Advancing Early Diversion Summer Series July 12, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center Join SAMHSA’s GAINS Center this summer for the Advancing Early Diversion Summer Series! This four-session webinar event will explore practical strategies to implement an early diversion program in your community, with a focus on collaboration. In each of these webinars, you will hear from national experts and local jurisdictional representatives. The presenters will provide guidance… Read More
Strategies for Successful Supported Employment Summer Series July 12, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center Join SAMHSA’s GAINS Center this summer and attend the Strategies for Successful Supported Employment Summer Series! This series will be composed of four webinars and four discussion groups held in July and August 2019. The series will explore the need for supported employment, supported employment success stories, financing programs, and overcoming barriers to implementation. In… Read More
Celebrating Pride while Still Advocating for Justice June 20, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center By Kevin L. Nadal, Ph.D., City University of New York Every June, people across the United States and in many parts of the world recognize Pride Month—a month devoted to celebrating the history and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. In 2019, Pride Month is especially remarkable, as it marks the… Read More
Mental Health of Lawyers June 20, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center By Jennifer K. Johnson, JD, Principal, J.K. Johnson Advisors, LLC. “To be a good lawyer, one has to be a healthy lawyer. Sadly, our profession is falling short when it comes to well-being.” National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, 2017[1] According to the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, the legal profession is at a… Read More
ARDRAW Announces Third Research Cohort June 20, 2019 | Announcements | Holley Davis The third, and largest cohort of student researchers in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Analyzing the Relationship between Disability, Rehabilitation, and Work (ARDRAW) Small Grant Program has been selected. SSA’s ARDRAW Small Grant Program is a 1-year $10,000 stipend program awarded to graduate-level students to conduct supervised independent research designed to foster new analysis of… Read More
Q&A With Navdeep Kang, PsyD June 19, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center Health Service Psychologist, Certified Group Psychotherapist | Operations Director, Behavioral Health Services, Mercy Health Q: You have received recognition for the collaborative approach you have taken in leading a regional response to the opioid epidemic in Cincinnati. What are some of the key components of this approach, and can you share any information about its… Read More
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center at the 2019 NADCP Conference June 19, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center The National Association of Drug Court Professionals’ (NADCP) RISE19 Conference will be held in National Harbor, Maryland, July 14 to 17, 2019. SAMHSA’s GAINS Center is organizing 5 panels and a 3-hour pre-conference workshop session for RISE19. The pre-conference workshop will explore trauma-informed responses among judges and other court professionals. The panel sessions will explore… Read More
Reducing the Duration of Untreated Psychosis: Roles for Intercept 4 and 5 of the Sequential Intercept Model May 21, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center Leah Pope, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Vera Institute of Justice David Shern, PhD, Senior Public Health Advisor, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors The National Institute of Mental Health Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) project demonstrated the effectiveness of coordinated specialty care (CSC) programs for serving persons with a first episode… Read More
Q&A With Kevin Garrett, Peer Policy Fellow, Texas Jail Project May 21, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center Q: You bring to the table the perspectives of being a lawyer and someone who has experienced incarceration, homelessness, and substance use. How do you leverage these experiences in your mental health and criminal justice policy work? Henry Ford once said, “Experience is the thing of supreme value.” This remark has been a guiding principle… Read More
Stigma Regarding Mental Illness Among People of Color May 21, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center Victor Ray Armstrong, MSW, Vice President-Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Charlotte, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina One of the remaining taboos in many communities of color is the stigma around mental illness. Whether it’s depression or anxiety (or, the worst-case scenario, suicide), there is a longstanding belief in these communities that such concerns are taboo, and… Read More
Navigating the Healthcare Coverage and SSA Disability Benefits Systems While Incarcerated and Upon Release April 25, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center Julie McLafferty, MA | Project Assistant, Policy Research Associates, Inc. Whether working inside a correctional facility or coordinating a transition for an individual on release, understanding the basics around benefits is the first step to ensuring continuity of care for individuals with a serious mental illness or medical impairment. Intentional discharge planning from incarceration back… Read More
Q&A with Kevin L. Nadal, PhD April 24, 2019 | Announcements | SAMHSA's GAINS Center Professor of Psychology | John Jay College of Criminal Justice – City University of New York | The Graduate Center – City University of New York | www.kevinnadal.com Q: A lot of your work focuses on the mental health of individuals from marginalized groups, including people of color and LGBTQ people. What is a key finding… Read More
