Application deadline: February 10, 2021 SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation, ...
Criminal justice
rssQ&A with Judge Rhathelia Stroud
The Misdemeanor Mental Health Court (MMHC), formerly the Diversion Treatment Court, is the longest-running ...
Dr. Lisa Callahan Wins American Psychiatric Association’s Guttmacher Award
Dr. Lisa Callahan, co-awardee of the 2021 Manfred S. Guttmacher award PRA ...
My Teammates Are Peers
I have been working at the intersection of behavioral health and the justice system ...
Realizing the Cost Savings and Public-Health Benefits of Medication-Assisted Treatment in Jails and Prisons
Marc Stern, M.D., M.P.H., understands why there might be resistance to treating people for ...
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Invites Communities to Apply for Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) Workshops
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center is currently soliciting applications from jurisdictions interested in Sequential Intercept Model Mapping Workshops (SIM Workshops). SIM Workshops are designed to bring together a local, cross-system, multidisciplinary group ...
SAMHSA’S GAINS Center Seeks Communities to Develop Trauma-Informed Training Capacity
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation, operated by Policy Research Associates, ...
Utilizing Telehealth to Expand Access to Addiction Treatment
There is an ever-growing movement towards expanding telehealth resources to provide a variety of ...
Certified Peer Specialists in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
By Lynn A. Patrone, MHE, Forensic Mental Health Advocate, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections The ...
Ohio-Based Research Indicates Sequential Intercept Model Mapping Workshops Enhance Communication among Participants
Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) Mapping Workshops are a dynamic, community-wide process designed to address the overrepresentation of people with mental ...
Providing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment to Patients in Custody
“Effective treatment for opioid use disorders reduces mortality, recidivism, and the cost of health care, ...
Naloxone and First Responders
By Michelle Cleary, M.A., Senior Program Associate II, Advocates for Human Potential In the ...










