Emergency Department Toolkit
Behavioral health resources for the emergency department
Special resource toolkit developed by CHA’s EMS/Trauma Committee and the Center for Behavioral Health. Designed to help staff provide support to patients in the ED with psychosis and/or substance abuse disorders, this toolkit provides access to articles, policies, management techniques, assessment tools and more. Click the topic tabs below to access resources and information.
1. ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Study Suggests Link Between Temperature Increases and
Mental Health-Related Emergency Room Visits
A new study byt he Office of Environmental health Hazard
Assessment (OEHHA), which is part of the California Environmental
Protection Agency, suggests that short-term exposure to increased
temperatures may lead o increased emergency room visits for
mental health-related outcomes, including violence and self-harm.
Resources for Supporting First
Responders
This site provides resources focusing on first responders’
specific needs – to help them better assess crisis situations and
respond in the safest way for all involved.
SMART Medical Clearance Form
Suspect new Onset Psychiatric Condition; Medicat Conditions
that Require Screening; Abnormal; Risky Presentation; Therapeutic
Levels needed.
Behavioral
Health Assessment Template
Sample Excel form to assess the extent to which numerous items
are implemented.
Key Elements for
Conducting a One-Hour Face-to-Face Assessment
APNA pre-recorded initial session designed as a resource for RNs
who are conducting the CMS-mandated one-hour face-to-face
assessment of patients in restraint or seclusion. There is an
archive access fee to APNA non-members.
Assessment Guide
for Key Elements in the One-Hour Face-to-Face Assessment
This APNA interactive session builds upon the information found
in “Key Elements for Conducting a One-Hour Face-to-Face
Assessment.” Podcast includes guided self-study examples and
self-directed quizzes and answers, PowerPoint slides, a study
guide, and case studies. Both sessions are approved for
continuing education credit. There is an online access fee.
Medical
Clearance Criteria/Exclusion Policy
Policy on Patient Assessment, from St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health
Center.
Medical Clearance Criteria for Inpatient Psychiatric
Treatment
Screening and documentation recommendations from St. Joseph’s
Behavioral Health Center.
RN
Admission Review
Sample form used by RNs to assess behavioral health patients.
Quick Guide For Clinicians: Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services This resource equips professional care providers and administrators with information for providing care to people who have experienced trauma or are at risk of developing trauma stress reactions. It addresses prevention, intervention, and treatment issues and strategies.
2. CHA MANUALS & RESOURCES
Consent
Manual
Your one-stop resource for all legal requirements related to
patient consent for medical treatment, release of medical
information, reporting requirements and more. Learn exactly what
the law requires and what you need to do to comply
EMTALA
A guide that cuts through the legalese to help you navigate the
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act — or
“patient-dumping” law — that was enacted to ensure patients
equal access to emergency services without regard to financial or
insurance status.
HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule and California Law Webinar DVD
What California hospitals need to know
Webinar recorded live Februray 27, 2013. Faculty from legal
and hospital background compare the new federal rule and existing
state laws, and tell you which laws to follow to stay compliant.
Mental
Health Law
A handbook on laws governing mental health treatment.
Principles of Consent and Advance Directives
This handbook guides you through the basic principles of patient
consent for health care treatment. In clear, simple terms this
publication explains why and when consent is necessary, who may
give consent, how consent for minors is different, and procedures
that require special consent.
Toolkit to Reduce Ambulance Patient Offload Delays in the
Emergency Department
CHA, California EMSA and other key stakeholders joined together
to develop resources to reduce patient offload delays. The
toolkit features process improvement models and strategies to
mitigate offload delays.
3. DEPRESSION
New Behavioral Health Resources Available for First
Responders
SAMHSA has developed new resources and materials with significant
input from first responders. A recent national survey of
firefighters and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel found
that many first responders experience thoughts of suicide,
substance abuse issues and fear being seen as weak or unfit for
duty if they ask for help.
