Integrating behavioral health and community systems to enhance the access, provision, and quality of substance use disorder, opioid use disorder, and mental health services.
What's Happening
Mindful Monday – Intentional Mental Health Practices
21
Aug 2023
This series of Mindful Monday sessions will feature a wide range of evidence-based practices from different disciplines, related to Self-Compassion, Intentional Visualization, and Creativity. This is a 30-minute interactive training.
Intermountain West Harm Reduction Conference
28
Sep 2023
The Intermountain West Harm Reduction Conference is an opportunity for community health workers, prevention specialists, and medical professionals to share knowledge and experience regarding holistic harm reduction strategies.
2023 Rural Opioid and Stimulant Wellness Summit
25
Oct 2023
Utah State University Extension's HEART Initiative and Tribal & Rural Opioid Initiative present the 6th annual Opioid Wellness Summit! 2023 theme, "Open Roads to Health and Wellness: Providing rural communities with many pathways to build strong and healthy families."
Utah State University Extension – Strong Bodies Strength Training Program – Leader Training
06
Nov 2023
Strong Bodies is a 12-session evidence-based strength training program that focuses on building strength, balance, and flexibility to minimize injury and improve the ability to do activities of daily living.
Prevention
The National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory (Policy Lab) leads the equitable coordination, analysis, development, and implementation of national policy to promote mental health, prevent substance misuse and addiction, provide treatment and support recovery.
https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/offices-centers/nmhsupl
Harm Reduction
Harm reduction is critical to keeping people who use drugs alive and as healthy as possible, and is a key pillar in the multi-faceted Health and Human Services’ Overdose Prevention Strategy.
Treatment
The use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
https://www.samhsa.gov/medications-substance-use-disorders
Recovery
Recovery signals a dramatic shift in the expectation for positive outcomes for individuals who experience mental and substance use conditions or the co-occurring of the two.