Brown University School of Public Health, Center for Population Health and Clinical Epidemiology, State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW), November 2015, revised February 29, 2016 This is the State Epi Profile report. The purpose of this report is to identify...
Substance Abuse Prevention/Mental Health Promotion
Webinar: Community Benefit and Local Substance Use Prevention
Office of National Drug Control Policy, January 21, 2016 The Office of National Drug Control Policy examines how the new ACA Community Benefit provisions can support community level substance use prevention efforts. Learn more about the Community Benefit and how...
Media Messaging Efforts to Reduce Opioid Misuse and Abuse: Selected Examples from the Northeast
SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, February 27, 2016 Media, in its various forms, can be a powerful tool for conveying important public health messages. To help state-level prevention practitioners use media messaging to address the opioid...
Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood
National Institute on Drug, 2016 An online guide about interventions in early childhood that can help prevent drug use and other unhealthy behaviors was launched today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The guide...
Rhode Island Prevention Specialist Certification Exam Study Guide (2016)
The Rhode Island Prevention Resource Center (RIPRC), December 2015 The Rhode Island Prevention Certification Guide: A Study Guide for the Certification Exam is a resource sponsored by the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals...
Prevention Collaboration in Action: Stories of Success and Tools to Help You Get There
SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), FEbruary 10, 2016 On February 10, SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) delivered a virtual guided tour to SAMHSA substance use prevention and mental health services...
What is The College Life Study (CLS)?
University of Maryland The College Life Study (CLS) originally was funded in July 2003. We know that many students engage in risky behaviors during college, such as drinking heavily and using illicit drugs. Some people might consider these behaviors "rites of...
SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention TOOLKIT
SAMHSA Opioid overdose continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. It has contributed significantly to accidental deaths among those who use or misuse illicit and prescription opioids. In fact, U.S. overdose deaths involving prescription opioid...
MA Substance Abuse Education and Information Helpline
Health Resource in Action, 2016 Since 1997, HRiA has managed the MA Substance Abuse Education and Information Helpline on behalf of the MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services. The Helpline is a comprehensive call center and website that...
Effect of a “pill mill” law on opioid prescribing and utilization: The case of Texas
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2016 This study is one of the first to consider the effect of “pill mill” laws on opioid prescribing and use. “Pill mills” are pain management clinics whose providers prescribe large quantities of opioids and other controlled substances...