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...that Service members and veterans often put their behavioral health care, or health care in general, on hold while meeting the challenges of this life transition. Veterans listed their top...

Identifies and compares the differences in the number of veterans, and the expenditures for veterans receiving substance use disorder (SUD) services, and specialty SUD services in rural and urban areas....

Slides from the session TOR Webinar: Native Veterans Wellness. This event took place on May 25th, 2022. 

Recording of TOR Webinar: Native Veterans Wellness. This event took place on May 25th, 2022. 

This snapshot is intended to bring awareness to individuals, families, professionals, and providers about the serious substance use disorder problem among the Hispanic and Latino Veteran population. Español LOS VETERANOS Y LOS TRASTORNOS EN CONSUMO DE SUSTANCIAS Esta reseña infomativa tiene como objetivo proporcionar recursos a individuos, padres, profesionales y proveedores sobre el grave problema del trastorno por uso de sustancias en la población de Veteranos Hispanos y Latinos Português VETERANOS HISPÂNICOS E LATINOS E TRANSTORNOS POR USO DE SUBSTÂNCIAS (TUS) Esta síntese de informações destina-se a fornecer recursos para indivíduos, familiares, profissionais e provedores sobre o grave problema de transtorno por uso de substâncias entre a população hispânica e latina veterana.

Click here to watch the recording for the Native Veteran Rezilience and Wellness:Therapeutic and Healing Experiences with Native Veterans Session on October 23rd, 2020!

Recording of Honoring Our Native Veterans' Past, Present, and Future. This event took place on November 10, 2022.

Recording of Honoring Our Native Veterans' Past, Present, and Future. This event took place on December 1, 2022. 

Our Native Veterans serve to protect and defend the US, their tribal lands and its people. The National AI/AN ATTC and National AI/AN PTTC are collaborating to honor Native American veterans for their service. The series will provide opportunities for our Native American veterans to have support, for their families to learn more about their support services, and a learning collaborative for Veterans that provides access to culturally responsive resources, including treatment and healing options. This vent took place on January 5, 2023.

Our Native Veterans serve to protect and defend the US, their tribal lands and its people. The National AI/AN ATTC and National AI/AN PTTC are collaborating to honor Native American veterans for their service in a series beginning Nov 10, 2022. The series will provide opportunities for our Native American veterans to have support, for their families to learn more about their support services, and a learning collaborative for Veterans that provides access to culturally responsive resources, including treatment and healing options.  Another session will be held on Jan. 5, 2023. 2-4 ET / 1-3 CT / 12-2 MT / 11-1 PT / 10-12 AKT

Our Native Veterans serve to protect and defend the US, their tribal lands and its people. The National AI/AN ATTC and National AI/AN PTTC are collaborating to honor Native American veterans for their service. The series will provide opportunities for our Native American veterans to have support, for their families to learn more about their support services, and a learning collaborative for Veterans that provides access to culturally responsive resources, including treatment and healing options.

In response to the growing need for information to address the needs of returning veterans, the National Office added a comprehensive section to the Featured Topics Library on the Network Web site, Meeting the Needs of Returning Veterans. This Web resource provides a wealth of information and resources not only for those treating returning veterans, but also policy-makers, veterans and their families.

...Dakota (1: Module 1, Slide 18). http://dpt2.samhsa.gov/treatment/directory.aspx As the graph above indicates, OTPs are fairly well distributed on the east and west coasts and within large U.S. urban centers. Unfortunately,...

Provides an introduction to the antecedents and the rehabilitation of the disability of addiction in the areas of vocational, social, familial, personal and physical areas.

Provides an introduction to the antecedents and the rehabilitation of the disability of addiction in the areas of vocational, social, familial, personal and physical areas.

DESCRIPTION This presentation will give an overview of the background of the use of psychotherapy in the treatment of drug addiction and will refer to the utilization of psychotherapy treatment manuals and their fidelity. Therapeutic skills and the need for therapists to pay attention to the treatment needs of the addicted individual will be discussed. The presenter will emphasize the need for a comprehensive assessment of the client to include spirituality and will explain the role of the Black church. Additional discussion will focus on psychotherapy of drug addiction as only one component in the treatment armamentarium as well as the importance of engaging the patient and seeing psychotherapy as a form of a socialization process. OBJECTIVES Explain the background of psycho-dynamic features of drug addiction psychotherapy. Describe the therapeutic relationship between provider and patient. Discuss therapeutic skills with respect to the client's expectations of the provider. SPEAKER Sam Okpaku, MD, PhD, is the President, and founder of Center for Health, Culture, and Society in Nashville TN, USA. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland and holds a PH.D. in Social Research and Welfare from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, USA. He has been on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Yale University and was a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical School and a Senior Fellow at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies. He has also served as Chairman and Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville. Dr. Okpaku is currently a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. He is an awardee of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatrists for Pioneering Work in Cultural Psychiatry (2018) and also an awardee of the Society for Culture and Psychiatry for Creative Scholarship (2020). HOST Annelle Primm, M.D., MPH, is the Senior Medical Director of the Steve Fund, an organization focused on the mental health of young people of color. She is also a member of the Black Psychiatrists of America Council of Elders. View Flyer

...to engage in community volunteer work in public health while working on Caring for Denver's mission. He aspires to have a stronger voice, vision, and understanding of higher leadership roles...