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Behavioral Health Barometer: Washington State, 2013

This is the first edition of SAMHSA's Behavioral Health Barometer: Washington 2013, one of a series of State and national reports that provide a snapshot of behavioral health in the United States. The reports present a set of substance use and mental health indicators as measured through data collection efforts sponsored by SAMHSA, including the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. This array of indicators provides a unique overview of the Nation’s behavioral health at a point in time as well as a mechanism for tracking change and trends over time. As new data become available, indicators highlighted in these reports will be updated to reflect the current state of the science and incorporate new measures of interest.

Behavioral Health Barometer: Washington 2013 (full text)

See also: Behavioral Health Barometer, United States, 2013 (full text)

New Journals in the Addictions

These issues of addiction journals were recently published online. Click on links to connect to tables of contents.

Addiction 109(1)
Addiction Professional 11(6)
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 37(12)
American Journal on Addictions 23(1)
Counselor Magazine 15(1)
Drug & Alcohol Dependence 133(3)
Drug & Alcohol Dependence 134
Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs 75(1)
Nordic Studies on Alcohol & Drugs 30(6)
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 45(5)
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 46(1)

NIDA Seminar: CBPR Perspective on Moving EBP Research into Clinical Practice

Dr. Dennis Donovan, Director of the University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, has been invited by NIDA’s Office of Diversity and Health Disparities to present at the NIDA Special Populations Outreach Translational Research Seminar Series: Promoting Diversity and Moving Toward Health Equity, on March 11, 2014.  Started in 2012, this Seminar Series’ goals are to highlight a broad spectrum of NIDA or other NIH supported research that has the potential to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities and to highlight research that has an impact on racial/ethnic populations and communities.  The Series has also incorporated seminars related to outcomes and challenges faced by the translational process, moving from research to practice.

Dr. Donovan's presentation is entitled “A Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Perspective on Moving Evidence-Based Drug Treatment Research into Clinical Practice.” 

Slides from the presentation will be posted on the ADAI website (and linked here) after the NIDA Seminar.

FASD: How Can Courts Respond Effectively?

The Winter 2014 issue of The Judges’ Page Newsletter addresses FASD in children, youth and adults involved in the court system. Kathryn Kelly from the UW's Fetal Alcohol & Drug Unit put together this issue of the publication by the National CASA Association and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.  

Articles in this special issue include:

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): What Judges and Other Legal Professionals Need to Know

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Key Services for Children in Foster Care

Parents Who Have FASD in Dependency Court

Read the whole issue...