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Addiction counseling competencies: The knowledge, skills, and attitudes of professional practice
URL: http://www.nattc.org/resPubs/tap21/TAP21.pdf
Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) Series 21. A comprehensive list of 123 competencies that substance abuse treatment counselors should master to do their work effectively. Has been used to develop and evaluate addiction counseling curricula, advise students, and assess counseling proficiencies.
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Alcohol and other drug abuse counselors (SPRC Customized Information Series)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/customized/aod_counselors.asp
Information for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AOD) Counselors on recognizing and responding to warning signs, resource materials about suicide prevention, including programs and the role of AOD counselors in preventing suicides.
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Alcohol and suicide among racial/ethnic populations - 17 States, 2005-2006
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5823a1.htm
MMWR. June 19, 2009; 58(23):637-41. This report analyzes data from the National Violent Death Reporting System in 2005-2006. The overall prevalence of alcohol intoxication was nearly 24% among suicide decedents tested for alcohol, with the highest percentage among American Indian/Alaska Natives (37%), followed by Hispanics (29%) and persons aged 20-49 years (28%). The authors conclude that many populations can benefit from culturally appropriate suicide-prevention strategies that include efforts to reduce alcohol consumption.
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Alcoholism: Clinical and experimental research May 2004 supplement
URL: http://www.alcoholism-cer.com/pt/re/alcoholism/toc.00000374-200405001-00000.htm;jsessionid=AQrF2lH0VXsg9AcjVtn7lZ6tQOnSdIlX1rbmSqkhptwSh4AxUEdl!1208866215!-949856031!9001!-1
[Journal Issue]Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, May 2004 Supplement, Vol. 28, No. 5. This issue focuses on alcohol use and suicidal behavior.
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Comorbidity: Addiction and other mental illnesses
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URL: http://www.nida.nih.gov/PDF/RRComorbidity.pdf
This report gives an overview of what current research says about comorbidity of drug use disorders and other mental illnesses. The research report series is part of NIDA's efforts to better understand how this type of comorbidity works, based on the limited research available on the subject.
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Effects of the Vermont mental health and substance abuse parity law
URL: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/vtparity.pdf
Vermont implemented the Nation’s most comprehensive parity law in 1998, extending equality of health insurance coverage to both mental health and substance abuse services. This evaluation includes an implementation case study, an employer survey, and an analysis of health plan claims/encounter data. Much of the analysis focuses on the experiences of two health plans—Kaiser/Community Health Plan and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont, which covered 80 percent of the privately insured state population at the time.
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Evidence-based practices for preventing substance abuse and mental health problems in older adults. - Excerpt: Prevention of co-occurring substance abuse and mental health problems
URL: http://www.samhsa.gov/OlderAdultsTAC/EBPCo-OccurringProblemssectionFINAL.pdf
This report discusses: demographic imperative for addressing late-life substance use and mental health problems; current terminology of the subject; published evidence base for the prevention and early intervention; and implementation issues that align with state needs and priorities. Five specific areas are addressed: alcohol misuse; medication misuse; depression and anxiety; suicide; and co-occurring substance abuse and mental health problems.
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Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance-use conditions
URL: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=R1
Quality Chasm Series. Quality Chasm strategy, put forth by the IOM in 2001, is a strategy for improving health care overall. It attained considerable traction in the United States and other countries. This report finds that the Quality Chasm framework can be applied to health care for mental and substance-use conditions and describes a comprehensive strategy for doing so.
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Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance-use conditions: Quality chasm series
URL: http://darwin.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=1
A summary of an Institute of Medicine report that examines those differences, finds that the Quality Chasm framework is applicable to health care for mental and substance-use conditions, and describes a multifaceted and comprehensive strategy to do so.
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Mood disorders and substance use disorder: A complex comorbidity
URL: http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/Perspectives/vol3no1/MoodDis.pdf
NIDA Science and Practice Perspectives, 2005 Dec. This article explores the prevalence and relationship of co-occurring mood disorders and substance use disorders, describes a methodical approach to assessment, and reviews evidence based psychotherapeutic and pharmacotherapeutic treatments.
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The NSDUH Report: Adults with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and a Substance Use Disorder
URL: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k4/coOccurring/coOccurring.cfm
A report based on the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) from 2002. The report includes statistics on treatment of co-occurring disorders and perceptions of unment needs for treatment.
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Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders.
URL: http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=6507
This practice guideline seeks to aid clinicians in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders.
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Services for children with co-occurring mental health disorders and developmental disabilities and their families; Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Children%20with%20Co-Occurring%20Mental%20Health%20Disorders%20and%20Developmental%20Disabilities%20and%20their%20Families.pdf
Discusses barriers to providing appropriate and effective services to youth with both emotional disorders and developmental disabilities; the strategies implemented in Allegheny County, PA to address these barriers; and federal efforts on system change.
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Services for youth with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders and their families: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Youth%20with%20Co-Occurring%20Mental%20Health%20and%20Substance%20Abuse%20Disorders%20and%20their%20Families.pdf
Describes: integrated co-occurring treatment (a program in Cuyahoga County, OH); individualized, strengths-based services (Action Coalition to Ensure Stability); and financing streams.
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State mandates for treatment for mental health illness and substance abuse disorders
URL: http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/Ken/pdf/SMA07-4228/CMHS17a_StateMandates_web.pdf
Focuses on state-mandated benefits, state laws regulating mental health and addiction treatment workers, and state-recognized mental health clinicians with authority to prescribe psychotropic medications.
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Substance abuse and suicide prevention
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/pdf/2006/Clark_Plenary.pdf
Provides comprehensive data on suicides and suicide attempts which involved substance abuse. Describes SAMHSA's plans for prevention.
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Substance Use and the Risk of Suicide Among Youths.
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/subyouth.pdf
Published as The NHSDA Report (National Household Survey on Drug Abuse), July 12, 2002.
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Substance Use Disorders and Suicide
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/subdisorders.pdf
From the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action.
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Suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, major depressive episode, and substance use among adults
URL: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k6/suicide/suicide.htm
From The OAS Report, Issue 34. This report based on the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH) and Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) reveals that depressed individuals who abuse alcohol or drugs are at greater risk for suicide attempts.
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Suicide, depression, and youth drinking
URL: http://media.shs.net/prevline/pdfs/suicide2002.pdf
In Prevention Alert, Volume 5, Number 17 December 13, 2002. Facts about youth suicide and co-occurring disorders.
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TIP 50: Addressing suicidal thoughts
URL: http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=18118
Research consistently shows a high prevalence of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among persons with substance abuse problems who are in treatment. This Treatment Improvement Protocol is designed to assist substance abuse counselors in working with adult clents who may be suicidal, and will help clinical supervisors and administrators support the work of substance abuse counselors. An analysis of the available literature, an annotated bibliography and a general bibliography is available online at www.kap.samhsa.gov.
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Toxicology testing and results for suicide victims - 13 states, 2004
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5546a1.htm
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Nov. 24, 2006 / 55(46);1245-48. To assess toxicology testing practices and to determine the prevalence of positive results for alcohol or other drugs, CDC analyzed test results of suicide victims in the 13 states that collected data for the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) in 2004. This report summarizes the results of that analysis.
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Walking in beauty on the Red Road: a holistic cultural treatment model for American Indian & Alaska Native adolescents and families
URL: http://www.chestnut.org/LI/downloads/Manuals/Shiprock-Walking_In_Beauty_on_the_Red_Road.pdf
This manual is designed as a foundation for substance abuse treatment programs to develop and replicate residential treatment for American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents. This model was formulated for rural programs that may wish to adapt this model to fit local need.
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