The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention observes National Suicide Prevention Week to raise awareness about mental health and host virtual events to prevent suicide. Learn more ways to get involved.

This virtual, four-hour training will discuss the 12-Step recovery process and how to discuss this with clients; summarize the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of addiction; and identify the tools needed to avoid the relapse.

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) invites you to a webinar on services and supports for kinship families affected by substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Kinship care promotes stability and a sense of belonging, particularly as children maintain connections with their family and cultural identity. Register now.

This six-hour training will provide an overview of how opioid use changes the brain and affects behavior, including heightening the risk of brain injury from opioid poisoning.

This two-day, in-person event will include educational sessions with continuing education credit*, networking opportunities, and exhibits. Registration to open in July.

This two-day, in-person event will bring together treatment court coordinators, probation and parole staff, judges, attorneys, behavioral health providers, social workers, and law enforcement for education to discuss how to better support persons throughout NH involved with treatment courts. This event includes educational sessions with continuing education credit, networking opportunities, and exhibits. Registration is now open! Pre-registration ... read more

This course will include a review of the clinical and diagnostic factors related to trauma and how an informed approach to diagnostic assessment can influence the treatment of specific trauma populations such as, veterans, survivors of abuse and rape, addiction, and other emotional and physical conditions.

This webinar will explore how substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers can utilize harm reduction strategies to support people who use drugs (PWUD) and more effectively address and treat addiction. The webinar will provide specific skills and approaches to implement harm reduction strategies into existing practices.

This training will provide tips on how to be inclusive toward anyone who identifies as LGBTQI2+, particularly younger persons. Some questions that will be discussed include: What does it mean to be welcoming to younger LGBTQI2+ humans? What actions or words should professionals working with youth avoid? How does the absence of legal rights in many states play ... read more

This training will teach participants how to recognize individuals at risk for suicide and learn strategies for connecting them to help.

This training is designed for clinicians at any experience level seeking to improve their understanding of how mental health issues interact with a client’s use of stimulants. During this training, participants will learn how stimulants such as Cocaine, Amphetamines and PCP are related to and can exacerbate mental health issues.

This innovative four-day training, combining online and in-person components, offers practitioners a comprehensive introduction to the substance misuse prevention field. Grounded in current research and SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework, the SAPST is designed to help practitioners develop the knowledge and skills needed to implement effective, data-driven prevention that reduces behavioral health disparities and improves wellness. It ... read more