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Highlights of the 2009 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) Findings on Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits
"This issue of The DAWN [Drug Abuse Warning Network] Report presents highlights of national estimates of drug-related visits to hospital EDs [emergency department] for 2009, with trends from 2004 to 2009. The findings in this report, including significance tests, are drawn from the DAWN 2009 ED trend tables"
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2010-12-28
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Results from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Volume I. Summary of National Findings
"The National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH) is the Nation's primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of substance use and abuse in the general U.S. population, ages 12 years and older. Conducted each year by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), NSDUH is a scientific survey of approximately 67,500 people throughout the country. Results of the survey are published during Recovery Month in September. The 2009 survey found that current illicit drug use in America increased between 2008 and 2009 -- with 8.7% of the population aged 12 years and older using illicit drugs in 2009 compared to 8.0% in 2008. This was primarily driven by increases in marijuana use, which rose by 8 percent between 2008 and 2009. In addition, use of MDMA/ecstasy, methamphetamine, and misuse of prescription drugs increased between 2008 and 2009. While these increases are concerning, they are not unexpected. Data from the last two years have shown that young people's attitudes about drugs and their risks -- particularly marijuana -- were softening. The survey did include positive findings such as a 21% reduction in cocaine use since 2007. The data also found that parents are the best messengers to their kids about drug use. Past month use of illicit drugs, cigarettes and alcohol was lower among people aged 12 to 17 years who reported that their parents 'always' or 'sometimes' engaged in monitoring behaviors compared to people of the same age whose parents 'seldom' or 'never' engaged in such behaviors."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2010-09
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Deployment Supports for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders [video]
From the DTAC [Disaster Technical Assistance Center] Education and Training webpage description: "The goal of the Deployment Supports for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders (27:18) (link is external) podcast is to prepare DBH [Disaster Behavioral Health] responders and their family members for deployment by reviewing pre- and post-deployment guidelines and ways to prepare oneself and one's family members for the stress of deployment and reintegration into regular work and family life. [...] The featured speaker is April Naturale, Ph.D., of SAMHSA's Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC). Dr. Naturale is a traumatic stress specialist with a 25-year history in health/mental health administration. She directed New York's disaster mental health response following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and spent several years in the Gulf Coast after the large-scale hurricanes that devastated the area. DTAC encourages participation of behavioral health, public health, and other professionals involved in emergency management/disaster response. Feedback is welcome."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Intermediate and Long-Term Behavioral Health Effects of Hurricane Katrina
"In this third issue of the 'Research Bulletin,' we review five articles about the intermediate and long-term negative mental health and substance misuse trends in survivors of Hurricane Katrina to seek an understanding of the lasting impact of large-scale disasters. Our analysis looks at the positive effects of using coping skills and highlights the need to plan better in an effort to mitigate distress and attend to survivors who are displaced or evacuated from their communities and ultimately separated from their social supports as a result of a disaster."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2013-08
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DTAC Supplemental Research Bulletin: Stronger Together: An In-Depth Look at selected Community-Level Approaches to Disaster Behavioral Health
"This issue of the Supplemental Research Bulletin focuses on selected programs and approaches that can be used to help whole communities fare better during and after disasters in terms of behavioral health (mental health and substance use issues). The issue covers resilience-based approaches begun prior to a disaster; the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP); and Psychological Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (PsySTART)."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2016-08
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Training Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters, Second Edition
"The Crisis Counseling Program provides supplemental funding to States for short-term crisis counseling services to victims of Presidentially declared disasters. The Crisis Counseling Program includes a training component for direct service staff and other disaster service workers to ensure that appropriate services are provided to the community. Published in 1978, this training manual was the first publication to originate from the program. The primary purpose of this edition is to provide an overview of substantive concepts to assist mental health administrators, planners, and trainers in developing the training component of crisis counseling projects. [...] This manual introduces the trainer to the Crisis Counseling Program model, the scope and limits of the program, and elements required for effective service design and delivery. The manual details specific guidelines on how disasters affect children, adults, and older adults, the importance of tailoring the program to fit the community, descriptions of effective disaster mental health intervention, and strategies for preventing and managing worker stress. It also includes a comprehensive training course (Section 6) with eleven different activities which can be modified to the phase of the disaster response and tailored to current and anticipated needs of the community and program staff."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
DeWolfe, Deborah J. (Deborah Jane), 1949-
