Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, 2018 Use this chart to summarize your review of strategic planning processes. Key findings from this review, and from your review of prevention interventions, will help you set sound sustainability goals for your...
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Counting Lives Instead of Deaths: A Mother’s Story of Overdose, Loss, and Hope | The Partnership
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, August 2018 "My 20-year-old daughter Casey died of an accidental heroin overdose on January 15, 2017. She told me that if something were ever to happen to her, she’d want me to write an honest obituary about her struggles with...
Digital Health Practices, Social Media Use, and Mental Well-Being Among Teens and Young Adults in the U.S.
Hopelab, 2018 This report presents the first set of descriptive findings from a nationally representative, probability-based survey of more than 1,300 U.S. teens and young adults, ages 14 to 22, conducted in February and March 2018. This initial report focuses on two...
Trends in opioid use in commercially insured and Medicare Advantage populations in 2007-16: retrospective cohort study
The BMJ, August 2018 The objective of this peer-reviewed research is to describe trends in the rate and daily dose of opioids used among commercial and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries from 2007-2016.
Research Letter: Association of Cannabis Use With Adolescent Psychotic Symptoms
American Medical Association, June 2018 This research letter discusses cannabis use and adolescent psychotic symptoms.
Webinar: “Preventing Suicide: The Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s Effective Prevention Model”
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention, May 30, 2018 The goals of this webinar were to explain the importance of a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention, describe 3 key elements of effective prevention, identify how to use the SPRC’s website to...
Youth tobacco use drops during 2011-2017
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 7, 2018 Fewer U.S. middle and high school students are using tobacco products – but too many still do, according to a new survey published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and...
How to Manage Trauma
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, 2018 Trauma occurs when a person is overwhelmed by events or circumstances and responds with intense fear, horror, and helplessness. Extreme stress overwhelms the person’s capacity to cope. There is a direct...
Using Fear Messages and Scare Tactics in Substance Abuse Prevention Efforts
SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, 2015 Scare tactics—dramatized messaging designed to shock and frighten—were one of the earliest strategies employed to reduce substance use among youth. This strategy, often featuring horror stories,...
‘I Can’t Stop’: Schools Struggle With Vaping Explosion
The New York Times, April 2, 2018 This article published in the New York Times about vaping in schools mentions Cumberland High School.