Products and Resources Catalog

The July 2019 Dialogue contains articles on: Addiction: Benzodiazepine Awareness (#W-BAD) | Mental Health: More than a Hashtag | Prevention: SAMHSA Apps to Support Prevention | ORN: Chronic Pain | Region 3 Spotlight: Christiana Care's new Comprehensive Pain Center. Additional sections include upcoming training and webinar events, behavioral health observances, new resources, and Region 3 news. The Dialogue is designed to inform behavioral and mental health professionals of news and upcoming events in the Central East states. This electronic newsletter is disseminated on the first Tuesday of each month. You are encouraged to provide us with any feedback or submit articles and topics for discussion in future issues of the newsletter. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive the Dialogue and news and training announcements, sign up here.

News and events from the Great Lakes ATTC, February 2019. 

 Monthly electronic newsletter, Great Lakes ATTC, January 2019. 

Blog produced by the ATTC Network and NIATx. Features bimonthly posts on topics related to improving clinical services and business practices. Features posts by ATTC Network staff and guest bloggers.

This presentation by Professor Bronwyn Myers discusses the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) training model in application to substance use disorders. Professor Bronwyn Myers is a Chief specialist scientist in the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Use Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council. Professor Myers also serves as an Expert Technical Assistance Advisor for the South Africa HIV ATTC.

This presentation by Professor Katherine Sorsdahl discusses the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) training model with applications in the South African context. Katherine Sorsdahl is a Professor and the Co-Director of the Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health at the University of Cape Town. She also serves as Expert Curriculum Development Advisor for the South Africa HIV ATTC.

Monthly electronic newsletter

This presentation discusses strategies to identify South Africa HIV ATTC training and technical assistance offerings that meet stakeholder needs, particularly with mental health and substance use topics. We particularly focus on the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) training model.

The purpose of this training is to provide HIV clinicians with an overview of the challenges and strategies for change in working with individuals living with HIV/AIDS and a diagnosis of a substance use disorder. This training is a companion to and can be conducted in conjunction with the “Nature of Addiction and HIV” training curriculum.

The purpose of this introductory training is to provide HIV clinicians with a detailed overview of the neurobiology of addiction, the impact of HIV on the brain and central nervous system (CNS), and the detrimental impact of the intersectionality of multiple stigmatized identities. This training is a companion to, and can be conducted in conjunction with the “How Change Happens: Substance Use Disorders and HIV/AIDS” training curriculum.

Webinar presentation by Dr. Bryan Garner on how to use implementation science frameworks to implement evidence-based practices.

Learn: 1. Implementation Science: What it is and why it is beginning to receive so much attention in behavioral health 2. Implementation Science models that guide the field and their relevance to implementing evidence-based practices and organizational change. 3. The key points of Diffusion of Innovations, by Everett Rogers, an essential reference book for implementation science and organizational change professionals

This presentation was created and delivered by Mr. Kgalabi Ngako, a National Department of Health representative for the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Directorate. It discusses adopting Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) curriculum as a strategy to combat substance use disorders.

Featuring opioids and technology, Jean Bennett, Ph.D., SAMHSA Regional Administrator (Region 3), Central East on the Move, new resources, Region 3 news, Monthly Health Check, and affirmations.

Monthly electronic newsletter featuring Great Lakes ATTC training events and other topics.

Electronic newsletter announcing Great Lakes and national training and events.

This presentation discusses task shifting as a means of addressing severe mental illness. The presentation details two task shifting models supported by the South Africa HIV ATTC: (1) treatment partner (TP), psychoeducation, and m-health intervention; and (2) community health worker (CHW) mental health training intervention.

Electronic newsletter announcing events and trainings in Great Lakes Region. Writer/editor: Maureen Fitzgerald

This presentation provides an overview of the South Africa HIV ATTC's mission, objectives, and training targets. The South Africa HIV ATTC is an implementation science centre co-funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The presentation was initially given by Dr. Caroline Kuo.

Electronic newsletter announcing training and events in Great Lakes ATTC region. Writer/editor: Maureen Fitzgerald

This is a one-page flyer detailing the objectives, mission and contact information of the South Africa HIV ATTC.

Electronic newsletter announcing trainings and events in Great Lakes ATTC region. Some national events. Editor/writer: Maureen Fitzgerald.

Monthly newsletter announcing training and events in the Great Lakes ATTC region. Editor/writer: Maureen Fitzgerald

3-hour, self-paced course designed to enhance professional knowledge of MAT and build skills related to educating clients about MAT.