The role of prevention is to create healthy communities in which people have a high quality of life, including:
Healthy environments at work and in school
Supportive communities and neighborhoods
Connections with families and friends
Communities free of substance abuse and mental health problems
The ODMHSAS uses the Strategic Prevention Framework to plan and implement effective prevention services. The framework is built on a community-based risk and protective factors approach to prevention - to reduce risk and increase protection.
SAMHSA Recovery Month Web cast Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental and Substance Use Disorders: What's Working, What's Needed?
CSAP Director Fran Harding, was a panelist on yesterday’s SAMHSA Recovery Month Web cast, “Prevention and Early Intervention for Substance Use and Mental Health Conditions: What's Working, What's Needed?” Other guests included: Jane Callahan, CADCA; Jordan Burnham, Active Minds Inc., Washington, DC; Dr. Wendy Greene, Screening, Brief Interventions and Referral to Treatment Program, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC. The program was hosted by CSAT’s Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Ivette Torres.
Description: Preventing mental and substance use disorders is critical and early intervention and treatment is essential to avoid devastating impact and reduce the high cost to society. What really works in prevention and early intervention? How can prevention and early intervention strategies and services be coordinated more effectively with treatment and recovery services? What role does prevention and early intervention play in a recovery-oriented system of care? What happens when someone is identified with a mental or substance use disorder? What should happen to ensure people can access the help they need? How can schools, health and justice systems, and other institutions in our society be more actively engaged in the practice of prevention and early intervention? This show will address these pressing issues, focusing on creating communities where individuals, families, schools, workplaces, and communities take action to promote behavioral health.
