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Join Together Convenes a Meeting on Keeping Kids Healthy and Produces a Report on Screening and Brief Interventions for Risky Drinking and Drug Taking
August 27, 2009 | Program Results Report
Join Together developed lessons and recommendations from RWJF child and adolescent-focused initiatives to keep children safe, healthy and addiction free and prepared and distributed a report on screening and brief interventions for risky drinking and drug taking.
The Catholic Social Services Outreach Project
January 1, 2009 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Digby Diehl, a freelance writer and frequent Anthology contributor, chronicles the work of Catholic Social Services to bring mental health and substance abuse counseling to the Lakota Sioux living on or near reservations in rural South Dakota. Like many of the up-close-and-personal stories featured in the Anthology, this project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Local Initiative Funding Partners program.
Alcohol Use Trajectories Among Adults in an Urban Area After a Disaster
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study shows the adverse effects of alcohol consumption with ongoing exposure to traumatic events and stressful circumstances for a group of New York residents over a three-year period.
The Faces & Voices of Recovery Campaign Raises Awareness About Recovery from the Disease of Alcohol and Drug Addiction
July 31, 2009 | Program Results Report
Faces & Voices of Recovery expanded the capacity of people in recovery to advocate for better understanding of addiction and recovery through a grassroots campaign, promoted access to treatment options, and informed coverage under health care reform.
2001 Campaign Educates the Public about Mental Illness and Associated Addictions
March 25, 2003 | Program Results Report
The American Association for World Health developed materials, collaborations and educational programs as part of a yearlong World Health Day campaign launched on April 6, 2001.
Papers Commissioned to Inform 2008 Conference on Developing a Mental Health Research Agenda
February 28, 2008 | Program Results Report
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network on Mental Health Policy Research commissioned a series of working papers to stimulate agenda building and encourage future funding of mental health research.
Resources for Recovery: State Practices that Expand Treatment Opportunities
July 27, 2007 | Program Results Report
Resources for Recovery: State Practices that Expand Treatment Opportunities was designed to help states expand their substance abuse treatment systems through more efficient use of existing resources and funding streams.
Life Interrupted: The Particular Needs of the Mentally Ill in Managed Care
June 30, 1998 | Program Results Report
During 1996 and 1997, staff at the Treatment Research Institute conducted a literature review of research on managed behavioral health care for the treatment of substance abuse and mental illness.
The Effects of US State Income Inequality and Alcohol Policies on Symptoms of Depression and Alcohol Dependence
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
This study assessed the contextual effect of state income inequality on symptoms of depression and alcohol dependence at a group level, controlling for state-level and individual characteristics.
Alabama Helps Addicted Adolescents Recover from Substance Abuse with Continuing Care
November 22, 2011 | Program Results Report
Alabama was one of 12 states participating in Advancing Recovery: State and Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Treatment. The state joined with three adolescent service providers to implement continuing care as their evidence-based practice.