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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)
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..







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