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November 20, 2007 | Program Results Report
Researchers at the Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest analyzed alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes that occurred in New Mexico between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 2000.
January 1, 2003 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology focuses on one city trying to address what seemed like an intractable problem. In the 1970s and 1980s, Gallup, N.M. had a frighteningly high rate of alcohol abuse, mostly because of heavy drinking among Native Americans coming to town from the surrounding reservations.
July 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
Northwest New Mexico Fighting Back worked to reduce the demand for alcohol and other drugs in San Juan, McKinley and Cibola counties, a 15,000 square mile region with a large Native American population.
April 16, 2010 | Program Results Report
In 2004, the State of New Mexico created the New Mexico Behavioral Health Collaborative to transform the way the state organized and financed substance abuse and mental health services.
November 10, 2009 | Program Results Report
The Technical Assistance Collaborative established and guided a "learning community" in which participants developed strategies to integrate funding for and improve access to mental health and substance abuse services in their states and counties.
July 23, 2009 | Story
William R. Miller, PhD, introduced "motivational interviewing" into the field of substance abuse treatment. It is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.
January 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
Investigators at the University of New Mexico (UNM) studied the effectiveness of the San Juan County DWI Facility to deter drunken driving in San Juan County, N.M.
January 1, 2002 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, best-selling author Digby Diehl tells the story of Recovery High in Albuquerque, N.M., an alternative school for substance-abusing adolescents.
February 8, 2007 | Program Results Report
In 2001, the New Mexico Community Foundation placed nurses in eight family service agencies to increase child immunization rates and refer families for tobacco and alcohol addiction treatment.