2000
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Behind the Term: Serious Mental Illness
"The terms chronic mental illness, serious mental illness, serious and persistent mental illness, severe and persistent mental illness, and severe mental illness are often used interchangeably; however, the most current terms used to refer to mental disorders requiring routine management are 'serious mental illness' and 'severe and persistent mental illness'. The terms 'serious and persistent mental illness' and 'seriously and persistently mentally ill' evolved from the term 'chronically mentally ill'. However, with recognition that not all forms of serious mental illness are chronic and that persons diagnosed with a serious mental illness can be responsive to treatment, services, and recovery supports, 'chronic' and 'persistent' have been dropped from the federal definition and 'mentally ill' has been replaced by person-first language (i.e., persons with serious mental illness)."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2016
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'Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse': Understanding Who Is at Risk
"The nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) has become an increasing public health concern in the United States, with abuse rates rising rapidly since the late 1990s. Yet preventing and reducing prescription drug misuse represents a major challenge for several reasons. First, we know less about the factors that contribute to NMUPD than about those that contribute to other drug use. Also, because of how prescription drugs are made available, these factors may differ from those that are associated with alcohol misuse and illicit drug use. This tool provides a starting point for understanding those factors that the research literature has identified as being associated with NMUPD and its consequences. Understanding these factors can help us assess, plan for, and select interventions designed to address them. The factors included in this tool have been organized according to the socio-ecological model, a multi-level framework that allows us to consider the different contexts in which risk and protective factors exist. This model considers the different contexts and settings with which a person interacts and is based on the premise that we are influenced not only by traits specific to us or what we think and believe, but by our relationships with others, the institutions and communities to which we belong, and the broader society in which those institutions are embedded."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2016-05
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'Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse': Programs and Strategies
"The nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) has become an increasing public health concern in the United States, with abuse rates rising rapidly since the late 1990s. Yet preventing and reducing prescription drug misuse represents a major challenge for states and communities, as prescription drugs offer important health benefits, in addition to presenting risks. Prevention strategies, therefore, are often more restrained and less known than those targeting alcohol and illicit drug use; and involve key intermediaries different from those who supply alcohol and other drugs. Moreover, because NMUPD prevention is a relatively new field, few strategies have been subjected to evaluation. This document provides brief summaries of substance abuse prevention strategies and associated programs that have been evaluated to determine their effects on NMUPD. It should be considered a resource for state and community prevention practitioners seeking information on interventions to reduce NMUPD."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2016-05
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'Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse': Overview of Factors and Strategies
"The nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) has become an increasing public health concern in the United States, with abuse rates rising rapidly since the late 1990s. Yet preventing and reducing prescription drug misuse represents a major challenge for several reasons. First, we know less about the factors that contribute to NMUPD than about those that contribute to other drug use. Also, because of how prescription drugs are made available, these factors may differ from those that are associated with alcohol misuse and illicit drug use. Another major challenge is the fact that prescription drugs offer important health benefits, in addition to presenting risks. Prevention strategies, therefore, are often more restrained and less known than those targeting alcohol and illicit drug use; and involve key intermediaries different from those who supply alcohol and other drugs. Moreover, because NMUPD prevention is a relatively new field, few strategies have been subjected to evaluation. Building on past and current work at the state and local level, SAMHSA's [Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration] Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) has developed two decision-support tools that highlight factors and strategies associated NMUPD."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2016
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) [website]
"The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities." SAMHSA's efforts to prevent and reduce the impact of mental illness and substance use in America's communities cover many areas relevant to homeland security, including: Criminal and Juvenile Justice; Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery; Trauma and Violence; Veterans and Military Families; and more.
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Mental Health Aspects of Terrorism
"Mental Health Aspects of Terrorism describes typical reactions to terrorist events and provides suggestions for coping and helping others." Subject headings in this article include: typical reactions, how one can help, do say, don't say, and when to refer for mental health services. This listing is primarily inclined toward adult reactions to terrorist events.
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2002-11
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Disaster Counseling
"Disaster Counseling provides suggestions for disaster counselors on establishing rapport and active listening." Section headings in this article include: disaster counseling skills, establishing rapport, active listening, and do's and don't's.
