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What are ACEs?
RWJF and a growing network of leaders is pioneering how we diminish the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Learn about what ACEs are, their prevalence and their impact.
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2013 Children's Symposium
RWJF grantee, Head Start Trauma Smart, is hosting the 2013 Children's Symposium. ad Start Trauma Smart (HSTS) is an early childhood development initiative that addresses the trauma associated with violence, poverty, and illness.
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Mental Health Impact Assessment
RWJF, in collaboration with the Pew Charitable Trusts, is investing in expanding the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) to inform policy decisions across sectors that can influence health. This pilot is aimed at adapting the conventional HIA methodology to assess mental health effects.
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Improving Access to Children's Mental Health Care
Research conducted by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools reports on strategies to strengthen and sustain children’s mental health services and prevent the onset of problem behaviors.
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Improving Access to Children's Mental Health Care
March 6, 2013 | Report
This report is the second in a series of studies that report on strategies to sustain children’s mental health services and prevent the onset of problem behaviors.
The Use of Evidence-Based Standards for Addiction Treatment
November 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
Beginning in 2007, the Open Society Institute led a project to encourage the use of NQF quality standards for the treatment of substance abuse conditions.
Alabama Helps Addicted Adolescents Recover from Substance Abuse with Continuing Care
November 22, 2011 | Program Result Report
Alabama was one of 12 states participating in Advancing Recovery: State and Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Treatment. The state joined with three adolescent service providers to implement continuing care as their evidence-based practice.
Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR): Increased Admissions
April 28, 2010 | Program Result Report
SSTAR (Stanley Street Treatment and Resources) provides a range of services to residents of southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Assessing How a New Mexico Interagency Purchasing Collaborative Organizes and Finances Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
April 16, 2010 | Program Result Report
In 2004, the State of New Mexico created the New Mexico Behavioral Health Collaborative to transform the way the state organized and financed substance abuse and mental health services.
2005 Addiction Health Services Research Conference Publishes Proceedings in Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
July 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and the RAND Corporation co-hosted the annual Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference in Santa Monica, Calif., on October 25–26, 2005.
Cross-Systems Financing Project Learning Community Creates Care Integration in Five Sites
November 10, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Technical Assistance Collaborative established and guided a "learning community" in which participants developed strategies to integrate funding for and improve access to mental health and substance abuse services in their states and counties.
What is the Future for Addiction Treatment?
May 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
The National Treatment Consortium for Alcohol and Other Drugs produced a 1993 paper, The White Paper on the Future of Addiction Treatment, based on a 1990 Institute of Medicine Report, Treating Drug Problems.
The Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Partnership of Larimer County, Colorado
January 1, 2008 | Book
In this chapter, Paul Brodeur, an award-winning journalist and former staff writer for The New Yorker, discusses an approach to organizing services for people with both substance abuse addiction and mental illness.
Researchers Find Substance-Abusing Youth in HMO Also Have Mental Health Problems
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and at the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute examined access to and utilization of substance abuse services by adolescents in a large, nonprofit health maintenance organization.