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SBIRT: Stopping Addiction Before It Starts
…deemed drug use a serious problem in their community; by 1995, 63 percent said it was a serious problem and an additional 31 percent called it a “crisis.” As have…
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Finding the Right Tools for the Job
…consumers according to their level of compliance with treatment and insight into their illness. Pilon & Ragins (2007) assert insight and compliance are poor indicators because both do not predict…
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Using Virtual Reality for Treatment and Prevention of Post-Traumatic Stress and Other Anxiety Disorders
…treatment in a non-randomized “standard of care” comparison. Other randomized controlled trials associated with Bravemind include comparing VR Exposure Therapy (VRET) with imaginal exposure therapy and investigating the additive value…
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Are Bridges Suicide Magnets? They Don’t Have to Be!
…me, the more significant fact is that 90 percent of them…were having an acute temporary crisis, they passed through it and, coming out the other side, they got on with…
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Principles for Promoting Inter-Group Relations Among Adolescents Through Group Work
…addition to advancing an understanding of cultural differences, reach for commonalties experienced among adolescents across cultures to encourage inter-group pathways for relating. For example, it is not uncommon for groups…
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Using Local Data to Reduce Suicide Death
…information that previously existed only in silo-ed systems. This information may come from, for example, the Medical Examiner, law enforcement, medical or other systems. The information is reviewed not to…
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Making Addiction Treatment More Realistic and Pragmatic: The Perfect Should Not Be the Enemy of the Good
…overdose fatalities. Neither of these measures increase drug use in communities that implement them, as critics often worry. Other harm-reduction modalities being studied include personal drug-testing equipment like fentanyl test…
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Countering Stigma – Speaking as if Our Words Matter
…problematic drugs and/or negative toxicology results as “clean,” versus someone who tests positive as “dirty,” or having “failed” the test, other words, and phrases ‑ especially those pertaining to addictive…
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Prevention Across the Lifespan: Substance Use Education and Screening Services for Older Adults
…one of the nation’s largest substance use disorder (SUD) systems of care and is committed to serving all people with equity, dignity, compassion, and respect – including older adults who…
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Substance Use and Treatment Services for the LGBTQ Community
…use the “Genderbread Person” or The Sexualitree” from the website: www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com. Also of importance is the creation of a Safe Space. A safe space is both visual and sensed. Visually,…
