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Mental Health Awareness Month Highlight
Research and Guides for Effective Mental Health Care
This week's Member Update features mental health related research, fact sheets and various other publications. To view mental health funding opportunities, please visit our previous mental health update at http://csrha.org/outreach2/mentalhealthupdate1_2007.html.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Online journal issues
http://aianp.uchsc.edu/ncaianmhr/journal_online.htm
An Action Plan for Behavioral Health Workforce Development
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Describes a broad, national workforce development plan for the behavioral health workforce. Covers workforce issues relevant to persons with mental health conditions, substance abuse or substance use disorders, and co-occurring mental and addictive conditions. Includes a chapter focused on rural behavioral health workforce issues. (2007)
http://www.samhsa.gov/Workforce/Annapolis/WorkforceActionPlan.pdf
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Community Members
Can Do
National Institute of Mental Health
A booklet that describes what community members can do to help children and adolescents cope with violence and disasters. (2007)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/helping-children-and-adolescents-cope-with-violence-and-disasters/community-members.pdf
Journal of Rural Community Psychology
Marshall University
JRCP is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal devoted to the dissemination of information related to the sociological, psychological and mental health issues in rural and small community settings.
http://www.marshall.edu/jrcp/
Older Adults: Depression and Suicide Facts
National Institute of Mental Health
A brief overview of the statistics on depression and suicide in older adults, with information on depression treatments and suicide prevention. (2007)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/elderlydepsuicide.cfm
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Research Fact Sheet
National Institute of Mental Health
To aid those who suffer with PTSD, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is supporting PTSD-focused research, and related studies on anxiety and fear, to find better ways of helping people cope with trauma, as well as better ways to treat and ultimately prevent the disorder. This research fact sheet will highlight several important areas that NIMH researchers have recently learned about. (2007)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-research-fact-sheet.pdf
Rural and Frontier Mental and Behavioral Health Care
National Association for Rural Mental Health
Barriers, Effective Policy Strategies, Best Practices – In this report, findings of current status of rural and frontier mental and behavioral health including barriers to service, model programs, policy strategies, role of telehealth and State Offices of Rural Health. (2006)
http://www.narmh.org/publications/archives/rural_frontier.pdf
The Basics: Medicare's Mental Health Benefits
National Health Policy Forum
This paper provides an overview of mental health coverage in the Medicare program and the prevalence of mental disorders among Medicare beneficiaries. (2007)
http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_basics/Basics_Medicare_MentalHealth.pdf
When Unwanted Thoughts Take Over: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
National Institute of Mental Health
An easy-to-read booklet on obsessive-compulsive disorder that explains what it is, when it starts, how long it lasts, and how to get help. (2007)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/NIMHocd.pdf
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