Top Avoidable Emergency Room Visits: Alcohol, Dental Issues and Depression. (2017, September 1). Alcohol abuse, dental conditions and depression were among the top causes of avoidable emergency room visits nationally, according to a UC San Francisco study which stressed that emergency departments are often ill-prepared to handle such conditions.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2013, April 9). Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2015) Screening for perinatal depression. Committee Opinion No. 630.
Henderson, D. (2015, May 22) Moms’ Depression Risk May Flare a Year After Giving Birth. View PDF
AAP’s Overview – Managing Maternal Depression Before and After Birth, 10/25/2010
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2014). Depression in Mothers: More Than the Blues. A Toolkit for Family Service Providers.
Teen Depression Brochure – Updated This brochure helps teens understand depression and how it differs from regular sadness. It describes symptoms, causes, and treatments, with information on getting help and coping. This newly revised publication from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is available online and in print.
4. EDUCATION
APNA OFFERS “TRANSITIONS IN PRACTICE” CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. Nurses entering psychiatric-mental health care, whether from the classroom or another area of nursing, often lack the up-to-date information and specialized skills they need to make the leap to practice. To help improve RNs’ confidence in their new role and ensure consistent quality of care, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) is now offering a training program titled the “APNA Transitions in Practice Certificate Program (ATP).” The ATP program includes 15 contact hours of on-demand presentations, case scenarios, glossary, and references. Participants have 90 days from date of registration to progress through the curriculum and receive a certificate of successful completion. Four modules cover therapeutic engagement, psychiatric-mental health disorders, psychopharmacology, risk assessment, addictions, co-morbid disorders, recovery, and therapeutic environment. The training is designed to be especially beneficial to new graduates, nurses returning to practice, and nurses changing clinical practice areas. It will also be useful to those practicing in other areas who provide care to persons with mental health needs. The cost is $200 for APNA members or $250 for nonmembers.
5. FAMILY RESOURCES
NAMI
California
Dedicated to the strengthening of local grass roots
organizations, NAMI California has 71 local affiliates and
represents 19,000 people to the California Legislature and
Governor on mental illness issues.
National Family
Caregivers Association
Nation’s leading family caregiver organization providing
education, peer support, and resources to family caregivers
across the country free of charge.
CDC Grand Rounds on Preventing Youth
Violence
Online video and presentation slides from the Centers of Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). This Grand Rounds explores
the societal burden of youth violence as well as the
evidence-based approaches and partnerships needed to prevent
youth violence and its consequences.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Al-Anon Family
Groups
Support group of peers who share their experiences in applying
the Al-Anon principles to problems related to the effects of a
problem drinker in their lives. It is not group therapy and is
not led by a counselor or therapist. This support network
complements and supports professional treatment.
Alateen
Peer support group for teens who are struggling with the effects
of someone else’s problem drinking. Many Alateen groups meet at
the same time and location as an Al-Anon group. Alateen meetings
are open only to teenagers.
Military
Families: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
Supporting American’s service men and women, together with their
families and communities by leading efforts to ensure that needed
behavioral health services are accessible and that outcomes are
positive.
National Association for
Children of Alcoholics
Providing information, advice and support to children of
alcohol-dependent parents and people concerned with their
welfare.
SMART
Recovery
Website. Self-management and recovery training. Self-empowering
addiction recovery support group. Participants learn tools for
addiction recovery based on the latest scientific research and
participate in a world-wide community which includes free,
self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups.
Text Messaging After Care Intervention Cuts Youths’ Risk For Relapse An interactive mobile texting aftercare program has shown promise as a means to help teens and young adults engage with post-treatment recovery activities and avoid relapse, researchers report. In a pilot study supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the program, called ESQYIR (Educating & Supporting Inquisitive Youth in Recovery), reduced young people’s odds of relapsing by half compared with standard aftercare. Researchers designed ESQYIR to teach and reinforce wellness self-management in a manner that fits young people’s attitudes and communication styles.
