August 2008
Flash Phipps of Shawnee Mental Health Center fights centuries-old tobacco culture in Ohio River Valley, helps consumers kick the habit
—by Matthew K. Weiland and Paul M. Kubek
The Shawnee Mental Health Center not only serves three of the poorest, most rural regions in Ohio—Lawrence, Scioto, and Adams counties—with mental health and tobacco recovery services, but it also lies in the heart of tobacco country, making the notion of kicking the habit seem less doable than flicking a cigarette butt across the Ohio River.
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August 2008
Advisory committee enthused by Tobacco Recovery readiness assessments, integration of new service model with IDDT
—by Paul M. Kubek and Matthew K. Weiland
The advisory committee meeting of the Ohio Tobacco and Recovery Project was held at Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare in Columbus this past spring. Topics of discussion included the results of readiness assessments conducted by consultants, trainers, and evaluators of the Project at mental health organizations around Ohio that are thinking about or actually implementing components of the new Tobacco and Recovery model.
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July 2008
Ohio SAMI CCOE emphasizes need for focused clinical supervision, provides useful methods (Part 1)
—by Matthew K. Weiland and Paul M. Kubek
One of the hallmarks of effective clinical supervision is real-time observation of service providers at work in the community with consumers. SAMI CCOE Director of Consultation and Training Ric Kruszynski, MSSA, LISW, LICDC, tells a story that illustrates how 20 minutes of clinical supervision in the community with immediate feedback helped one team member refine her approach and find the tools she needed to help one woman’s journey toward health, wellness, stable housing, and recovery.
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June 2008
Family programs, staff retention challenge IDDT providers to explore innovations
—by Paul M. Kubek and Matthew K. Weiland
At the Northeast IDDT Regional Stakeholders meeting in May, participants shared challenges and emerging solutions to implementing and sustaining family psychoeducational programs and enhancing the recruitment and retention of service team members. Family psychoeducation is a core component of the Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) model. The Ohio SAMI CCOE has observed that achieving and sustaining fidelity to this item on the IDDT fidelity scale has been particularly challenging throughout the country, even in the northeast region of Ohio where several long-standing IDDT programs have consistently achieved moderate to high overall fidelity to the model.
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May 2008
MINT initiative helps set agenda for future of motivational interviewing in Ohio
—by Matthew K. Weiland and Paul M. Kubek
Three consultant-trainers from the Ohio SAMI CCOE participated in a three-day international Motivational Interviewing Network Training (MINT) at Atwood Lake Conference Center from April 29 through May 1. This “train-the-trainers” event was attended by some 40 behavioral healthcare professionals from all over the world, including approximately 20 from Ohio. The training was conducted by MI co-creator and co-author William R. Miller, Ph.D. and Theresa Moyers, Ph.D. The CCOE is participating in the MINT initiative as a way to add to the pool of advanced MI consultants and trainers in Ohio.
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January 2008
Kick-off event introduces new service model that links recovery with reduction, elimination of tobacco use
—by Paul M. Kubek
The State of Ohio’s commitment to helping people with substance use disorders and mental disorders reduce and eliminate the use of harmful tobacco products entered a new phase on December 7, 2007 with the Tobacco Cessation Kick-Off Event.
The Kick-Off was designed to introduce community-based and hospital-based behavioral health care organizations to a new service model being designed and disseminated by the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The model is being implemented in partnership with the Ohio Advocates for Mental Health (OAMH)
The new service model, entitled Tobacco and Recovery, incorporates core components and implementation strategies of the Integrated Dual Disorcer Treatment (IDDT) model.
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November 2007
CONFLUENCE IN COLUMBUS
Annual conference draws largest crowd, provides
professional peer-networking with most workshops yet
—by Matthew K. Weiland & Paul M. Kubek
Over 400 people from urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout
Ohio, around the country, and overseas convened in Columbus on
October 2 and 3 for the seventh annual Ohio SAMI CCOE Conference.
The event featured two keynote plenary sessions about the future
of integrated treatment as well as 36 workshops that addressed
a wide variety of topics such as the importance of fidelity reviews,
outcomes monitoring, introductory and advanced lessons in core
clinical practices of the Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT)
model, and overviews of other evidencebased practices.
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June 2007
Dual Disorders Fellows Program partners with service organizations,
promotes master's degree and evidence-based practices for co-occurring
mental and substance use disorders
—by Matthew K. Weiland & Paul M. Kubek
The Dual Disorders Fellowship Program gives employed mental health
and substance abuse professionals the opportunity to enhance their
education, credentials, and experience by earning a Master of
Social Science Administration (MSSA) degree while staying in their
current jobs and attending classes once per month on weekends.
The Program is also structured to provide financial support to
students by forging a partnership among the employed student,
his or her employer (service organization), the local community
mental health and/or substance abuse services board, and the Mandel
School. Each partner pays a portion of the tuition.
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April 2007
Training events for health and human service providers: exposure
to trauma, motivational interviewing, addictions 101, relapse
prevention & more
The Ohio SAMI CCOE is sponsoring a variety of low-cost training
events throughout the State of Ohio that provide practical skills
and knowledge for enhancing services for treating people who have
been diagnosed with a co-occurring mental and substance use disorder.
These events focus on the evidence-based Integrated Dual Disorder
Treatment (IDDT) model, but many topics are applicable to other
evidence-based practices, such as Supported Employment (SE) and
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), among others. The events
are open to all interested providers of health and human services,
as well as to all policy makers, community stakeholders, and advocates.
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January 2007
Center for Evidence-Based Practices provides technical assistance,
promotes mental health, recovery & employment
—by Paul M. Kubek
People with severe mental illness and their families in communities
throughout Ohio, several other states, and two countries are experiencing
an improved quality of life, in part, because of the work being
done by the staff of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs).
The Center functions as an umbrella entity for two organizations
that disseminate two different yet related EBPs. The Ohio Substance
Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio
SAMI CCOE) disseminates the Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment
(IDDT) model. The Ohio Supported Employment Coordinating Center
of Excellence (SE CCOE) disseminates the evidence-based Supported
Employment (SE) model.
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October 9, 2006
Physicians and Integrated Treatment: specialization and collaboration
—by Christina M. Delos Reyes, M.D.
Physicians of internal medicine, family medicine, and psychiatry
fulfill an important role in screening for, assessing, referring,
and providing treatment to people who experience severe mental
illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bi-polar, depression) and a co-occurring
substance use disorder (i.e., alcohol and other drugs). Prescribing
medication and helping patients manage side effects and symptoms
of both disorders is one of the primary roles of the physician—but
not the only one.
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September 2006
CCOE develops practical guide to stages of organizational change
for IDDT/EBP implementation
There are numerous journal articles and book chapters written
about the core components and benefits of Integrated Dual Disorder
Treatment (IDDT), the evidence-based practice (EBP) for people
with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. Yet, until
now, there has not been much written about how to prepare and
motivate your organization and community to implement and sustain
this EBP with success.
The Ohio SAMI CCOE has a new resource to address this need--a
booklet titled "Implementing IDDT: A step-by-step guide to
stages of organizational change". This unique 40-page booklet
is based upon published research and the practice experiences
of the Ohio SAMI CCOE's consultants and trainers. It is a useful
guide for implementing and sustaining the IDDT model. The booklet
includes
- 5 stages of change/implementation,
- 8 to 12 practical action steps in each stage, and
- 27 sources and resources
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