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An Action Plan on Behavioral Health Workforce Development
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Across the nation, there is a high degree of concern about the current state and future direction of the workforce for preventing and treating mental health and substance use disorders.
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The Importance of Validity - How to avoid garbage in-garbage out
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For many consumers their only concern with validity is that their survey has it. After all, isn't validity just another of 'those statistical things'? According to the American Psychological Association, validity "...refers to the appropriateness, meaningfulness, and usefulness of the specific inferences made from test scores."
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Appears More Effective Than Sleep Medication For Treating Insomnia
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Patients with insomnia who implemented cognitive behavioral therapy interventions such as relaxation techniques had greater improvement in their sleep than patients who received the sleep medication zopiclone, according to a study in the June 28 2006 issue of JAMA. This site includes a reprint of the article from JAMA and also TOP 10 foods for a good nights sleep.
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Barriers to Treatment for Women with Children
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Only a small percentage of addicted women ever enter a substance-abuse treatment program. The IOM Committee estimates that there are approximately 105,000 pregnant women each year who need drug treatment. Only 30,000 of these women receive any form of treatment, and very few of these are in programs with a primary focus on special services for pregnant women.
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The ACTION Campaign seeks to increase access and keep clients engaged in treatment
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This is a very useful site for providers seeking to improve access and retention in treatment. Much of the information was gleaned from the NIATX and outcomes are published. Requires you to join, but is free and includes a variety of tools.
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Heavy Drinking Still a "Man's World"
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According to figures recently released by SAMHSA from the 2004-2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), men outpace women in all categories of excessive drinking. Men are still twice as likely as women (10.5 percent versus 5.1 percent) to meet criteria for alcohol abuse and addiction as defined by the DSM-IV.
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Retaining Employees in a Behavioral Health Treatment Business - Part 4 of 4
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To maintain a healthy workforce, it is essential to support and reward employees, helping to sustain their commitment to your organization and to the greater good they provide as helpers.
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Policies and Procedures: The Nuts and Bolts That Keep Your Nonprofit from Crashing
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Think of this article as a wake-up call. It is time to stop the inertia and begin formulating those policies. I recently heard that a fifty year-old organization with $50 million in assets instituted its first conflict of interest policy last year. That organization provides proof that it is never too late to tighten the nuts and bolts within your organization. You could be staving off a major catastrophe.
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Alcohol Reports
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An international website dedicated to providing current information on news, newsletters, reports,publications, abstracts of peer-reviewed research articles and data briefs concerning alcoholism and alcohol-related problems throughout the world.
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New Inservice Training Manual to Help Improve Treatment Practices for People with Co-occurring Disorders
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Provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment, TIPs are best-practice guidelines for the treatment
of substance use disorders. Publications are free for download or in print.
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