Provider Resource Room
The Provider Resource Room offers links to a variety of websites and resources that behavioral health providers may find useful. They are organized by behavioral health topics and special populations. Links to information about evidence-based practice implementation are also included. The resources are categorized by the topic areas listed below:
Topics
- Mental Health Services in Texas
- General Mental Health
- Mental Health in Schools
- Children and Adolescents
- Working with Juvenile Justice Populations
- Homelessness
- Cultural Competency
- Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Abuse
- Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
- Pagina Web en Español/Websites in Spanish
- Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Resources
- Working with the Military Community
- Employment Resources
- Suicide Prevention
Mental Health Services in Texas
- The Texas Department of State Health Services, Mental Health Services website allows you to search for your Local Mental Health Authority to learn more about DSHS community mental health services for children and adults that are available in your area.
- The Consumer Rights for Mental Health Services (Texas DSHS) website provides information to mental health consumers about their rights as an individual, including the Handbook of Consumer Rights, and the Patient’s Bill of Rights.
- The Network of Care for Mental Health/Behavioral Health provides vital information to help link consumers to support groups and personal advocacy resources in the community.
General Mental Health
- The National Mental Health Information Center (NMHIC) is part of the SAMHSA Health Information Network that connects the behavioral health workforce and the general public to the latest information on the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders.
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is dedicated to research focused on the understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of mental health.
- National Consensus Statement on Mental Health Recovery (PDF)
- CMHS’ Mental Health Services Locator provides professionals, consumers and their families, and the public with comprehensive information about mental health services and resources; services are searchable by states and territories and then by city and service setting.
Mental Health in Schools
- UCLA’s Center for Mental Health in Schools offers materials and tools on integrating mental health practices into schools for those responsible for continuing education for teachers and other service providers.
- The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice offers resources for those working with children and youth with or at risk of developing serious emotional disturbance.
- The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Educators website provides information for educators on school psychology and supports school psychologists to enhance the learning and mental health of all children and youth.
Children and Adolescents
- Raising Texas is a statewide, collaborative effort to strengthen Texas’ system of services for young children and families so that all children enter school healthy and ready to learn.
- Effective Child Therapy is a website which is designed to inform both the general public and practitioners regarding the most up-to-date, research-based information about mental health treatment for children and adolescents. This web site is provided by a partnership between the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
- RTC Portland - Pathways to Positive Futures aims to to improve the lives of youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions through rigorous research and effective training. RTC provides a variety of resources to support the positive development of youth and young adults, including research, training, and technical assistance.
- The National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health is a national family-run organization dedicated exclusively to helping children with mental health needs and their families achieve a better quality of life.
- Child Trends mission is to improve outcomes for children by providing research, data, and analysis to the people and institutions whose decisions and actions affect children, including policy makers, program providers, foundations, and the media.
- Child Trends What Works webpage offers six comprehensive tools for improving outcomes for children and youth.
- Columbia University Guidelines for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Referral (PDF) are guidelines designed to assist staff in community and juvenile justice agencies in developing appropriate referrals for youth diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.
- The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI) takes the research that shows which practices improve the social-emotional outcomes for young children with, or at risk for, delays or disabilities and creates FREE products and resources to help decision makers, caregivers, and service providers apply these best practices in the work they do every day.
- The Research and Training Center on Early Childhood Development website is designed specifically for parents, therapists, early childhood educators, early interventionists, and researchers and includes information about effective early childhood intervention practices based on research.
Working with Juvenile Justice Populations
- The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice was established to assist the field in developing improved policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice.
- Reclaiming Futures is a project supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) for pilot sites to create a model that promotes new standards of care and opportunities in juvenile justice that helps teenagers caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol, and crime.
Homelessness
- The Homelessness Resource Center seeks to improve the lives of people affected by homelessness who have mental health conditions, substance use issues, and histories of trauma.
- The TDHCA Help for Texans website assists individuals in locating housing resources in the state.
- Supportive Housing for People with Mental Illness: Regaining a Life in the Community (webcast)
- The Re-Entry Policy Council provides information for policymakers and practitioners to help people released from prisons or jails find safe places to live.
Cultural Competency
- The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems.
- The Health Resources and Services Administration Culture, Language, and Health resources page provides assessments, guidance, and policy documents to enhance the cultural and linguistic competence of health systems.
- Office of Minority Health National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care (PDF)
Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Abuse
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks to support and promote the best science on alcohol and health for the benefit of all.
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) provides up-to-date, useful information on drug abuse and addiction for medical and health professionals, researchers, parents, teachers, students and young adults.
- The SAMHSA National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) offers more than 500 substance abuse prevention and treatment resources to the public, many of which are free of charge.
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), focuses attention, programs and funding on promoting a life in the community with jobs, homes and meaningful relationships with family and friends for people with or at risk for mental health or substance use disorders.
