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PSATTC offers leadership program
Center offers leadership development opportunity for addiction professionals
The Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC) announced the 2008 PSATTC Leadership Institute, an intensive leadership training program to rising leaders in the behavioral health field.
Leadership Institute is a new, unique leadership preparation program that provides a balance of traditional training seminars, distance education, and field experiences. The primary goal of the Leadership Institute is to cultivate new leaders within the addiction field through the enhancement of knowledge and development of competencies among new and emerging leaders.
This professional development opportunity is available to 15 addiction professionals in Arizona and California (the Pacific Southwest region) this year. Potential candidates must be nominated; nomination forms must be postmarked by June 30, 2008. Selected candidates will be notified by July 31, 2008.
For more information about Leadership Institute, click here.
Click here to download the nomination form.
For more information about PSATTC, visit www.psattc.org.
Report examines teen depression
SAMHSA: Depression affects 1 in 12 teens in US, risk twice as great for girls
About 2.1 million teens aged 12 to 17 experienced a major depressive episode in the past year, according to a new nationwide report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. For almost half of the teens, depression drastically reduced their abilities to deal with aspects of their daily lives, the report said.
Overall, 8.5 percent of adolescents, the equivalent of one in every 12, experienced a major depressive episode, but there were striking differences by gender, with 12.7 percent of females and 4.6 percent of males reporting the conditions.
Major Depressive Episode among Youths Aged 12 to 17 in the United States of America: 2006 also reveals the often devastating effect these major depressive episodes can have on adolescents. Nearly half of adolescents experiencing major depression (48.3 percent) report that it severely impaired their ability to function in at least one of four major areas of their everyday lives (home life, school/work, family relationships, and social life). Adolescents reporting the most severe impairment reported that they were unable to carry out normal activities on an average of 58.4 days in the past year.
The full report is available on the Web at:
For related publications and information, visit www.samhsa.gov
SAMHSA report spotlights trends
Arizona ranks high in national survey of mental health, substance use problems
Arizona ranks in the highest fifth (among the top five states) for both past month use of an illicit drug other than marijuana (aged 12 or older) and past year use of cocaine in 2005-06, according to State Estimates of Substance Use, a report recently released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Based on the 2005-2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the report provides state-level estimates for 23 measures of substance use and mental health problems, including underage drinking, use of illicit drugs, serious psychological distress, major depression, and tobacco use.
“This report shows that although states may be uniquely affected by serious public health problems like underage drinking, every state and region must confront these issues,” said SAMHSA Administrator Terry Cline, Ph.D. “By highlighting the nature and scope of the challenges affecting each state, we can help focus and target substance abuse and mental illness prevention and treatment resources.”
The new report provides analyses of substance use and mental health patterns occurring in each state, revealing wide variations among the states in problems like illicit drug use and underage drinking.
Despite variations, no state was immune from these problems. Arizona also showed a significant increase in the use of illicit drugs other than marijuana among persons aged 12 or older – from 3.5 to 4.5, the highest rate of increase for this category in the survey.
Although there are some differences in the patterns of substance use and mental health problems experienced among states and regions, all parts of the country are seriously affected by these problems.
To view the full SAMHSA report, click below:
Center seeks award nominees
CABHP to host Fourth Annual Behavioral Health Awards
Meeting the behavioral health needs of Arizona’s citizens can be challenging. Whether it takes the form of counseling a recovering methamphetamine user, providing housing to domestic violence victims, or launching a new outreach program for homeless individuals suffering from serious mental illness – working in the behavioral health field demands passion, compassion, perseverance, and dedication from those who serve.
In recognition of these efforts, Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) seeks nominations for the 2008 Arizona Behavioral Health Awards. All award recipients will be recognized at the Fourth Annual Arizona Behavioral Health Awards Gala, Thursday, July 17, 2008 at the Hilton Sedona Resort and Conference Center.
The four award categories include:
- Legacy Award recognizes an individual in the field of behavioral health services with a distinguished career of leadership and contribution to the behavioral health community of Arizona.
- Cultural Heritage Award recognizes an individual or agency that has demonstrated a commitment to promoting understanding and celebration of Arizona’s rich cultural heritage and the diversity of those individuals and families served by the behavioral health field.
- Leadership in Advocacy Award recognizes an individual (including national, state, or locally-elected officials, advocates, or persons in recovery or their family members) who has demonstrated leadership in the promotion of legislative or policy initiatives that enhance the behavioral health of the citizens of Arizona.
- Leadership in Services Award recognizes an individual employed in the behavioral health system who has shown leadership in his/her agency’s provision of evidence-based services, and who exemplifies the core values of developing community, promoting communication and learning, demonstrating compassion for individuals who have been disenfranchised or marginalized, and helping people, particularly those affected by behavioral health issues.
