IHSSAMHSA National Behavioral Health Conference

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IHS/SAMHSA National Behavioral Health Conference

• Fran Randolph, Dr.P.H., Director
• Division of Service and Systems Improvement
• Center for Mental Health Services

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA)
Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
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• SAMHSAs Top Priority Programs
• Address the needs of adults and youth with
  co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Build substance abuse treatment capacity
• Implement the Strategic Prevention Framework
• Transform the mental health system

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The Role of Culture in Treatment and Recovery
Courtesy of River Trading Post
Culture is critical in determining what people
bring to the clinical setting. It affects

• The language we use
• How we express and report our concerns
• How we seek help
• The development of coping styles and social
  supports
• The degree to which we attach stigma to
  behavioral health problems

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Co-Occurring Center for Excellence
http//coce.samhsa.gov/
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SAMHSAs TIP 42
Available free
from SAMHSA at
http//store.health.org/catalog/
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Circles of Care Grant Program

• Grants awarded to seven tribes to
• Build infrastructure
• Increase capacity and effectiveness of behavioral
  health systems
• Reduce gap between need for and availability of
  services
• Plan, design, and implement culturally
  appropriate mental health systems of care

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SAMHSAs Response?Suicide Prevention Programs

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center (www.sprc.org)
• Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Grants
• One Sky Center contract
• Funding for Indian Health Service to build
  suicide response capacity within tribes

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SAMHSAs Suicide Prevention Budget for Fiscal
Year 2007

• Total budget 34,685,000
• Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Grant Program
  26,730,000
• American Indian/Alaska Native Suicide Prevention
  Initiative 2,970,000 (new dollars)

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I have seen that in any great undertaking it is
not enough for a man to depend simply upon
himself. Lone Man (Isna-la-wica) Teton Sioux
Tribe