MENTAL ILLNESS
CHADD
Children and adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization serving
individuals with ADHD and their families. CHADD has over 16,000
members in 200 local chapters throughout the U.S. Chapters offer
support for individuals, parents, teachers, professionals and
others.
The Crooked
House
Website featuring video storytelling by daughters and sons of a
parent with mental illness, a forum to post and read written
stories about growing up with a mentally ill parent. Includes
links to support groups and informational resources.
Depression
and Bipolar Support Alliance
The DBSA website offers a number of ways families can receive
mutual support from other families of individuals living with a
mood disorder. The website has links to local DBSA chapters and
family support groups, online family support groups and online
discussion forums for parents and family members.
Families for
Depression Awareness
Website. National nonprofit organization helping families
recognize and cope with depressive disorders to get people well
and prevent suicides.
Families Preventing and
Overcoming Depression
The FAMpod website features a training program for the family.
Family Talk Preventative Intervention is an evidence-based,
strengths-focused program targeting families with parental
depression. Clinicians (psychologists, social workers, nurses,
and physicians) can visit FAMpod to learn about preventing and
overcoming depression in families, find resources and links to
supports, and take the Family Talk Preventative Intervention
online training course
6. FINANCIAL
Payment for Medi-Cal Emergency and Post-Stabilization Mental
Health Services
Guidance analyzing the various and sometimes conflicting laws
governing who is responsible to pay for services rendered in an
ED to Medi-Cal patients with mental health conditions.
California Health Care Almanac
This report highlights available quality data and the most recent
data on national mental health care spending.
7. LAWS/REGULATIONS
CDPH AFL 12-17
California Department of Public Health All Facilities Letter
written in response to questions regarding the applicability of
the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to the
transfer of patients with psychiatric emergencies.
EMTALA
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act is a statute
which governs when and how a patient may be (1) refused treatment
or (2) transferred from one hospital to another when he is in an
unstable medical condition.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 –
Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules. This link
is to the California Department of Health Care Services, Office
of HIPAA Compliance resource web page.
Lanterman-Petris-Short
(LPS) Act
5150 Involuntary Civil Commitment for Psychiatric Treatment
California law governing involuntary civil commitment for
psychiatric treatment. It was named for its co-authors –
Assemblyman Frank Lanterman ( R ) and Senators Nicholas C. Petris
( D ) and Alan Short (D). The intent of the LPS Act was to end
inappropriate lifetime commitment of people with mental illness
and firmly establish the right to due process in the commitment
process while significantly reducing state institutional expense.
8. PATIENT THROUGHPUT
Emergency Department Length of Stay for Mental Health
Patients
Analysis of Emergency Department Length of Stay for Mental Health
Patients at Ten Massachusetts Emergency Departments – article
from the American College of Emergency Physicians published in
the Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2016.
Adapting and Implementing New Strategies for Patient Centered
Care
PowerPoint presentation by Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
which focuses on transforming care for clients in the behavioral
health setting. April 2011.
The Impact of
Psychiatric Patient Boarding in Emergency
Departments
Research article published by Emergency Medicine International,
June 2012.
Improving Flow and Reducing Agitation in Your ED
A presentation of St.Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma. 2010.
A
Literature Review: Psychiatric Boarding
Report prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human
Services.
New Trends in Emergency Psychiatry
Strategies to treat psychiatric crises and improved ED
throughout. Featured on the Barton Blog. 2012.
Performance
Improvement
Also from St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma, this paper describes
processes to reduce length-of-stay for behavioral health patients
in the ED. 2010.
A
Plan to Reduce Emergency Room “Boarding” of Psychiatric
Patients
A paper, originally published in Health Affairs, presenting a
seven-point plan to reduce boarding. 2010.
Report on Initiative to Decrease Lengths of Stay for Psychiatric
Patients in EDs
From St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center, this paper describes
a change in policy and procedures designed to decrease patient
wait times. 2010.
