New and Noteworthy

 

Suicide Prevention Training for Rural Primary Care Providers

These free trainings support the implementation of state-of-the-art suicide prevention practices while minimizing the disruption of normal operations. Trainings are brought directly to primary care sites or learning centers at the host’s location. Trainings are currently being scheduled between now and October of 2012. Training slots are limited, so please respond with inquiries as soon as possible! Find out more


Call for Presentations Download the PDF with more information about this call.

2012 NARMH Conference- Anchorage, AK. The National Association of Rural Mental Health invites presentation ideas for the following focus areas:
 

  • Aging and mental health
  • Mental health/behavioral workforce development
  • Program success-evidence base practice, and promising approaches
  • Cultural attunement and culturally attuned services
     

Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS)

 
The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions, run by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare under a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is funded jointly by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Health Resources Services Administration.  The CIHS promotes the development of integrated primary and behavioral health services to better address the needs of individuals with mental health and substance use conditions, whether seen in specialty behavioral health or primary care provider settings.  For more information about the Center for Integrated Health Solutions click:  http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/cs/center_for_integrated_health_solutions
 
The WICHE Mental Health Program was awarded a subcontract to provide technical assistance, training, and products that support the mission of the CIHS and the bidirectional integration of behavioral health and primary care. Examples of year one projects include suicide prevention training in primary care settings, identification of training program in integrated care, a plan for a rural Mental Health First Aid initiative, workflow documents by model of integration, and updating the National Council's National Health Service Corps Manual.
 

 

Jobs in the WICHE West:

Research Associate job opening - please visit www.crsllc.org

 

Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Rural Primary Care

This Web-based Toolkit contains information and tools to implement state of the art suicide prevention practices and overcome the significant hurdles this life-saving work faces in primary care practices. The Toolkit offers the support necessary to establish the primary care provider as one member of a team, fully equipped to reduce suicide risk among their patients.

The Toolkit is a collaborative project of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) and the Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education (WICHE), Mental Health Program. Although the tools are designed with the rural practice in mind, most are quite suitable for use in non-rural settings, as well. The materials offered may be reproduced for use within your practice. Further distribution without the express consent of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center is prohibited.

To download a free copy, visit SPRC's website.

You can order a hard copy of the toolkit by following this link, or email the details of your order to Sabrina Tang. PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS AT THIS TIME. Toolkits are $25 each (including shipping). An invoice will be included with your shipment.

For more information, please contact Sabrina Tang, stang@wiche.edu.

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  • Alaska Psychiatric Institute Consultation Project

    Improves staffing efficiency and effectiveness for Alaska's acute care inpatient services.

  • Alaska Psychology Internship Consortium

    Works with the University of Alaska Anchorage and Fairbanks joint PhD program in Clinical Community Psychology to develop a partially-affiliated APA-accredited internship to train psychologists to work competently in Alaska.

  • Behavioral Health Training

    Addresses shortages in the mental health workforce, especially in rural areas.  

  • Behavioral Health Workforce Development

    Provides analyses of mental health workforce supply and preparedness, with a special focus on rural issues and cultural competence in the workforce.

  • Doña Ana County Crisis and Suicide Prevention Project

    Supports workforce development and community competence through the initiation of training and community development activities directed toward emergent psychiatric issues in underserved rural communities.

  • Hawaii Psychology Internship Consortium

    Leads development of a rural psychology internship consortium in Hawaii through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Network Development Planning Grant.

  • South Dakota Mental Health Surveys

    Supports consumers' evaluations and assessments of state-level mental health services in South Dakota.

  • South Dakota Systems of Care

    Supports transformational changes in South Dakota as they build a framework for statewide partnership and progress toward an integrated System of Care.

  • Suicide Prevention Toolkits

    Contains information and tools to implement state of the art suicide prevention practices and overcome the significant hurdles this life-saving work faces in primary care practices

  • Western States Decision Support Group (WSDSG)

    Enables interstate collaboration for improving data infrastructure and performance measurement in public mental health systems.

  • WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research

    Research activities within the WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research have focused on specialty topics in rural health and behavioral health ranging from examining rural-urban differences in collaborative care models in primary care to identifying rural behavioral health promising practices..