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Heroin: Changes In How It Is Used: 1995-2005
"The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) estimates that 379,000 Americans aged 12 or older used heroin in 2005, including 108,000 who used the drug for the first time. Routes of administration for heroin include inhalation, injection, smoking, and other means such as oral ingestion. Prior DASIS reports indicated increased inhalation among primary heroin admissions to substance abuse treatment during the 1990s, but also suggested that users may have progressed from inhalation to injection during that time. Similarly, this report shows a trend toward inhalation versus injection, although the proportion of users who inhaled the drug has been fairly stable since 2001, at about one third. Trends in heroin treatment admissions can be monitored with the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), an annual compilation of data on the demographic characteristics and substance abuse problems of those admitted to substance abuse treatment, primarily at facilities that receive some public funding. TEDS records represent admissions rather than individuals, as a person may be admitted to treatment more than once during a single year. This report compares trends in primary heroin inhalation and injection admissions between 1995 and 2005."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2007-04-26
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Psychosocial Issues for Older Adults in Disasters
"The development of this publication reflects a new and important partnership between the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and The National Council on the Aging (NCOA), in bringing an important resource to communities to improve crisis counseling services to older adults following disaster. Since its founding in 1950, NCOA has sounded two fundamental themes: first, we must recognize that new needs take shape as older populations continue their dramatic rise in numbers and years; second, we must recognize that the longevity revolution makes it essential that we tap the vitality and strengths of our older generations for the good of aging individuals and for our entire society. Response to disaster raises similar themes. We must acknowledge that certain vulnerabilities exist among many elders and that these vulnerabilities are likely to intensify at times of disaster and during the often lengthy recovery process. Since 1974, CMHS, and its predecessor agency, the National Institute of Mental Health, has administered the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program, in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which provides supplemental funding to States for short-term crisis counseling services to victims of Presidentially declared disasters. The types of crisis counseling services provided under the program include outreach, education, community networking and consultation, public information and referral, and individual and group counseling. Tailoring these services, with specialized disaster mental health interventions and strategies, to meet the needs of special populations such as the older population is the primary focus of the Crisis Counseling Program."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Oriol, William
1999
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SAMHSA News: Winter 2012
This Winter 2012 issue of SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) News includes the following articles: "View from the Administrator," "Health Information Technology: What it means for you," SAMHSA Enhances Health Information Technology Efforts," Using Social Media to Save Lives," Study Finds One-in-Five American Adults with Mental Illness," SAMHSA's Prevention Day 2012," and "In Brief."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2012
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Tips for Talking With and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event: A Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers
"Children and youth can face emotional strains after a traumatic event such as a car crash or violence. Disasters also may leave them with long-lasting harmful effects. When children experience a trauma, watch it on TV, or overhear others discussing it, they can feel scared, confused, or anxious. Young people react to trauma differently than adults. Some may react right away; others may show signs that they are having a difficult time much later. As such, adults do not always know when a child needs help coping. This tip sheet will help parents, caregivers, and teachers learn some common reactions, respond in a helpful way, and know when to seek support."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2007-04
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Psychological First Aid for First Responders: Tips for Emergency and Disaster Response Workers
"When you work with people during and after a disaster, you are working with people who may be having reactions of confusion, fear, hopelessness, sleeplessness, anxiety, grief, shock, guilt, shame, and loss of confidence in themselves and others. Your early contacts with them can help alleviate their painful emotions and promote hope and healing. Your goal in providing this psychological first aid is to promote an environment of safety, calm, connectedness, self-efficacy, empowerment, and hope."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Deployment Supports for DBH Responders [transcript]
"This podcast is intended to assist DBH [Disaster Behavioral Health] responders and their family members by reviewing pre- and post-deployment guidelines and ways to prepare oneself and family members for the stress of deployment and reintegration into the family. Our purpose today is to increase awareness of the unique issues disaster behavior health responders face, especially with numerous or long-term assignments; to provide pre-deployment guidelines to assist disaster behavioral health responders as they prepare for numerous response assignments; to provide suggestions for preparing family members of responders being deployed; and to provide guidelines for post-deployment and reintegration with the family members and routine employment."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2012-08
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Deployment Supports for DBH Responders [presentation]