Report on Initiative to Decrease Lengths of Stay
A PowerPoint presentation to accompany the above paper.
9. PHYSICAL PLANT
Behavioral
Health Design Guide
Edition 7.3 of the Design Guide for the Built Environment of
Behavioral Health Facilities
10. PSYCH PATIENT MANAGEMENT
The Transformation of Behavioral Health Care Begins in
the ED
How supply and demand is intensifying our psychiatric crisis and
what leading hospital executives are doing about it.
Outpatient
Behavioral Health Center at Providence Little Company of Mary
Medical Center – San Pedro
Video highlighting the services available at this facility in the
LA area.
Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency
Physician
Reference-based text that goes beyond diagnostics, providing
practical input from physicians experienced with adult emergency
psychiatric patients. Available through Cambridge University
Press.
Behavioral
Health FAQs
Adapted from a document produced by Dominican Hospital
Competent Caring: When Mental Illness Becomes a Traumatic
Event
An educational video created in support of the NAMI Provider
Education Program and used for training staff at hospitals,
with a focus on emergency departments. The DVD cost is $5.50, and
can be ordered online.
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
Public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related
hospital emergency departments (EDs) and drug-related deaths
investigated by medical examiners and coroners (MEs)
Ethical,
Legal, and Professional Challenges Posed by “Controlled
Medication Seekers” to Healthcare Providers – Part
1
American Journal of Clinical Medicine article focusing on the
pragmatic, ethical and legal issues that challenge physicians and
other providers who care for someone suspected or confirmed to be
using deception to obtain controlled medications.
Ethical,
Legal and Professional Challenges Posted by “Controlled
Medication Seekers” to Healthcare Providers – Part
2
American Journal of Clinical Medicine article focusing on a
general approach and attempts to minimize potential harms while
still addressing legitimate medical needs.
How to
Manage Drug Seeking Patients in the Emergency
Department
An interview with Dan Smith, MD, Studer Group coach and
practicing emergency department physician.
Interagency
Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Chronic Non-Cancer
Pain
Washington State Agency Medical Directors educational aid to
improve care and safety with opioid therapy.
Practical
Management of the Suicidal Patient in the Emergency
Department
Peer-reviewed report published in Emergency Medicine Report,
outlining psychiatric assessment, warning signs, patient
approach, restraints/involuntary holds, risk factors, and use of
screening tools for the suicidal patient in the emergency room.
2014.
Psychiatric Crash Cart
Published by Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, this article
offers treatment strategies for the emergency department
Psychiatric Emergencies in Med-Surg Patients: Are You
Prepared?
Published by American Nurse Today, this article offers useful
advice on how to handle psychiatric emergencies.
Rapid
Response Team for Behavioral Emergencies
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association article
that describes the Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) used
effectively in managing behavioral emergencies.
Right Place, Right Time: Triaging California’s Mental Health Care
Delivery System
PowerPoint presentation showing a designed project to assess and
quantify the impact of patients with unmet mental health needs on
emergency departments
Trauma-Informed Care
A new Treatment Improvement Protocol on Trauma-Informed Care
(TIP) in Behavioral Health Services. This document
discussed patient assessment, treatment, and planning strategies
that support recovery and building a trauma-informed care
workforce. It is part of the TIP series from the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Treatment of Psychiatric Patients in Emergency
Settings
Article written by Scott Zeller, MD, Chief, Psychiatric Emergency
Services, Alameda County Medical Center in San Leandro.
Emergency Care Psychiatric Clinical
Framework
Our collective goal for the provision of psychiatric and
substance use disorder treatment in the emergency department, is
to provide care that meets the Institute of Medicine’s Six
Quality Aims of safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable,
and patient-centered care.
Psychiatric Boarding in U.S. EDs: A
Multifactorial Problem that Requires Multidisciplinary
Solutions
Report on solutions to reduce psychiatric boarding in
the ED released by The George Washington University.