Click here for more information and a nomination form.
Center to evaluate treatment program
CABHP partners with Community Bridges for Peer Support Recovery Program (PSRP)
Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) has partnered with behavioral health services provider Community Bridges in a four-year evaluation Peer Support Recovery Program (PSRP).
Funded by a federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHA), the program will serve homeless people in Maricopa County by employing Peer Support Specialists to provide a range of services, including engaging in treatment and assistance accessing support services, such as health care, housing, employment and relapse prevention.
CABHP will provide two levels of evaluation to the project. First, the Center will monitor implementation and provide feedback to Community Bridges staff. Second, CABHP will evaluate program outcomes through collection and analysis of quantitative data, and by conducting focus groups with Peer Support Specialists.
For more information about Community Bridges, visit:
SAMHSA releases DASIS report
Report highlights substance abuse treatment rates over past decade
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released its Drug and Alcohol Services Information Systems (DASIS) report in January 2008. Based on an annual compilation of data on demographic characteristics and substance abuse problems of those admitted to treatment, the January report details changes in those rates by comparing results from 1995 and 2005. Brief finding of the report include:
- In the U.S., admission rates to substance abuse treatment facilities increased between 1995 and 2005 for marijuana, methamphetamine/amphetamine, and opiates other than heroin.
- In both 1995 and 2005, methamphetamine/amphetamine admission rates were generally highest in the Pacific and Mountain States.
- In both 1995 and 2005, marijuana treatment admission rates were generally highest in the West North Central and Pacific States.
In 2005, Arizona ranked near the middle of the range, with 47-107 admissions per 100,000 for methamphetamine treatment and 125-153 per 100,000 for marijuana.
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here to view the complete DASIS report.
CABHP report spotlights teens' needs
Focus groups clarify need to improve prevention, treatment in Arizona
The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) issued a report summarizing the results of an analysis of the availability and gaps in substance abuse treatment for youth in Arizona. The report notes that in 2006, less than 4,000 youth received substance abuse treatment in Arizona, while federal estimates suggest that nearly 60,000 youth in Arizona used illicit drugs or engaged in binge drinking.
Results from more than 50 focus groups conducted by CABHP researchers note the need for smaller case loads and reduced paperwork, increased treatment and activities options, enhanced focus on prevention programming and the need for increased funding for treatment services.
Click here to view the report.
Center releases AFF report
Annual CABHP evaluation links substance abuse treatment to child safety
The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) issued its evaluation of the Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T. program, jointly operated by the Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Children Youth and Families (DES/DCYF) and the Arizona Department of Health Services, Division of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS). During the past fiscal year, nearly 5,100 new individuals were referred into the program, an 8 percent increase over the previous evaluation period.
More than 3,100 clients received substance abuse treatment services with 60 percent demonstrating no drug use while in the program. More than 570 children – 25 percent of all children of AFF clients – achieved permanency, while the rate of recurrence of new substantiated reports to Child Protective Services (CPS) was only two percent, half the national average.
Click here to view the report.
Click here to learn more about AFF.
NIDA announces new Web site
New Web site to facilitate information-sharing among researchers
NIDA Networking Project intended to accelerate scientific discovery
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced the availability of a new website designed to encourage drug abuse researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to share information across disciplines, networks and institutions. The NIDA Networking Project (NNP) Website provides access to the locations, people, and resources of NIDA-sponsored research networks, including, for example, the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) and the NIDA Genetics Consortium (NGC). The goal is to encourage cooperative scientific discussion and research collaboration to accelerate addiction science.
The principal Website features includes:
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An interactive US map with locations and contacts for nearly 200 NIDA network sites
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Network missions and descriptions
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Links to 15 network Websites with scientific protocols and papers, as well as, procedural policies and manuals
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NIDA news and events of interest to scientists, clinicians, and addiction specialists
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NNP Colleagues Directory—a searchable data base of network participants’ expertise and research interests.
The new Website was recommended by a group of network representatives convened by NIDA in July, 2006. The representatives later participated in beta testing the site to ensure that it met expectations. Additional networks and their resources will be added to the site in the coming months. The new website adds to NIDA’s extensive Web-based information about drug abuse and addiction for all audiences including the general public, practitioners, policymakers, and scientists.
