| December 7th, 2009 |
| Addressing the Needs of our Returning Veterans |
North Carolina has the fourth largest population of military personnel in the country. There are currently 120,000 active duty personnel based at the seven North Carolina military bases. Another 25,000 soldiers, marines, and airmen live in all 100 counties of North Carolina and serve in the National Guard or Reserve Forces. Most of the active duty military, Reserve, and National Guard have served in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). On January 14, 2010, the North Carolina Practice Improvement will look at the programs and services for our Veterans. The meeting will be held at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh There is no charge to attend this event, however, space is limited. Therefore, we do require that you R.S.V.P. by Monday, January 11th to confirm a reservation for this event. Please contact Venus Malloy at venus.malloy@governorsinstitute.org or at (919)256-7415 |
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Flo A. Stein, MPH NC PIC Project Manager Chief, Community Policy Management Division of MH/DD/SAS |
| Upcoming Meetings / Events |
| MH PIC Meeting March 17, 2010 [Wed] |
| DD PIC Meeting March 26, 2010 [Fri] |
| PIC Congress May 13, 2010 [Thu] |
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MH#1: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Mental Health Bulletin #1 - Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) was developed to treat post-traumatic stress and related emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents. |
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MH#2: Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment (IDDT) Mental Health Bulletin #2 - Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment (IDDT) requires that mental health and substance abuse treatment be delivered concurrently by a team of cross-trained clinicians within the same program. |
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MH#3: Wellness Management and Recovery (WMR) Mental Health Bulletin #3 - The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that approximately 6% of the U.S. population has severe mental illness (SMI). For North Carolina, that percentage translates to approximately 200,000 people who suffer from severe psychiatric disorders. |
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SA#1: Contingency Management (CM) Substance Abuse Bulletin #1 - Contingency management (CM) is a motivational incentive intervention in which clients with substance use disorders receive small rewards for attending treatment, taking prescribed medication, providing negative urine samples, or complying with other defined treatment-related goals. |
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SA#2: Strengthening Families Program (SFP) Substance Abuse Bulletin #2 - The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is a parenting and family strengthening program for high risk families. It combines science-based (1) parenting-skill training, (2) child life-skill building, and (3) family lifeskill education into a program that improves the child's social/life skills and family functioning and protects the children from the long-term risks of drug abuse. |
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SA#3: Seeking Safety Substance Abuse Bulletin #3 - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that may result from exposure and sometimes multiple exposures to highly traumatic events such as child abuse, accidents, violent personal assaults, military combat, or natural or human caused disasters. |
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SA#4: Matrix Intensive Outpatient Treatment Substance Abuse Bulletin #4 - Matrix was developed in the 1980s by researchers at the University of Southern California and clinicians at the Matrix Institute on Addictions who found that clients addicted to stimulants were challenging the existing treatment system. |
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Developing Effective, High-Quality Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: A Guide for Local Management Entities by Beth Melcher, Ph.D. This manual seeks to clarify and provide guidance to LMEs on how to successfully engage in the service development role. It promotes the implementation of evidence-based and best practice services and supports. |
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National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their communities. |
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