Flo A. Stein, MPH
NC PIC Project Manager
Chief, Community Policy Management
Division of MH/DD/SAS

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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.
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.
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.
MH#4: Family Psychoeducation
Mental Health Bulletin #4 - Persons with severe mental illness (SMI) often rely on family members for the majority of their needed support, and it is estimated that 35-60% of adults with SMI live with family members.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SA#5: The Seven Challenges
Substance Abuse Bulletin #5 - The Seven Challenges program was developed in the early 1990s by Dr. Robert Schwebel who recognized the lack of age appropriate substance abuse treatment models for adolescents.
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.
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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June 21st, 2012
June 21, 2012: Evidentiary Reviews, Reports, and Registries

The following update includes links to evidentiary reviews, reports, and registries like NREPP.

With funding from the Kauffman Foundation, the Chadwick Center for Children and Families completed a comprehensive review of commonly used protocols in the treatment of abused children and their families. The report, Closing the Quality Chasm in Child Abuse Treatment: Identifying and Disseminating Best Practices (2004), is an excellent review of their findings and recommendations.

http://www.chadwickcenter.org/Kauffman/kauffman.htm

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is an initiative born from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The WWC is intended to be a central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education. While the field of education falls outside of the PIC realm, it is important to examine the approaches of other disciplines as we continue to implement EBPs.

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/aboutus.aspx

The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CA EBPCW) is an excellent tool for policymakers, agency directors, clinicians, and consumers who are seeking comprehensive reviews of behavioral health programs. The review process is rigorous and results in ratings from 1 (a practice with the strongest research evidence) to 5 (a practice that poses substantial risk for children and families).

http://www.cebc4cw.org/

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) issued a Model Programs Guide. This Guide was created for clinicians and communities seeking to implement evidence-based programs geared toward the treatment of children and their families The guide includes over 200 evidence-based programs.

http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/
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Funded wholly or in part by the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Fund (CFDA #93.959) as a project of the NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities & Substance Abuse Services.