Learn more about NNP at: http://nnp.drugabuse.gov
CABHP co-hosts 'Busting Myths'
Two-day event focuses on prevention, addressing disparities
Work group reports on progress
Improved youth needs assessment, recidivism reduction top concerns
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Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) Program Manager Vicki Staples and Arizona Supreme Court Juvenile Justice Services Division Information and Research Manager Amy Stuart presented on the progress of the Juvenile Justice Needs Assessment Work Group to identify a tool that will facilitate the identification of needs for juveniles statewide processed in the Arizona Court System. Initial recommendations, areas for additional consideration and a summary of findings from their Utah Site Visit were presented at the Nov. 7 Juvenile Administrators Meeting, at the Nov. 9 Committee on Juvenile Justice, and during a recent breakout session at the Administrative Office of the Courts Leadership Retreat Dec. 4 in Tucson.
Director Rob Lubitz introduced the project emphasizing the importance of implementing evidence-based practices, including the needs assessment tool incorporating the criminogenic risk factors. Key stakeholders including AOC staff, County Juvenile Administrators and Juvenile Court Judges from across Arizona were in attendance and provided additional suggestions for the workgroup.
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From left, Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) Program Manager Vicki Staples and Arizona Supreme Court Juvenile Justice Services Division Information and Research Manager Amy Stuart present findings from their Utah Needs Assessment Site Visit at the Nov. 7 Juvenile Administrators Meeting at the Administrative Office of the Courts.
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| The presentation included findings and recommendations based on the work of Juvenile Justice Needs Assessment Work Group, four of whom traveled to Utah in October to meet with their key leadership and learn more about their needs assessment tool and implementation process. In total, the work group assessed over 10 different assessment tools using consensus criteria developed to reach its conclusions. |
| The work group recommended a number of cultural changes within Arizona’s juvenile system, including greater reliance on science-based approaches and a tool to better assess needs and risk factors that will facilitate the development of case plans, levels of supervision and identify the need to refer to other agencies to improve outcomes for youths entering the justice system. The group’s key recommendation was to adopt the Arizona Department of Juvenile Justice (ADJC) Criminogenic and Protective Factors Assessment (CAPFA) as an initial starting point and modify the domains for use statewide. |
| “To ensure juveniles are successfully supported in the community and decrease recidivism, the risk and needs assessments must work in conjunction to identify the support, treatment and supervision needs of the youth and family,” said Stuart. “The needs assessment tool would facilitate the formulation of a case plan including both the frequency of and potential providers of needed services.” |
| Other work group partners include: the Administrative Office of the Courts, Arizona Co-Occurring State Incentive Grant, Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, Arizona Department of Health Services/Division of Behavioral Health, and the Arizona Department of Economic Security/Division of Children, Youth and Families. |
| The Needs Assessment Work Group continues its efforts, with additional field reviews focus groups with stakeholders and program evaluations possible in future. |
Center releases annual COSIG report
Pilot project aims to bolster public safety through mental health, substance abuse treatment
The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy announced this week the release of the Implementation Evaluation of the Arizona Department of Corrections’ Co-Occurring Services Pilot Project, a report on implementation during Phase I of the important study.
Funded by the Co-Occurring State Incentive Grant (COSIG), the pilot project aims improve public safety by delivering science-based mental health and substance abuse treatment to Arizona prison inmates diagnosed with co-occurring disorders.
“Every year, more than 17,000 prisoners are released from prison. Many of these prison¬ers have substance abuse and mental health problems, and many are released without adequate job skills and have no permanent place to live,” said Pat Beauchamp, CABHP’s Evaluation Manager for the COSIG project. “These individuals often relapse, committing new acts of crime to support their addiction. By offering effective treatment, we can help them break the cycle and live a produc¬tive life, benefiting themselves, their families, and the community.”
Key project goals include improving screening, reducing replication of data and forms, improving collaboration across agencies, and implementing best practices for care and treatment.
Collaborating with the Governor’s Office of Children Youth and Families (GOCYF), Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC), Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC), Arizona Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authorities (RBHAs), and community providers, CABHP engages in four specific tasks to meet the goals of the project:
- Design and implement a standardized screening and assessment process to identify co-occurring disorders;
- Design, implement, and evaluate a Services Pilot Project (SPP) that provides integrated, evidence-based treatment to adult offenders with co-occurring disorders, both during and after release;
- Increase collaboration between agencies by building policy consensus and integrating diverse data sets so that information can be shared securely and easily; and
- Develop a highly competent workforce through development of curricula, the establishment of an interagency task force, and the recruitment of a diverse, competent staff.
The complete report is available as a PDF for download at: COSIG Implementation Evaluation Report
For more information, visit:
http://www.cabhp.asu.edu
http://www.oldpueblofoundation.org
http://www.compasshc.org
http://www.coce.samhsa.gov
http://www.governor.state.az.us/cyf
http://www.azdhs.gov
http://www.azcorrections.gov
http://www.juvenile.state.az.us