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...Participants will be provided practical guidance and tools for how to engage research-based exploration steps with examples from the field. Read more about this session and the speaker here. Download...

...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,...

...of the change-planning process tools and their confidence to be able to use those tools. Some of the highlights they underscored following training are provided below. Increased Awareness of Process...

...complex patient.  Medication-Assisted Treatment: Promoting Tools for Successful Recovery Through this series of symposia, over 1,700 professionals were made aware of the benefits of using MAT, state policymakers began to...

By: Kristina Spannbauer, Communications Specialist for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, & PTTC One of the greatest aspects of NIATx process improvement is the adaptability of this model. Over the...

  New resource out from SAMSHA this week!  Connecting Communities to Substance Use Services: Practical Tools for First Responders   This guide provides practical, evidence-based information that first responder agencies,...

...the walk-through process. You’ll find complete instructions and forms under the “Tools” tab. We’d love to hear insights from your walk-through experiences. What did you learn? What changes did you...

...the ATTC Network offers a range of tools and trainings for behavioral health providers seeking ways to meet their Latino clients' needs.  Here are just a few of our recent...

...tools that individuals, families and communities use are just that – tools; they do not define or undermine the quality of this recovery. As more medications become available for the...

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

...of Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (http://www.attcnetwork.org/index.asp) can be a useful resource for workforce development and training in these aspects of health care integration. The skills list above also makes sense...

By Angela Weeks, DBA, director, National SOGIE Center, project director, Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity.   Pride month is a month celebrated around the world that signifies the resilience and the strides the LGBTQI+ community has made in visibility and recognition. Some

Difficult moments don't have to grow into 'incidents' that can threaten client engagement and retention. This workshop is designed to equip social workers with basic concepts and preparatory actions that can be used to de-escalate a wide range of interactions. The basics of de-escalation include the ABC model of assessment, the Seven Principles of Effective Verbal Interventions and a worker self-care assessment tool.

Difficult moments don't have to grow into 'incidents' that can threaten client engagement and retention. This workshop is designed to equip social workers with basic concepts and preparatory actions that can be used to de-escalate a wide range of interactions. The basics of de-escalation include the ABC model of assessment, the Seven Principles of Effective Verbal Interventions and a worker self-care assessment tool.

Difficult moments don't have to grow into 'incidents' that can threaten client engagement and retention. This workshop is designed to equip social workers with basic concepts and preparatory actions that can be used to de-escalate a wide range of interactions. The basics of de-escalation include the ABC model of assessment, the Seven Principles of Effective Verbal Interventions and a worker self-care assessment tool.