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Empowering Wellness in Mental Health: Helping People with their Lifestyle Changes
Empowering Wellness in Mental Health: Helping People with their Lifestyle Changes
Making lifestyle changes is hard for most people, but for those living with serious mental health conditions and taking antipsychotic medications, the risks of not living a healthy lifestyle are far greater. This group is at greater
risk of developing obesity and related health conditions like diabetes which contribute to substantial cardiovascular health disparities. This can result in an average life expectancy that is 20+ years shorter than the general population.
But there are proven things you can do to help people start and sustain healthy changes that can combat these risks.
This 1-hour self-paced course will review the specific risks to this group and explain proven approaches to lifestyle changes. You will learn evidence-based skills and key components to help people identify and work towards their goals. The course will describe effective strategies, motivational techniques and point to additional resources so you can learn more.
Developed by the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Certificate of Completion Available
Providers’ Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies
Providers’ Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies
Providers’ Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies is a 3-hour course that provides information on opioids for pain treatment in persons with addiction, special consideration for pain medication use with adolescents, and prescription opioid addiction and chronic pain in older adults.
This course was developed by the Providers’ Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies (PCSS-O) funded by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by Providers’ Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies (grant no. 5H79TI023439) from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
3.0 hours Continuing Education Credit Available
NAADAC
STRIDE Group Facilitator Training
STRIDE Group Facilitator Training
This 5-hour, self-paced course is the STRIDE Group Facilitator Training, a follow up to the popular Empowering Wellness in Mental Health: Helping People with their Lifestyle Changes, which outlines the principles and evidence behind the STRIDE Program, developed by Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research.
What makes this course unique is that it was developed specifically for people living with mental illness, taking anti-psychotic medications to help reduce the cardiovascular risks often experienced by this population.
Learn with the developers of the STRIDE Program to explore and understand the Group program curriculum.
The University of Washington is an approved provider of continuing education for DOH licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, psychologists, chemical dependency professionals, nurses and physicians under the provisions of: WAC 246-809-610, WAC 246-809-620,WAC 246-811-200, WAC 246-840-210, WAC 246-919-460 and WAC 246-924-240.
This online course was created by the Northwest Region 10 Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Certificate of Completion Available
Substance Use Interventions for Adolescents and Transitional Age Youth
Substance Use Interventions for Adolescents and Transitional Age Youth
In this 1 hour webinar, participants will learn an approach to conduct proper screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment for young adults (ages 18-25) at risk for substance use disorders. They will then hear about key behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for youth with substance use disorders including motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, contingency management and medications for alcohol and opioid use disorders. The webinar will conclude with a discussion on the essential role of families and communities in supporting young adults with substance use disorder including a description of the community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT) approach.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the steps involved in conducting screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT);
- Review key behavioral and medication treatment for young adults with substance use disorders; and
- Discuss the role of family and community support in caring for young adults with substance use disorders.
The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) is partnering with NORC, at the University of Chicago and the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA) to bring a series of virtual events examining special topics for working with adolescents and transitional age youth that relate to substance use and mental health conditions.
Certificate of Completion Available
Supporting Recovery with Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT)
Supporting Recovery with Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT)
This 2.5 hour self-paced course provides an overview of Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) and discusses how MAT fits into the context of the larger substance use disorder treatment system. It includes information on the scale of the alcohol and opioid problem in the U.S. as well as how alcohol and opioids work in the body and brain.
The overall purpose of this course is to enhance your professional knowledge of MAT and increase your confidence to engage and educate patients about MAT.
This course was developed by the NIDA/SAMHSA-ATTC Medication-Assisted Treatment Blending Team.
Certificate of Completion Available
2.5 hours Continuing Education Available
NAADAC, NASW, CNE