Behavioral Health Resources
Welcome to the CHAMPS Behavioral Health Resources webpage. CHAMPS developed this online resource to support Region VIII health centers in providing quality, integrated behavioral health care in the primary care setting.
Please click or scroll down for:
Articles and Reports
Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines
Patient Education
Provider Education
Other Online Resources
ARTICLES AND REPORTS
American Academy of
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Guide
to Building Collaborative Mental Health Care Partnerships in Pediatric Primary
Care
Outlines core components of collaborative mental health care partnerships in
the primary care setting and steps to implementing effective partnerships (June
2010)
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
Adverse
Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study Publications
Collection of journal articles, from 2002 to 2007, following
up on the ACE study (performed in 1995-1997 with more than 17,000 participants),
measuring cumulative traumatic stress during childhood and relating the scores
to increased probabilities of acquiring various chronic illnesses including
mental health conditions
Center for Rural
Health, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences,
Jacqueline S. Gray, Ph.D.
Rural
Mental Health Research White Paper for National Institute of Mental Health
White paper examines current literature related to mental
health research in rural, frontier, and remote areas with recommendations for
future research addressing needs and disparities (September 2011)
Journal of Rural
Community Psychology
Current and Archived
Journal Issues
Peer-reviewed, scholarly journal published annually by Marshall University with
information related to the sociological, psychological and mental health issues
in rural and small community settings
National Association
of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
NACHC
2010 Assessment of Behavioral Health Services in Federally Qualified Health
Centers
Overview of health center behavioral health services including the level of
behavioral health integration and training needs to staff such services (January
2011)
National Association
of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
Morbidity
and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness
Thirteenth in a series of technical reports based on a
literature review, a series of work group calls, and a two-day meeting of
medical directors, commissioners, researchers and other technical experts (October
2006)
National Center for
Farmworker Health, Inc. (NCFH)
Mental
Health Resource Center
Collection of research articles on mental health issues of
migrant farmworkers including topics such as bipolar disorder, acculturative
stress, depression, and anxiety
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Journal
of Behavioral Health Services & Research
Quarterly publication featuring
applied services research, policy, and practical articles on the organization,
financing, delivery, and outcomes of mental health and addiction services
Building
Bridges to Support Military and Veteran Families: Healthcare Providers Resource
Guide
Reference guide designed to assist
medical and mental health providers with helping Service members, veterans, and
their families by providing guidelines, background information, support
services, and self-care guides (August 2009)
2011
Behavioral Health Salary Survey
Salary survey available for
purchase online provides information about the behavioral health workforce at a
time when healthcare delivery structures are rapidly evolving, behavioral
health job responsibilities are becoming more complex, and competition for
employees is intensifying
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
2010
National Survey on Drug Use & Health
Results pertaining to SAMHSA 2010 National Survey on Drug
Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey of the U.S. civilian,
non-institutionalized population aged 12 years old and older
Mental Health, United States 2010
Data on the nations' mental health system across themes: people, treatment facilitiey characteristics, payers and payment mechanisms, state-level data, children, military personnel, and non-traditional service settings.
Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
Addressing
Suicide Potential and Prevention in Rural and Frontier Areas: Suicide
Prevention Toolkit for Rural Primary Care Providers
Report of a two-phase project including the statistical phase to identify rural
counties at high risk for suicide, and a second-phase to develop a Suicide
Prevention Toolkit for Rural Primary Care Providers (August 2009)
WomensHealth.gov,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health
Action
Steps for Improving Women’s Mental Health
Report on research, products, tools, and resources that explore the role that
gender plays in diagnosing, treating, and coping with mental illness, with specific
steps for policy-makers, providers, and researchers, to take to address women’s
mental health (May 2009)
EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL GUIDELINES
American Psychiatric
Association, PsychiatryOnline
Practice
Guidelines
Includes the following guidelines:
Acute Stress Disorder and
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (2009)
Alzheimer’s Disease and Other
Dementias (2007)
Bipolar Disorder (2002)
Borderline Personality Disorder
(2001)
Delirium (1999)
Eating Disorders (2006)
HIV/AIDS (2000)
Major Depressive Disorder (2010)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(2007)
Panic Disorder (2009)
Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults
(2006)
Schizophrenia (2004)
Substance Use Disorders (2006)
Suicidal Behaviors (2003)
HealthTeamWorks
Alcohol and
Substance Use
Guideline for
Alcohol and Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to
Treatment (SBIRT), plus Prescriptions Drug Abuse Prevention Supplement,
Pain Contract, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Supplement, and Strategies
for Implementing SBIRT in Clinical Practices (2011)
Depression
Depression
Guideline plus Depression Supplement, Treatment Tracking Log for Depression, and Pregnancy and
Postpartum Antidepressant Medication Chart (2011)
Adult Obesity
Adult Obesity Guideline plus Action
Plan in English and Spanish, and other resources including The Healthy Plate Method,
Cardiovascular Exercise and Training Intensity, and CDPHE Counseling Overweight and
Obesity Patients Video (2011)
Childhood
Obesity
Childhood Obesity Guideline plus
Healthy Lifestyle Screening Tool, Patient and Parenting Tips/Action Plan, Spanish
patient education materials, and provider tools (2010)
Institute for
Clinical Systems Improvement
Behavioral
Health Guidelines
Includes Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Primary
Care for School-Age Children/Adolescents (2010), and Depression, Major, in
Adults in Primary Care (2011)
Pediatrics®, Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Guidelines
for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC): II. Treatment and Ongoing
Management
GLAD-PC I and II intended to assist
primary care clinicians in the identification, assessment, initial management,
treatment and ongoing management of adolescents with depression (November 2007,
Vol. 120, No. 5)
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
National
Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
Searchable database of evidence-based interventions
searchable by age group, area of interest, setting, outcome category,
race/ethnicity, geographic location, gender, study design, implementation, and
keyword
PATIENT EDUCATION
American Psychiatric
Association (APA), Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.
Learn
More About…
Online fact sheets on 30 different mental health topics including
ADHD, addiction, anxiety, bipolar disorder, bullying, depression, domestic
violence, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder,
phobias, and more
EthnoMED
What
is Mental Illness Fact Sheet
Free downloadable fact sheet in English, Amharic, Oromo,
Somali, and Tigrinya
LinkingCare.org
Get the Facts
Twenty-seven fact sheets on
substance use and effects including alcohol, club drugs, depressants, inhalants, marijuana,
over-the-counter medications, pain relievers, tobacco, and more
Take the Screening
Two confidential self-tests to
assess substance use patterns that provide immediate feedback on how to interpret
results, health risks associated with level of use, and recommendations for how to address
risky use
Medline Plus
Mental
and Behavioral Health Topics
Online fact sheets on over two dozen topics including
Alzheimer’s Disease, antidepressants, autism, compulsive gambling, coping with
chronic illness, learning disorders, personality disorders, post-traumatic
stress disorder, and more
National Center for
Farmworker Health (NCFH)
Mental Health Patient
Education Materials
Collection of Spanish language resources on mental health
topics such as panic disorder, depression, teen mental health, and trauma
National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH)
Publications
Brochures, fact sheets, and booklets on various mental and
behavioral health topics available online, in print, and some in Spanish
Depression
Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorders
Bipolar
Disorder
Schizophrenia
WomensHealth.gov,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office on Women’s Health
Women’s
Mental Health: What it Means to You
Consumer booklet that addresses mental health stigma, provides information on
signs and symptoms of mental illness, and includes suggestions for support,
coping, and prevention
PROVIDER EDUCATION
CHAMPS
Click
here to find the following archived webcasts in the CHAMPS Distance
Learning Library:
Practical Approaches to Managing Your Overweight and Obese Patients, 11/16/2006
Promoting Successful Tobacco Cessation: Treatment Recommendations and Systems Changes for CHCs, 3/28/2007
Introduction to SBIRT Series Session 1 – How to Implement Screening, Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), 5/28/2008
Introduction to SBIRT Series Session 2 – Brief Intervention and Brief Therapy, 8/20/2008
Introduction to SBIRT Series Session 3 - New Clinical Guidelines for Alcohol and Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment, 10/7/2008