Quick Safety: Care of Psychiatric Patients Boarded in
EDs
Quick Safety is a monthly newsletter that outlines an incident,
topic or trend in health care that could compromise patient
safety. Quick Safety helps Joint Commission-accredited
organizations recognize potential safety issues they may
encounter.
Three Ways Hospitals are Improving Behavioral Health Care
Prescription Drug Abuse and Safe Prescribing webinar
11. SUICIDE PREVENTION
PRESENTATIONS AND WEBINARS
Suicide Prevention Help and Resources
Suicide prevention resource from BetterAddictionCare.com.
Management of Suicidal Patients Emergency
Departments
A presentation describing recent innovations in care.
Suicide Prevention Research
National Institute of Mental Health video, August 28, 2011. NIMH
researcher, Dr. Douglas Meinecke, talks about critical suicide
prevention research.
Suicide Prevention at Mercy Health Center
An overview of one hospital’s methods.
Suicide
Prevention Webinar Online
A recording and slides from a training on “Safety Planning and
Means Reduction in Large Healthcare Organizations” (originally
presented December 16) is now online at www.zerosuicide.com.
(Find the links in the box titled “Recorded Webinars.”) The
webinar discusses ways to maximize the effectiveness of a safety
plan, to develop an organizational policy for lethal-means
reduction, and to incorporate input from people with lived
experience.
Suicide Risk Assessment and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Suicide Risk Assessment & Safety Planning: A Stand-Alone
Intervention
PowerPoint Presentation developed by MIRECC regarding veteran
suicides. Based on work supported, in part, by the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Caring for adult patients with suicide risk: A consensus guide for emergency departments SAMHSA’s SPRC released a new resource which provides research- and consensus-based practices in decision support, initial interventions, and discharge planning for emergency departments (ED). The ED Guide addresses specific objectives articulated by the 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, namely, to promote a continuum of care, safety, and well-being for ED patients treated for suicide risk; to collaborate with other health care providers to provide rapid and appropriate follow-up treatment; and to develop standardized protocols that direct clinical responses based on individual patient risk profiles.
WEBSITES
Suicide
Prevention Information
This website offers helpful information if you suspect someone
you know may be thinking about suicide.
New Behavioral Health Resources Available for First
Responders
SAMHSA has developed new resources and materials with significant
input from first responders. A recent national survey of
firefighters and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel found
that many first responders experience thoughts of suicide,
substance abuse issues and fear being seen as weak or unfit for
duty if they ask for help.
Suicidal Thoughts and Alcohol Abuse
This guide can help lead the way to cleaner, happier living by
outlining the relationship between alcohol abuse and suicidal
thoughts and how to overcome both.
Life-Saving Post-ER Suicide Prevention Strategies are
Cost Effective
A study led by research at the National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) modelled the use of the approaches in emergency
departments and found that three interventions designed for
follow up of patients who are identified with suicide risk in
hospital EDs save lives and are cost effective relative to usual
care.
Resources for Suicide Prevention Week
Materials and Resources that can assist in planning activities
and events in your county and community. Get the 2017
Suicide Prevention Toolkit.
American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention
AFSP is a national organization dedicated to understanding and
preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy.
California Mental Health
Services Authority (CalMHSA) Suicide Prevention
App
The California Mental Health
Services Authority (CalMHSA) has launched a free mobile app
called MY3 to help individuals at risk for suicide quickly
connect to their support network.
HELPGUIDE
Mental health information provided in an ad-free environment.
National Institute of Mental Health
NIMH’s Suicide Prevention webpage offers publications,
science news, treatment information, and online resources
for suicide prevention.
National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline
A 24-hour, toll free, confidential suicide prevention hotline.
Dialing 1-800-273-TALK wil route the caller to the nearest crisis
center in the national network. Centers provide crisis counseling
and mental health referrals day and night.
San
Francisco Suicide Prevention
Community-based 24-hour telephone crisis center providing
emotional support, education, assistance and intervention.
