The National Council for Behavioral Health is now accepting submissions for the 2013 Awards of Excellence — featuring the Impact, Mental Health First Aid, and the Lilly Reintegration and Welcome Back awards. These awards recognize consumers and family members, clinicians, leaders, programs, and organizations that have fought the brave fight against depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, and […]
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HIV/AIDS Resource – AIDSVu: an interactive map illustrating HIV prevalence throughout the US
AIDSVu is an interactive online map illustrating the prevalence of HIV in the United States. The national, state and local map views on AIDSVu allow users to visually explore the HIV epidemic alongside critical resources such as HIV testing center locations, HIV treatment center locations, and NIH-Funded HIV Prevention & Vaccine Trials Sites. The map also lets […]
SAVE THE DATE – premiere webinar in the Preventing Underage Drinking series starts January 30
Mark your calendars now for the premiere webinar in the Preventing Underage Drinking series sponsored by the federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD). Webinar # 1 – Preventing Underage Drinking: Introduction and Series Overview When: January 30, 2013, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET Who: The following experts will kick off the series: Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., Surgeon General […]
Save the Date – March 8: Brave New World: Using Technology to Enhance Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery
A day long science to practice symposium with lectures, workshops and software demonstrations. March 8, 2013 8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m. Mt. Washington Conference Center 5801 Smith Avenue Baltimore, MD Continental Breakfast Lunch Provided CEU Credits Awarded Free Parking Conference Fee: $60.00 Click here for the Flyer
Trends in Behavioral Healthcare: Join the Conversation – Health Exchanges Promise Sweeping Change
The Danya Institute and Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network are pleased to present this regular series of orignal articles on trends in the field of behavioral healthcare. Our latest article is an in-depth look at health exchanges by special guest author Douglas Canter. Health exchanges promise sweeping change Congress enacted the Patient Protection and […]
Disaster Distress Helpline Offers Immediate Crisis Counseling
Call 1-800-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746. The recent shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, continues to bring out strong emotions across the Nation. The Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990, can provide immediate counseling to anyone who needs help in dealing with the many issues and problems that might arise from this tragedy. Sponsored by […]
HIV PrEP videoes now available
Our waiting-list-only presentation “The Role of HIV Treatment as Prevention and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)” by Drs. Richard Elion and Amanda Castel was recorded and now available on our Youtube channel. The audience consisted of frontline healthcare providers and support teams who test for HIV infection and identify individuals who are at-high risk for HIV infection. This […]
Self Care Resource – Seasonal and Simple
Fans of our Self Care: A Guide for Addiction Professionals know that it highly recommends eating better as an important way to maintain one’s health and spirits. Yet we are the first to acknowledge how challenging this can be, even when it’s not a holiday season. So we were pleased to find a tool that can […]
Book Review: Redesigning Leadership by John Maeda
John Maeda’s Redesigning Leadership is a pretty little book whose insights about leadership are delivered in an easy to digest 78 pages. It has been definitively established that addictions treatment organizations are facing a severe shortage of adequately prepared leaders. While the author is not specifically coming from a behavioral healthcare background, many of his […]
Letter from the Executive Director: World AIDS Day 2012
December 1st, 2012, was the 24th year of observance of World AIDS Day. The observance was first conceived by two Global Programme on AIDS staff, James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, in August 1987. It was first observed on December 1st, 1988. The Status Current information from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) indicates that […]