Rhode Island Public Radio, October 20, 2016 Accessing mental health care can be tough for kids in Rhode Island. There’s a shortage of practitioners and programs and a growing need for care. This week on The Pulse, we explore how schools and communities are bridging...
Resources
The BAY Team’s Parenting is Prevention video series
The BAY Team, October 2016 Parenting is prevention video series.
Not Your Mother’s Scare Tactics: The Changing Landscape of Fear-based Messaging Research
SAMHSA's CAPT, October 2016 Since the 1960s, substance misuse prevention practitioners have relied heavily on scare tactics and fear-based messages as core elements of prevention programming. Focused on eliciting an emotional response, these messages have historically...
Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice
The National Academies Press, 2016 Bullying, long tolerated by many as a rite of passage into adulthood, is now recognized as a major and preventable public health problem, one that can have long-lasting consequences (McDougall and Vaillancourt, 2015; Wolke and...
Marijuana: Facts for Teens
National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2015 Information/facts on how marijuana affects the body for teens.
Mental Health First Aid Course
Mental Health First Aid , 2016 Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour course that gives people the skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it builds...
Treatment options
Turn The Tide Things to know when you decide to prescribe opiods.
Positive youth development in the United States: Research findings on evaluations of positive youth development programs.
APA PsycNet, June 2002 The past 30 yrs have seen widespread proliferation of prevention and positive youth development (PYD) programs. More recently, the field has witnessed a greater focus on evaluation of programs emphasizing PYD, the subject of the present study....
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide
National Institute on Drug Abuse, January 2014 Evidence-Based Approaches to Treating Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: Research evidence supports the effectiveness of various substance abuse treatment approaches for adolescents. Examples of specific evidence-based...
PsychArmor Institute Courses (Free Online Courses)
PsychArmor, 2016 Institute hosts over 100 free online courses on how to effectively work with, live with, or care for veterans! PsychArmor has over 50 new free online courses in production spanning each of its schools: Military Culture, Healthcare Providers,...