- The SAMHSA Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTCs) is committed to helping the addictions treatment and recovery services field stay abreast of “what works” in order to enhance their skills and change their practice.
- The CSAT Knowledge Application Program (KAP) provides substance abuse treatment professionals with publications, online education, and other resources that contain information on best treatment practices.
- The Treatment Improvement Exchange (TIE) is a resource to provide information exchange between CSAT staff and state and local alcohol and substance abuse agencies.
- The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) is dedicated to educating physicians and improving the treatment of individuals suffering from alcoholism and addictions.
- Psychotherapeutic Medications 2008: What Every Counselor Should Know (PDF) is an excellent reference document for clinicians, containing information on generic and brand names, the purpose of each medication, usual dose and frequency, emergency conditions and cautions.
- The SAMHSA Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator helps users locate drug and alcohol treatment programs in their area.
Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
- The SAMHSA Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) is the first national resource for the field of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (COD).
- Case Western Reserve University Center for Evidence-Based Practice is a technical-assistance organization that promotes knowledge development and the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for the treatment and recovery of people with mental illness.
- The primary focus of the GAINS Center is on expanding access to community based services for adults diagnosed with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders at all points of contact with the justice system.
- TIP 42: Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders (PDF)
- Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders Inservice Training Manual Based on TIP 42 (PDF)
Pagina Web en Espanol/Websites in Spanish
- El Caribbean Basin and Hispanic Addiction Technology Transfer Center (CBHATTC) cumple su mision de facilitar a los proveedores de servicios los ltimos hallazgos cientÌficos del campo de abuso de sustancias para mejorar los servicios de tratamiento en Puerto Rico, Islas VÌrgenes y la comunidad Hispano/Latina en los Estados Unidos.
- Medicamentos Psicoterapeuticos del 2006 (PDF) es la version en espanol del folleto de 54 paginas que describe los nombres genericos y de marca de medicinas psicoterapeuticas, su proposito, dosis y frecuencias usuales, efectos secundarios, y condiciones de emergencia.
- La Hoja Informativa de la Salud Mental en America en Espanol
- Centro de Informacion Nacional de la Salud Mental de SAMHSA–VÌnculos En Espanol
- Informacion sobre las Drogas de Abuso mas Comunes y Temas Relacionados (NIDA)
- La Alianza Nacional de Enfermedades Mentales (NAMI Texas) es la organizacion de salud mental mas grande de los EEUU dedicada a mejorar las vidas de las personas con serias enfermedades mentales y las de sus familiares.
- Alcoholicos Anonimos es una comunidad de hombres y mujeres que comparten su mutua experiencia, fortaleza y esperanza para resolver su problema com n y ayudar a otros a recuperarse del alcoholismo.
Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Resources
- The National Guideline Clearinghouse is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
- Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) is a technical-assistance organization that promotes knowledge development and the implementation of EBPs for the treatment and recovery of people with severe mental illness and co-occurring severe mental and substance use disorders.
- Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA) Evidence-Based and Best Practice Treatment Resources offers resources focused on implementing evidence-based (EBP) and best practices in addiction treatment.
- The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Office of Technical Assistance provides focused, state-of-the-art technical assistance and consultation to State Mental Health Agencies, state mental health planning and advisory councils, consumers, and families to help ensure that the best practices and most up-to-date knowledge in mental health and related fields are translated into action at the state and local levels.
- The Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment approach helps people recover by offering both mental health and substance abuse services at the same time and in one setting. SAMHSA’s toolkit provides information for integrating dual diagnosis treatment into your organization.
- The mission of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) is to close the gap between science and service by improving the science and practice of implementation in relation to evidence-based programs and practices.
- Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature (PDF) is a monograph that summarizes findings from the review of the research literature on implementation and proposes frameworks for understanding effective implementation processes.
- NIATx helps behavioral health providers improve access to and retention in treatment for all of their clients through process improvement.
- Rand Getting to Outcomes® is an approach that has been used to guide community practitioners in planning, implementing, and evaluating a large number of evidence-based or promising behavioral health practices. The site provides a variety of manuals and publications to support the use of this framework.
Working with the Military Community
- The VA Health Care Eligibility and Enrollment website provides information about VA benefits and how to apply or enroll.
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Centers program operates a system of 232 community based counseling centers, located in all fifty states, that provide readjustment counseling and outreach services (at no cost) to all veterans who served in any combat zone.
- The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs National Center for PTSD provides links and information to help Vets locate VA and other mental health services their area, including the Veterans Affairs Facilities locator.
- The Army Behavioral Health website offers information for Soldiers, children and families, and providers about military behavioral health topics including PTSD and suicide prevention.
Employment Resources
Suicide Prevention
- The Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides prevention support, training, and resources to assist organizations and individuals to develop suicide prevention programs, interventions and policies, and to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
- The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website contains suicide prevention resources, including the 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis [1-800-273-TALK (8255)].