Lifestyle Modifications for Prevention and Management of Diabetes Mellitus, 4/15/2009
Bipolar Disorders vs. Borderline Personality Disorder, 3/1/2011
HealthTeamWorks
Motivational
Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) Brief Overview and three
videos (3-5 minutes each) providing MI techniques used in a patient care
setting, and other resources including MI self-assessment scales, questionnaire,
and sample MI questions and statements
Kaiser Permanente,
Northern California, Regional Health Education
Effective
Communication with Families
Tool to aid providers with communicating with parents and
children regarding weight management including brief focused advice on who to
communicate with and how, brief negotiation skills, assessment of readiness,
and closing the encounter
Mental Health First Aid USA
12-Hour Course Quick Start Guide
Face-to-face course that can be brought into health centers to introduce participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, help them understand the impact, and review common treatments
National Council for
Community Behavioral Healthcare
Upcoming
and Archived Webinars
Free live and archived webinars on various behavioral health
topics
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NMAssist:
Screening for Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drug Use
Web-based interactive tool that
guides clinicians through a short series of screening questions and generates a
substance involvement score that suggests the level of intervention needed
Resources
for Medical and Health Professionals
Screening tools, physician clinical support system, clinical curriculum, CME
program, reference charts and posters, patient handouts, fact sheets, and other
resources for clinical settings
Project Interface, an
Initiative of the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
Primary Care
Provider Tools
Scroll to the middle of the page to see tools including the
Developmental Screening Toolkit for PCPs, the Primary Care Behavioral Health
Toolkit, and a Guide for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Toolkit
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Professional
and Research Topics
Online library of publications on various professional
mental health topics including access to care, administration, costs, quality
improvement, cultural competency, drug use trends, ethics, insurance, process
improvement, service coordination, technology, and more
Suicide Prevention
Resource Center (SPRC)
Research
to Practice Webinars
Archived and upcoming webinars on multiple topics related to
suicide including, LGBT, behavioral health disorders, specific populations,
screening, substance abuse, and more
TeenScreen, National Center for Mental Health Checkups at Columbia University
TeenScreen Primary Care
Resources for primary care
providers including the TeenScreen Primary Care Screening Questionnaire Starter
Kit, research, news, updates, and free webinars to aid primary care providers with
incorporating routine adolescent mental health screenings into practice
Incorporating
Substance Abuse Screening Into Adolescent Office Visits: CRAFFT Questionnaire
The CRAFFT questionnaire,
reproduced with support of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, with
information on administering and scoring, interpreting results, engaging parents, and
coding and payment
The MacArthur
Initiative on Depression and Primary Care
Depression
Tool Kit
Intended to help primary care clinicians recognize and
manage depression, the toolkit includes diagnostic tools such as the PHQ-9,
patient education materials, clinical strategies, a medication guide, and other
evidenced-based materials
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
Healthcare and Behavioral Health
Stakeholders
Programs and initiatives for
behavioral health care professionals including training, population-specific behavioral
health support, professional student exchange program, rural behavioral health,
Western Regional Graduate Program, and more
Suicide
Prevention Toolkit
Developed in conjunction with the
Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the Montana Department of Public Health
& Human Services, the toolkit contains eight modules that address prevalence and
comorbidity, epidemiology, effective prevention strategies, suicide risk
assessment, and intervention
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry (AACAP)
www.aacap.org
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
www.psych.org
American
Psychological Association (APA)
www.apa.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), Mental Health
www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
www.cdc.gov/brfss
Center for Rural Health, University or
North Dakota School of Medicine, Mental Health
http://ruralhealth.und.edu/topics/14
National Association of State Mental
Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
www.nasmhpd.org
National Center for
Farmworker Health (NCFH)
www.ncfh.org
National Council for
Community Behavioral Healthcare
www.thenationalcouncil.org
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
www.drugabuse.gov
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
www.nimh.nih.gov
Project INTERFACE, an
Initiative of the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
www.projectinterface.org
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
www.samhsa.gov
SAMHSA-HRSA Center
for Integrated Health Solutions
www.integration.samhsa.gov
Suicide Prevention
Resource Center
www.sprc.org
The MacArthur Initiative
on Depression and Primary Care
www.depression-primarycare.org
TeenScreen National
Center for Mental Health Checkups at Columbia University
www.teenscreen.org
Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), Center for Rural
Mental Health Research
http://wiche.edu/wicheCenter
WICHE,
Mental Health Program
www.wiche.edu/mentalhealth
WomensHealth.gov,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office on Women’s Health, Mental
Health Resources
www.womenshealth.gov/mental-health
