Ohio TR Project

Ohio providers develop action plans for new tobacco intervention, stage-based approach to tobacco services for people with mental illness and substance use disorders

Representatives from nine community-based organizations and a state psychiatric hospital in Ohio attended a one-day training for “Tobacco: Recovery Across the Continuum (TRAC)”, a stage-based motivational service model that helps people diagnosed with mental illness and/or substance use disorders reduce and eventually eliminate the use of tobacco products. The event provided practical information and useful strategies for implementing TRAC services and featured Carlo DiClemente and other presenters.

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A brief TRAC consult regarding e-cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery systems

The topic of e-cigarettes came up at a recent TRAC Program Leader Training, held in Cleveland on October 1st, so the "Tobacco: Recovery Across the Continuum (TRAC)" intitiative at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University presents a summary regarding what is known to date about electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), what are commonly called "e-cigarettes." 

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Conference 2010 to celebrate ten years of EBPs in Ohio, combine annual SAMI-IDDT & SE events, as well as tobacco recovery

Save these dates! The Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University will host its next conference October 12, 13, and 14, 2010. The event, titled "Sustaining Evidence-Based Practices: The Next Ten Years", will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the State of Ohio's success with implementing EBPs for people diagnosed with mental illness. The event will highlight national EBP research and lessons-learned from EBP initiatives in Ohio and other states.

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Motivational Interviewing training event, practical resources for clinical supervisors

Clinical supervisors who provide meaningful supervision of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skill-development must be equipped with some essential tools, including skill-evaluation, clinical feedback, and planning. This event is designed for supervisors at organizations that provide services to people diagnosed with severe mental illness and/or co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders. . . . This one-day event will take place on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm in Columbus, Ohio. Register online today.

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Evidence Matters Newsletter

We recently mailed the first issue of our new printed newsletter, "Evidence Matters." A free PDF is available from our web site. Please distribute it to anyone who is interested in enhancing services for people diagnosed with severe mental illness.

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New full-day supervisor's training emphasizes importance of motivational interviewing

Service organizations that are integrating or wish to integrate Motivational Interviewing (MI) into their daily routines and organizational structures have a new resource available to them. It’s a full-day supervisor’s training, which was designed by consultants and trainers at the Center for EBPs who are members of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).

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Benefits Planning web site supports new consulting and training services, provides practical resources

• Program/organizational consultation
• Introductory and advanced training
• Onsite consulting (coaching) following the training
• Consulting for supervisors and team leaders

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9th All-Ohio Institute on Community Psychiatry

The All-Ohio Institute is the creation of the Public Psychiatry Program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. It is designed as a multidisciplinary celebration of community mental-health services. This year's conference, presented in collaboration with the Winter Meeting of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists, focuses on the integration of mental health care with a variety of disciplines to enhance care to consumers. Special attention will be given to the integration of mental health and physical healthcare, trauma-informed care and disaster mental health. The event will take place on Friday, March 20 & Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Hilton Cleveland East/Beachwood Cleveland, Ohio.

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