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The Sanctuary Model: A Trauma Informed Therapeutic Community
This webinar introduces the Sanctuary Model, a blueprint for clinical and organizational change, which, at its core, promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community. As an organizational culture intervention, it is designed to facilitate the development of structures, processes, and behaviors on…
Can We Stop Calling It “Medication-Assisted Treatment”?
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is credited with saving lives and helping countless people achieve long-term recovery. The body of research amassed over the last 50 years is so compelling that academic and medical communities consider its efficacy a settled question. Nevertheless, the debate about the role of MAT in recovery…
Person Centered Care for Behavioral Health: Are We There Yet?
Person-centered care is becoming a mantra and a mandate for Minnesota’s mental health and substance abuse providers. While an important philosophical paradigm shift, it can be difficult and confusing to put person-centered care into practice. This webinar helps practitioners begin to bridge the gap between person-centered principles and practice…
Marijuana and Health
Marijuana is probably the most commonly used “illicit” drug worldwide, and in the U.S. there is a significant trend toward medicalizing and legalizing it. Several health issues are now more prominent than ever. The science on marijuana’s health effects, both positive and negative, is stronger for some areas than others. This…
Enhancing Family Support in Recovery from Serious Psychiatric Illness
Family support can be an invaluable component of recovery from serious psychiatric illnesses, but loved ones of many consumers may be uncertain how or when to help. This presentation will begin with an overview of the scientific literature supporting the benefits of including relatives in the consumer’s family mental…
Co-occurring Eating and Substance Use Disorders
Eating Disorders and Substance Use Disorder share many risk factors and characteristics, but there are significant differences in the path to recovery for clients. Explore the similarities and differences while learning how to effectively identify and intervene when eating disorders and substance use disorders co-occur. With this improved understanding…
Parents with Co-Occurring Disorders in Child Welfare
This webinar provides a brief introduction of co-occurring disorders and what child welfare system looks like in Minnesota. The training further highlights both the barriers and best practice tips for supporting parents with co-occurring disorders involved with the child welfare system.” Presentation Slides. pdf…
Personalized Intervention for Psychosocial Problems
This webinar provides evidence and a rationale for clinicians as they consider alternative approaches to seeking a useful treatment match with clients. Applications are specific to adolescent depression but have implications for a broader array of mental health problems. Objectives Describe depression, adolescent development and disruption of the threat…