Suicide Prevention
Resource Center
SPRC has a new website with significant updates, particularly to
our menu items. SPRC is a federally supported resource center
devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide
Prevention. SPRC provides technical assistance, training and
material to incrase knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention
practitioners and professionals. This website has a tremendous
amount of resources, including a searchable library.
PUBLICATIONS
Nurse Suicide is Real. Don’t Ignore
It.
Nurse leaders should recognize and responde to factors that
contribute to nurse suicide. Here are three actions you can
take to prevent it.
Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department
Population
The ED-SAFE Study to determine whether an ED-initiated
intervention reduces subsequent suicidal behavior. (April
29.2017)
CDC Report on Suicide Trends Among Persons Aged
10-24
Reviews statistics for years 1994-2012
2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and
Objectives for Action
A report of the US Surgeon General and of the National Action
Alliance for Suicide Prevention.
The Business Case for Preventing and Reducing Restraint and
Seclusion Use
Electronic white paper. Examines the costs, including
violence and medical errors, associated with seclusion and
restraint use in healthcare settings to control maladaptive
behaviors. Considers industry perspectives and the unquantifiable
cost of the consumer’s experience.
Evaluation
of ED Educational Campaign for Recognition of Suicidal
Patients
An article on evaluation of ED patients for suicide Risk.
PubMed (free article) published February 2012.
Long-term
Outcomes for the Promoting CARE Suicide Prevention
Program
Long-term look at suicide risk from adolescence to young
adulthood for former participants in Promoting CARE, an indicated
suicide prevention program. PubMed (free article),
published June 2011.
Mindfulness
in the Treatment of Suicidal Individuals
This article reviews theory and evidence that support mindfulness
and psychological acceptance as a means to target experiential
avoidance in suicidal clients and thereby reduce the risk of
suicide. PubMed (free article) published January 2012.
US Officials Launch New Strategy to Prevent
Suicide
Chicago Tribune News article printed September 10, 2012.
TOOLS AND GUIDES
2015
National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG
15.01.01)
Identifying patients at risk for suicide. (Scroll down to
Goal 15)
After
an Attempt
An ED medical provider’s guide for taking care of suicide attempt
survivors.
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scales
(C-SSRS)
The first suicide assessment tool, made available through
Columbia University Medical Center, to reliably and consistently
predict potential suicide attempts among those who had previously
made an attempt.
Is Your Patient Suicidal?
Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s poster that provides ED
practitioners with information on recognizing and responding to
acute suicide risk.
Using the “Is Your Patient Suicidal” Poster Training and Triage
Guide
Suicide Prevention Treatment Center’s set of instructions for ED
staff who are displaying the poster and referencing for the
resource guide.
Joint
Commission Sentinel Event Alert on Suicide
A follow-up report on preventing suicide with a focus on
medical/surgical units and emergency departments.
Joint
Commission Standards BoosterPak for Assessing Suicide
Risk
Information on how to obtain the BoosterPak for assessing suicide
risk. June 22, 2011. It is available to accredited organizations
on the TJC Connect extranet site.
Older Adults and Depression
NIMH online fact sheet about older adults at risk for depression
and/or suicide.
National Alliance on Mental Illness ED Resource
Toolkit
This NAMI toolkit features three brochures: one each for
individuals who have attempted suicide and their families about
the importance of obtaining follow-up care, and one brochure for
medical professionals who work in emergency departments.
Psychiatric Emergency Brochure
An example of a tri-fold brochure that can be customized with
information for your area.
Quick Guide for
Clinicians: Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health
Services
This resource equips professional care providers and
administrators with information for providing care to people who
have experienced trauma or are at risk of developing trauma
stress reactions. It addresses prevention, intervention, and
treatment issues and strategies.
SAFE-T Pocket Card for Clinicians
Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T)
downloadable pocket card for clinicians for handy reference.
