Local substance abuse prevention coalitions that strive to keep their communities safe, health, and drug-free can play an important role in your efforts to integrate primary care and behavioral healthcare. To demonstrate the ways in which they can work with healthcare providers for the greatest effect, CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) and the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS) developed...
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July 22, 2013
July 22, 2013
The number of children living in the United States declined slightly, as did the percentage of the U.S. population who are children, according to the federal government's annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation's children and youth. The percentage of children living in the United States who are Asian, non-Hispanic increased, as did the percentage of children who are of two or more races, and the percentage of children who are Hispanic. The percentages of...
read more July 11, 2013
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Deaths from Prescription Painkiller Overdoses Rise Sharply Among Women |
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The number of prescription painkiller overdose deaths increased five fold among women between 1999 and 2010, according to a... |
July 11, 2013
Friends of NIDA Briefing Offers Insight on Prescription Drug Abuse | CADCASource: cadca.org |
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Friends of NIDA Briefing Offers Insight on Prescription... |
June 29, 2013
From The New York Times, By Lucy Burningham
They are two of summer's signature indulgences. But ice cream and beer, one a childhood staple and the other a primal toast of adulthood, have long worked opposite ends of the picnic.
Now they're starting to become acquainted, as a new kind of sweet gains traction: beer-flavored ice creams and floats, from a number of small...
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From Today, Jeff Rossen and Josh Davis
It's the dangerous new way teens are getting drunk -- and it's going viral. Now doctors say it could be deadly.
It's called "smoking alcohol." You don't drink the booze, you inhale it. Sounds bizarre, but those vapors give you an instant high.
Here's the problem: Doctors say it's incredibly...
read more June 19, 2013
Free daylong seminar includes appearance by Patrick Kennedy
Join WASAVP members on July 10 in Federal Way to hear the latest information on potential evidence-based interventions to prevent marijuana use in youth. Washington State sits on the cutting edge of...
read more June 16, 2013
The “Continuity of Care and Follow-Up App Challenge” challenges individuals and organizations with the development of an application for a mobile handheld device that will provide continuity of care and follow-up care linkages for a person at risk for suicide who was discharged from an inpatient unit or emergency department. Proposed activities can include but are not limited to: live chatting via the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Web site, safety planning, SMS...
read more June 16, 2013
By Teri Barila, in ACEs Connection
I wish everyone working with high school aged kids could have been with us at Lincoln High School yesterday morning!
A teacher at Lincoln has spent the year with her students...
June 16, 2013
June 16, 2013
Pre-treatment scans of brain activity predicted whether depressed patients would best achieve remission with an antidepressant medication or psychotherapy, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
“Our...
June 16, 2013
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By Eleazar Melendez in Huffington Post
Marijuana's public image is coming in for a makeover worthy of...
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The Washington State Health Care Authority and Department of Social and Health Services announced today that Regence BlueShield and United HealthCare have been declared apparently successful bidders on a project to coordinate Medicare and Medicaid services in Snohomish and King counties beginning next year.
HealthPathWashington has two strategies to improve services and benefits. Strategy One will begin next month with a series of Health Homes in 37 of the state’s 39 counties....
read more June 16, 2013
In 2012, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) began a project to identify and review existing curricula to help behavioral health and primary care practitioners assess, treat, and refer LGBT clients in a culturally competent manner. This collaboration is part of the commitment made by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve LGBT health and well-being. They are pleased report that...
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