From 2015 to 2018, Policy Research operated the Program to Achieve Wellness (PAW) on behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). PAW, a national program, was designed to operationalize SAMHSA’s existing wellness initiative. PAW promoted recovery and holistic well-being for people across the country through the development of online wellness and technical assistance products and resources, provision of technical assistance, and recognition of innovative and successful wellness programs.
To provide PAW resources to the field in an easy-to-share format, Policy Research has assembled key resources from PAW for your reference and convenience. Use these products to enhance your personal wellness or integrate them into your services. Please note that these resources were created between 2015 and 2018 and have not been updated since that time.
- Alternative Approaches to Chronic Pain
- Building an Organizational Culture of Wellness
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Completing a Wellness Needs Assessment with Existing Data
- Connecting Chronic Pain and Mental Health
- Connecting the Dots: Using Social Media to Create and Measure Behavior Change in Public Health Campaigns
- Cultural Activation Prompts: Gaining Awareness–Part I
- Cultural Activation Prompts: Gaining Awareness–Part II
- Cultural Activation Prompts: Making the Connection
- Customizing Wellness Tools For The Cultures In Your Community
- Diabetes Among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness: An Overview
- Diabetes Among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness: Recommendations for Providers
- Fostering Community Wellness: Addressing Toxic Stress and Adverse Community Events | A Fact Sheet for Behavioral Health Providers
- Fostering Community Wellness: Addressing Toxic Stress and Adverse Community Events
- Health and Wellness for Peer Supporters and Family Supporters: Strategies for Well-Being, Self-Care, and Relapse Prevention Workbook
- Healthy Coping and Sleep Strategies to Promote Restful Sleep for Those Who Experienced Trauma Worksheet
- Healthy Hearts, Healthy Recovery
- Healthy Hearts, Healthy Recovery Toolkit
- Heart Disease Risks and Prevention Strategies for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: An Overview
- Heart Disease Risks and Prevention Strategies for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: Recommendations for Providers
- Incorporating Reflective Practices
- Integrating Wellness into the Community: Setting Up a Wellness Program Part I
- Integrating Wellness into the Community: Setting Up a Wellness Program Part II
- Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT)
- Lived Experiences with Whole Health Approaches to Chronic Pain
- Looking through the Cultural Lens of the Client
- Looking through the Cultural Lens of the Service Provider
- Making Physical Health and Well-Being Matter for Youth and Young Adults
- Making the Shift: From Patient Activation to Community Activation
- Managing Obesity in Youth and Young Adults
- Modifying Evidence-Based Practices to Increase Cultural Competence
- Non-Medication Supports for Chronic Pain
- Organizing Health Fairs for Physical Wellness
- Patient/Client Education
- Public Health Approaches to Whole Health for Individuals with Behavioral Health Conditions
- Public Health: What’s Behavioral Health Got to Do with It?
- Putting It All Together: Sleep Habits, Rituals, And Routines for Health and Wellness
- Recommendations to Create a Supportive Workplace for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions
- Resources for Providers Working with Young Adults of Transition Age
- Resources for Young Adults of Transition Age
- Sleep and the Eight Dimensions of Wellness
- Smoking Cessation for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
- Smoking Cessation for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
- Staying Active: Sustaining Confidence–Part I
- Staying Active: Sustaining Confidence–Part II
- Strategies to Promote Walking Among Community-Dwelling Individuals with Major Mental Disorders
- Supporting Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in the Workplace
- Taking Control of Your Financial Wellness
- Talking about Spiritual and Religious Factors in Wellness
- The Importance of Addressing Serious Mental Illness in Youth and Young Adults
- The Importance of Connecting Physical Well-Being to Mental Well-Being in Young Adults
- The Intersection of Chronic Pain, Serious Mental Illness, and Trauma on Sleep
- The Value of Self-Reflection in An Organizational Culture Worksheet
- Tobacco Use and Treatment for Smokers with Mental Health Diagnoses
- Treating Illicit Drug and Opioid Use in Young Adults
- Understanding Your Prescription Label
- Using Social Media to Create and Measure Behavior Change in Public Health Campaigns
- Walking for Health
- Wellness in Peer Support
- Wellness in Peer Support—An Overview