From the podcast transcript: "This podcast is intended to assist DBH [Disaster Behavioral Health] responders and their family members by reviewing pre- and post-deployment guidelines and ways to prepare oneself and family members for the stress of deployment and reintegration into the family. Our purpose today is to increase awareness of the unique issues disaster behavior health responders face, especially with numerous or long-term assignments; to provide pre-deployment guidelines to assist disaster behavioral health responders as they prepare for numerous response assignments; to provide suggestions for preparing family members of responders being deployed; and to provide guidelines for post-deployment and reintegration with the family members and routine employment."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Naturale, April; Liu, Julie; McGee, Lori
2012-08
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Deployment Supports for DBH Responders [video]
From the video transcript: "This podcast is intended to assist DBH [Disaster Behavioral Health] responders and their family members by reviewing pre- and post-deployment guidelines and ways to prepare oneself and family members for the stress of deployment and reintegration into the family. Our purpose today is to increase awareness of the unique issues disaster behavior health responders face, especially with numerous or long-term assignments; to provide pre-deployment guidelines to assist disaster behavioral health responders as they prepare for numerous response assignments; to provide suggestions for preparing family members of responders being deployed; and to provide guidelines for post-deployment and reintegration with the family members and routine employment."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2012-08-01
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Cultural Awareness: Children and Youth in Disasters [transcript]
"This podcast is to assist disaster responders in providing culturally aware and appropriate disaster behavioral health services for children and families impacted by natural and human-caused disasters. By the end of this podcast, we hope that you will be able to define cultural awareness in reference to working with children in disaster services, understand the importance of cultural awareness in disaster services, identify common reactions of children to disaster and trauma, present helpful approaches to working with children impacted by a disaster. As an overview we'll discuss the culture, the major barriers, overcoming barriers, how to reach children, children's reactions both for young and older children or youth, how to interact with children and youth during a disaster response, and frequently asked questions."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2012-08
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Cultural Awareness: Children and Youth in Disasters [presentation]
From the podcast transcript: "This podcast is to assist disaster responders in providing culturally aware and appropriate disaster behavioral health services for children and families impacted by natural and human-caused disasters. By the end of this podcast, we hope that you will be able to define cultural awareness in reference to working with children in disaster services, understand the importance of cultural awareness in disaster services, identify common reactions of children to disaster and trauma, present helpful approaches to working with children impacted by a disaster. As an overview we'll discuss the culture, the major barriers, overcoming barriers, how to reach children, children's reactions both for young and older children or youth, how to interact with children and youth during a disaster response, and frequently asked questions."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Jones, Russell T., 1950-; Naturale, April
2012-08-01
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Cultural Awareness: Children and Youth in Disasters [video]
From the video transcript: "This podcast is to assist disaster responders in providing culturally aware and appropriate disaster behavioral health services for children and families impacted by natural and human-caused disasters. By the end of this podcast, we hope that you will be able to define cultural awareness in reference to working with children in disaster services, understand the importance of cultural awareness in disaster services, identify common reactions of children to disaster and trauma, present helpful approaches to working with children impacted by a disaster. As an overview we'll discuss the culture, the major barriers, overcoming barriers, how to reach children, children's reactions both for young and older children or youth, how to interact with children and youth during a disaster response, and frequently asked questions."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2012-08-01
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Introduction to Disaster Behavioral Health Webinar [transcript]
"The goal of today's webinar is to address mental health, substance abuse, and stress management needs of people who have been exposed to human-caused, natural, or technological disasters. We will begin with Dr. April Naturale who will provide an introduction to disaster behavioral health and its importance to disaster preparedness and response. We will then move on to Dr. Curt Drennen who will provide basic strategies for supporting the disaster behavioral needs of survivors. We will end with Mr. Anthony Barone who will discuss his experiences and lessons learned from applying disaster behavioral health concepts to disaster response. Following each presentation our guest speakers will respond to questions. The learned objectives of today's webinar are to provide a basic overview of core disaster behavioral health concepts, information on basic actions disaster response personnel can incorporate in their interactions with disaster survivors without the need for extensive training, and information on recognizing severe reactions to disasters and how to make a referral for a behavioral health assessment."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2011-07-14
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Introduction to Disaster Behavioral Health Webinar [presentation]
