The following resources were generated for the Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse or identified as relevant and useful for professionals working in behavioral health settings.
Alcohol Use Disorder
- April is Alcohol Awareness Month | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- April is Alcohol Awareness Month – MA Helpline
- Partnership to End Addiction
- How to Help an Alcoholic: Guide to Help Someone With Alcoholism
- Rehab for Women | Hazelden Betty Ford
- Addiction Treatment Resources – Women’s Recovery
- Alcohol Rehab for Men | Alcohol.org
- Alcohol Awareness Month: When and How to Support
- Guide to Drinking Levels – Recovery Research Institute and Recovery Research Institute – Enhancing Recovery Through Science
Bipolar support
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
- World Bipolar Day
- World Bipolar Day | ISBD
- Bipolar Disorder – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- What is Bipolar Disorder? | SAMHSA
- Bipolar disorder
- Bipolar Disorder | NAMI
- Bipolar Disorder | Mental Health America
- Resources | Bipolar Disorders Clinic | Stanford Medicine
Brain Injury
- MassAbility
- NASHIA Behavioral Health Resource Library
- Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts
- Making Connections: Brain Injury and SUD Toolkit
- TBI Model Systems Brain Injury Fact sheets
Clinical Assessment Screening Tools
- Clinical Assessment Screening Tools
- Includes links to evidence-based screening tools highlighted in the Conducting Clinical Assessment Training.
Clinical Supervision Resources
Cross-Cultural Competence
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Toolkit
- Racial Trauma | Mental Health America
- Racial Trauma – PTSD: National Center for PTSD
- Black Mental Health Roadmap: Conditions, Tips, Resources & More – The Mental Health Coalition
- Talking About Race | National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Racial Trauma | SAMHSA
- APA PsycNet – Racial Trauma: Theory, Research, and Healing
- Cultural Responsiveness To Racial Trauma | The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
De-escalation
- De-escalation
- Describes a de-escalation technique that can be used with verbal and non-verbal communication during crisis situations.
Depression
- Depression – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Depression – American Psychological Association (APA)
- Depression – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- What Is Depression? – American Psychiatric Association (APA)
- Depression Screening – Mental Health America
- Free Depression Tests – Mental Health America
Eating Disorders
- Eating Disorders and Mental Health Awareness Month
- Eating Disorders – NAMI
- ANAD Home – ANAD – National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
- Eating disorder treatment: Know your options – Mayo Clinic
- Eating Disorders – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Eating disorders
- Psychiatry.org – What are Eating Disorders?
- What are Eating Disorders? – SAMHSA
LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Publications
- Integrated Behavioral Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People: An Affirming, Harm Reduction, and Trauma Responsive Approach
- Quick Guide for Supporting the Behavioral Health of Sexual Minority Men
- Suicide Risk and Prevention for LGBTQ Patients
Never Worry Alone: Engaging Foster Parents in Best Practices to Care for Youth Who are At Risk of or Who Have Been Exploited
This video series focuses on helping foster families create a comfortable, emotionally safe environment for the youth in their home who has experienced sexual exploitation and other trauma. Information provided would also be helpful for those providing behavioral health care to such youth.
This video series was produced with the support of a three-year grant #2019-MU-MU-0033 award by the Office of Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S Department of Justice and the MA Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. The Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Department of Children and Families partnered with My Life My Choice, a survivor led organization that provides comprehensive and evidence-based programs and trainings to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
The videos range from 4-14 minutes each with an identical introduction (1:45) that starts off each video. The series provides Spanish subtitles and you have the option of pausing the frame if additional time is needed to read through the text on some of the videos.
The trailer serves to introduce the 9-part series.
OARS for Motivational Interviewing
- OARS for Motivational Interviewing
- Reviews OARS; a core motivational interviewing technique that focuses on open questioning, affirming, reflecting, and summarizing.
Opioid Overdose Prevention
Perinatal Behavioral Health Resources
- Perinatal Behavioral Health Resources
- MassHealth’s webpage for pregnant members has helpful information for pregnant and postpartum members including home visiting programs and other resources.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Six Guiding Principles to a Trauma-Informed Crisis Intervention
- Six Guiding Principles to a Trauma-Informed Crisis Intervention
- Outlines the six guiding principles to follow when working with someone in crisis. Including ensuring safety, maximizing trust, maximizing choice, ensuring collaboration, maximizing empowerment, and ensuring interactions are culturally responsive, equitable, and acknowledge intersectionality.
Six Guiding Principles to a Trauma-Informed Crisis Intervention
- Solution Focused Crisis Intervention
- Explains the solution-focused approach to crisis intervention that can be used in time-sensitive, crisis situations.
Suicide Prevention and Crisis Resources
- Suicide Prevention and Crisis Resources
- Suicide Prevention Month (September) Ideas for Action
- Suicide Risk and Prevention for LGBTQ Patients
- Veteran Suicide Prevention – PREVENTS
Veterans
- U.S Department of Veterans Affairs
- Mental Health Home
- National Center for PTSD
- VA Resources and Support
- Veteran Suicide Prevention – PREVENTS
- VA Locations, Care Providers, and Resources
- Veterans and PTSD: Understanding Causes, Signs, Symptoms and Treatment Wounded Warrior Project
- Veterans Crisis Line & Local Resources
- Veterans Resources | Military OneSource