hospital due to a psychiatric emergency can be very confusing and scary. The process is long, there are many people asking questions and terminology can be difficult to understand. Families can also be very anxious […]
Utilizing Peers to Assist Families with Children Experiencing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Challenges
Objective: To assist families with children experiencing mental, emotional, and behavioral challenges by providing support, connection to resources, education, advocacy, and assistance with navigating systems Description: The Mental Health Association of Rochester’s Community Care program utilizes Family Resource Mentors (FRMs) to assist families with adolescent or transition-aged children who are experiencing mental, emotional and behavioral […]
Culturally Focused Depression Screening, Diagnosis and Consultation
January 23, 2013Ethnic minorities with depression are much more likely to be cared for by primary care physicians than by specialists in mental health. These providers may face difficulty in correctly diagnosing depression in patients from another ethnic background, due to different cues or vocabulary used by patients to describe symptoms, as well as other cultural barriers. […]
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