Sample
Crisis Card
An example of a crisis information card, as used by Loma Linda
University Behavioral Medicine Center.
Suicide: A Major, Preventable Mental Health
Problem
Facts about suicide and suicide prevention among teens and young
adults. Fact Sheet available online and in print
Suicide in America: Frequently Asked
Questions
National Institute of Mental Health trifold available online and
in print (English & Spanish)
Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and Prevention
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) online fact sheet.
12. SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS
Addiction
Group
There are many treatment options available for those struggling
with a substance use disorder (SUD) or alcohol use disorder
(AUD). The type of treatment needed depends on the patient’s
unique situation, level of addiction, and the kind of
substance(s) he or she is abusing. In some cases, more than one
treatment is necessary.
AlcoholRehabHelp
Website providing information 12 step programs for alcohol
recovery.
New Behavioral Health Resources Available for First
Responders
SAMHSA has developed new resources and materials with significant
input from first responders. A recent national survey of
firefighters and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel found
that many first responders experience thoughts of suicide,
substance abuse issues and fear being seen as weak or unfit for
duty if they ask for help.
SHOUT – Support
for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment
Providing clinical leaders with the tools necessary to start and
maintain patients on effective treatment for opioid use disorder.
Opioid
Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies
opportunities for action.
Detox Centers and Drug
Rehabs
Website offering an extensive list of detox centers, rehab
programs and treatment facilities.
Alcohol
Rehab Guide
Online guide with information on treating alcoholism, support
options, resources and blog.
A Roadmap to Behavioral Health
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) have released this roadmap as a resource for consumers
that provides information about mental health and substance
disorder services, including definitions about behavioral health
terms and guidance for finding a behavioral health
provider.
NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator
The Navigator’s simplified search tool can help you find
a list of accredited alcohol treatment programs near you.
Top Avoidable Emergency Room Visits: Alcohol, Dental Issues and Depression. (2017, September 1). Alcohol abuse, dental conditions and depression were among the top causes of avoidable emergency room visits nationally, according to a UC San Francisco study which stressed that emergency departments are often ill-prepared to handle such conditions.
Drug Rehab and
Addiction Recovery Resources
Addictionresources.com provides Addiction, Treatment and Rehab
Guides, along with information on Substances.
Addiction,
Treatment & Recovery Library
Links to a library of articles covering a wide range of
rehab-related topics, from intervention and detox to cost and
location.
Surgeon
General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health
Key information and findings related to substance use, misuse,
and substance use disorders are detailed by chapter. Last
chapter presents a vision for the future, five general messages,
their implications for policy and practice, and recommendations
for specific stakeholder groups. Also provides
supplementary materials.
National Institute on
Drug Abuse
NIDA’s mission is to lead the
Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and
addiction. This
charge has two critical components. The first is the strategic
support and conduct of research across a broad range of
disciplines. The second is ensuring the rapid and effective
dissemination and use of the results of that research to
significantly improve prevention and treatment and to inform
policy as it relates to drug abuse and addiction.
Addiction
Center
Addiction Center was founded by recovering addicts and health
professionals to provide the most up-to-date information on
various addictions and reviews of top treatment centers across
the country. We are not a treatment center, but our network of
centers across the country aim to provide outlets for people
seeking help. Founder Chris Carberg is a recovering addict who
received excellent care and wanted to help others learn about
their own struggles and find treatment.
RehabCenter.net - Ultimate Guide to
AA’s Big Book
The Big Book is a thorough and comprehensive resource designed to
give people from all walks of life the information,
encouragement, and resources they need to effectively deal with
their drinking addiction.
Trends in Emergency Department Visits Involving Mental
and Substance Use Disorder
The rate of emergency department (ED) visits per 100,000
population related to mental and substance use disorders (M/SUDs)
increased substantially between 2006 and 2013. Statistical
Brief #216 provided by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization
Project provides data regarding trends ED visits involving mental
and substance use disorders.