From the presentation transcript: "The goal of today's webinar is to address mental health, substance abuse, and stress management needs of people who have been exposed to human-caused, natural, or technological disasters. We will begin with Dr. April Naturale who will provide an introduction to disaster behavioral health and its importance to disaster preparedness and response. We will then move on to Dr. Curt Drennen who will provide basic strategies for supporting the disaster behavioral needs of survivors. We will end with Mr. Anthony Barone who will discuss his experiences and lessons learned from applying disaster behavioral health concepts to disaster response. Following each presentation our guest speakers will respond to questions. The learned objectives of today's webinar are to provide a basic overview of core disaster behavioral health concepts, information on basic actions disaster response personnel can incorporate in their interactions with disaster survivors without the need for extensive training, and information on recognizing severe reactions to disasters and how to make a referral for a behavioral health assessment."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Mack, Amy; Drennen, Curt; Naturale, April
2011-07-14
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Introduction to Disaster Behavioral Health Webinar [video]
From the presentation transcript: "The goal of today's webinar is to address mental health, substance abuse, and stress management needs of people who have been exposed to human-caused, natural, or technological disasters. We will begin with Dr. April Naturale who will provide an introduction to disaster behavioral health and its importance to disaster preparedness and response. We will then move on to Dr. Curt Drennen who will provide basic strategies for supporting the disaster behavioral needs of survivors. We will end with Mr. Anthony Barone who will discuss his experiences and lessons learned from applying disaster behavioral health concepts to disaster response. Following each presentation our guest speakers will respond to questions. The learned objectives of today's webinar are to provide a basic overview of core disaster behavioral health concepts, information on basic actions disaster response personnel can incorporate in their interactions with disaster survivors without the need for extensive training, and information on recognizing severe reactions to disasters and how to make a referral for a behavioral health assessment."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Mack, Amy; Naturale, April; Drennen, Curt
2011-07-14
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Self-Care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders [transcript]
This presentation discusses self-care for disaster behavioral health (DBH) responders. From the transcript: "We'll be talking about how the work that we do puts us at risk for unique experiences of stress and what those symptoms might look like for us. Then we'll address the personal, professional, and supervisory skills that we can develop to help mitigate the negative effects of our work stress. Our goals today are to define a disaster behavioral health responder audience, to define stressors specific to disaster behavioral health responders, including secondary traumatic stress, to provide best practices in self-care for DBH responders, to provide tools that can be used to promote self-care and assist in self-assessment, and to address the supports that can be provided by supervisors and management structures. We will be going over the goals as I have just done: definitions, the physiology of stress, risk factors of stress, symptoms of stress and secondary traumatic stress, self-care skills, personal, professional, and supervisory, self-assessment, and frequently asked questions."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2012-04
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Self-Care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders [presentation]
This presentation discusses self-care for disaster behavioral health (DBH) responders. From the transcript: "We'll be talking about how the work that we do puts us at risk for unique experiences of stress and what those symptoms might look like for us. Then we'll address the personal, professional, and supervisory skills that we can develop to help mitigate the negative effects of our work stress. Our goals today are to define a disaster behavioral health responder audience, to define stressors specific to disaster behavioral health responders, including secondary traumatic stress, to provide best practices in self-care for DBH responders, to provide tools that can be used to promote self-care and assist in self-assessment, and to address the supports that can be provided by supervisors and management structures. We will be going over the goals as I have just done: definitions, the physiology of stress, risk factors of stress, symptoms of stress and secondary traumatic stress, self-care skills, personal, professional, and supervisory, self-assessment, and frequently asked questions."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
David, Jeannette; Naturale, April
2012-04-23
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Self-Care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders [video]
This presentation discusses self-care for disaster behavioral health (DBH) responders. From the transcript: "We'll be talking about how the work that we do puts us at risk for unique experiences of stress and what those symptoms might look like for us. Then we'll address the personal, professional, and supervisory skills that we can develop to help mitigate the negative effects of our work stress. Our goals today are to define a disaster behavioral health responder audience, to define stressors specific to disaster behavioral health responders, including secondary traumatic stress, to provide best practices in self-care for DBH responders, to provide tools that can be used to promote self-care and assist in self-assessment, and to address the supports that can be provided by supervisors and management structures. We will be going over the goals as I have just done: definitions, the physiology of stress, risk factors of stress, symptoms of stress and secondary traumatic stress, self-care skills, personal, professional, and supervisory, self-assessment, and frequently asked questions."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2012-04-23
