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September 13, 2013
'Peers' may ease mental health worker shortage under Obamacare
When he was 44, Ben Achord recently recalled, he was "the picture of success." Married with three kids, he was a manager at a Charlotte, N.C., manufacturing company and owned a handsome four-bedroom house.
What he didn't know was he was suffering from schizoaffective disorder, a serious mental illness that can cause severe depression, delusions and hallucinations. Unaware of...
read more September 9, 2013
The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) is pleased to announce that a new resource document is now available that shares key lessons learned from the 2008 EUDL College Discretionary grantees, which may be of interest to those that work with or plan to work with college/university campuses and their adjacent communities. The document will be posted on the UDETC website in the near future and may be viewed from the State Resources/College Resources and EUDL...
read more September 9, 2013
Note – Deadline is September 15, 2013
As you may be aware, the legislature addressed a number of issues related to DUI in E2SSB 5912 during the 2013 session. One of these additions made to our DUI laws included a 24/7 DUI Monitoring Program. In essence, this program will require repeat offender DUIs to be held in custody until seen by a judge. In most cases, the judge will require, as a condition of release on bond, that the defendant have an ignition interlock installed in...
read more September 9, 2013
Chronic alcohol exposure leads to brain adaptations that shift behavior control away from an area of the brain involved in complex decision-making and toward a region associated with habit formation, according to a new study conducted in mice by scientists at the National Institutes of Health.
The finding provides a biological mechanism that helps to explain compulsive alcohol use and the progression to alcohol dependence. A report appears online in the Proceedings of the National...
read more August 25, 2013
On September 24th from noon-1:30pm PT, the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) Technical Assistance Coordinating Center (TACC) at Zero to Three will be hosting the second webinar in the two-part series on Family Engagement and Retention in home visiting. If this topic is of interest to you or your partners, please share broadly. Registration is...
read more August 25, 2013
Impaired driver beware: You can’t fool the cops anymore
By Colin Campbell. Seattle Times staff reporter
Seattle police Officer Mike Lewis is among a select group of officers...
read more August 25, 2013
The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) is pleased to announce that the How To Use Local Regulatory and Land Use Powers To Prevent Underage Drinking document has been recently revised and is located on the UDETC website for free download at ...
read more August 12, 2013
FYI, notices about statewide trainings for the WAC changes for behavioral health agencies, and for Health Care Reform classes, are posted here under What’s New: http://www.dshs.wa.gov/dbhr/index.shtml
read more August 5, 2013
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 8, 2013
Contacts:
Julie Furlong, Media Consultant, 206.850.9448, juliefurlong@comcast.net
Shelly Baldwin, WTSC Program Manager, 206.419.8038, sbaldwin@wtsc.wa.gov
... read more August 5, 2013
For coalitions who are interested, current PSAs designed to educate parents are available from PDFA for viewing/downloading at http://www.drugfreepsas.org. Visitors are asked for a User Name: drugfree, and Password: psas1. There...
read more August 5, 2013
Distracted Driving Carnival presentation from Westside High School, Wenatchee
More information about this project:
I am Heidi Monroe, teacher at the WestSide High School in Wenatchee, WA. We agreed to do at least five of the suggested action steps to obtain a $500 grant from your organization as part of the State Farm teen anti-distracted driving grant. I would like to share what we were able to accomplish.
... read more July 26, 2013
For those who will have opportunities to share information about health care reform at upcoming meetings with providers or other stakeholders, here are links to handouts.
Medicaid Expansion Fact Sheet
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read more July 26, 2013
On Tuesday, July 23, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) launched “OK2Talk,” a mental health awareness campaign to increase understanding and awareness about mental health in youth. The campaign includes television and radio ads in English and Spanish that feature teens and young adults opening up about their experiences with mental health.
... read more July 26, 2013
This message is to follow up on the DBHR, CADCA’s "Building Your Coalition Coordinator Toolbox" training last month. As we mentioned during the training resources from the training would be made available on www.theAthenaForum.org.
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