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Clinical Preventive Services in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Update: From Science to Services (SMA04-3906)
Report
This monograph explores the need for and value of preventive services for mental health and substance use disorders in health care settings. These disorders are widespread and costly, and they exact a high toll on our Nation and around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) determined the “burden of disability” associated with one major mental illness, unipolar depression, ranked fourth among all leading causes of disability worldwide. By the year 2020, the disease burden from depression will rank number two, surpassed only by heart disease (Murray & Lopez, 1996). The disability and disease burden of various medical conditions were estimated by “disability-adjusted life years,” or DALYs. This global burden has been underrecognized in economic cost and the impact on social structure.
Community Action Kit (Contains 5 Pamphlets relating to the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative) (SVP-0063)
Pamphlet
These 5 pamphlets address topics of interest to communities that can help them develop and implement an evidence-based youth violence prevention program. Each pamphlet blends theory with the experiences of school violence prevention grantees to provide invaluable information to communities and schools.
Estimating the Cost of Preventive Services in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Under Managed Care (SMA02-3617R)
Report
Estimating the Cost of Preventive Services in Mental Health and Substance Abuse under Managed Care presents cost estimates for providing six preventive interventions previously identified through a CMHS-funded literature review and analysis of peer-reviewed, published research studies. The estimates are presented as models that project the range of potential cost in a "per member per month" (PMPM) format, for services provided to members of a managed care organization. 2001. 67 pp.
Friends Don't Watch Friends Fall Apart (CA-0019D)
Print Ad Slick
This camera-ready print advertisement encourages young people to be alert to signs of possible trouble among their friends and to take appropriate action if necessary. 1998. 3 pp.
Girl Power! Is Good Mental Health (CA-0038)
Fact Sheet
This publication gives statistics about the mental health of girls and discusses ways for parents and other caregivers to nurture the mental health of girls. 1999. 2 pp.
Journal of Primary Prevention-Special Issue Homelessness and Mental Illness Perspectives on Prevention Vol 28 Numbers 3&4 (JPP-07)
Journal
Homelessness is a growing social problem. Individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders are at particularly high risk, experiencing homelessness more often and for longer periods than other subgroups. The individual and societal costs of homelessness are profound adn demand targeted and informed strategies for preventing and ending homelessness. This special issue of The Journal of Primary Prevention describes the most promising and innovative prevention strategies being used to reduce the risk of homelessness, facilitate transition into the community, and stabilize formerly homeless people to reduce the risk of homelessness, facilitate transition into the community, and stabilize formerly homeless people in permanent housing. The articles in this issue outline a range of strategies at the systems, services, and individual levels, targeted across the life span. The issue offers the beginning of a conceptual approach that can shape a comprehensive homelessness prevention framework and galvanize ongoing change. The development of this special issue was done through the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)- funded National Resource and Training Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness (contract # 270-03-4005) which is operated by The CDM Group, Inc. in partnership with the National Center on Family Homelessness and the CMHS-funded Homeless Resource Center (contract # HHSS280200600029C) which is operated by The Institute on Homelessness and Trauma.
Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities (IOM09-REPORT)
Book/Monograph
This report calls on the nation--its leaders, its mental health research and service provision agencies, its schools, its primary care medical systems, its community-based organization, its child welfare and criminal justics systems -- to make prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people a priority. Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People updates a 1994 Institute of Medicine book, Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders, focusing special attention on the research base and program experience with younger populations that have emerged since that time. Researchers, such as those involved in prevention science, mental health, education, substance abuse, juvenile justice, health, child and youth development, as well as policy makers involved in state and local mental health, substance abuse, welfare, education, and justice will depend on this updated information on the status of research and suggested directions for the field of mental health and prevention of disorders.
Preventing Violence in the Workplace, Center for Mental Health Services Forum Report, February28-March 1,1994. (CMH94-5002)
Booklet
A two-day forum on preventing violence in the workplace, conducted by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), brought together representatives from government agencies responsible for mental health programs and workplace violence experts. The objective of the forum was to synthesize diverse perspectives on the scope of the problem, develop mental health-related prevention strategies, and provide direction for researchers, social scientists, and policymakers.
Preventive Interventions Under Managed Care: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (SMA00-3437)
Report
This publication reviews the literature on interventions that promote mental health and prevent the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. 2000. 90 pp.
Project Shield (KEN98-0058)
Fact Sheet
Project Shield is a prevention/intervention program that has developed and is testing ways to encourage and enable adolescents/young adults and women who are at risk for HIV/AIDS to change the high-risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission.
Suicide Prevention: National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action - (Full Report) (SMA01-3517)
Book/Monograph
The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention represents the combined work of advocates, clinicians, researchers, and survivors. Lays out a framework for action and guides development of an array of services and programs. 2001.
What You Need to Know About Youth Violence Prevention (SVP-0054)
Booklet
This guide, based on the state-of-the-science Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, released in January 2001, and other selected research-informed sources, summarizes the latest knowledge on youth violence. It describes both risk factors that may lead to violence and protective factors that may both prevent it and promote healthy childhood development.
Women's Mental Health: What It Means To You (OWH09-CONSUMER)
Booklet
This is a consumer booklet that addresses the stigma associated with mental health, with information on the signs and symptoms of mental illness. It also provides suggestions for support and solutions for preventing and coping with mental illness.
You Recognize This Warning Sign, You Take Action - Can You Recognize a Probelm with Your Child's Mental Health As Well (CA-0019)
Print Ad Slick
This camera-ready print advertisement focuses on recognizing the symptoms of mental health problems. 3.pp
Your Child's Mental Health: What's Up Doc? (CA-0033)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article helps parents and other caregivers to pick up on the warning signs of children’s mental health problems. 2002. 2 pp.

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