Mental Health & Rehabilitation eCast
January 2007
The Mental Health & Rehabilitation eCast is a
monthly emailed newsletter with the purpose of
informing mental health and rehabilitation
networks worldwide about the activities and
resources produced by the Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation as well as for disseminating
general mental health and rehabilitation news.
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Guide to Creating a Statewide Anti-Stigma Campaign Available
Developing a Stigma Reduction Initiative is
designed to support the activities of those who
plan and implement a statewide, regional, or
local effort to address and counter stigma and
discrimination. This free kit offers guidance on
how to implement an initiative, sample materials
and templates to use in developing communication
materials, tactics to enhance outreach efforts,
and directories of resources for creating public
education materials. A schools training package
and business materials to create mental
health-friendly environments are also provided.
<http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/sma06-4176/>http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/sma06-4176/
Manual Describes Community Integration Supports Development
Are you an agency or organization working to
assist people in their recovery and promote
community integration? If so, this manual
addresses that need. Community Links is a
voluntary program that matches peers or community
members with people who:
(a) have court orders of
non-hospitalization or involuntary commitment;
(b) are dependent on the mental health
system for assistance and support; and/or
(c) feel isolated from their community
due to mental health difficulties.
This program is based on the findings of the
Moving Ahead Research Project (Shery Mead and
Mary Ellen Copeland, co-principal investigators,
Vermont Real Choices Grant, 2004). The manual
includes complete instructions for developing and
administering a Community Links Program including
a three-day training for links, and a CD with the
slides and handouts for the training. Community
Links: Pathways to Reconnection and Recovery is
available through the mental health recovery
website at
<http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/>www.mentalhealthrecovery.com;
by phone 802-425-3660 or fax: 802-425-5580; or
by email at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
The cost is $70 for the manual and CD.
Empowerment Scale Goes Multilingual
The Empowerment Scale, a 28-item instrument
designed to measure subjective feelings of
empowerment, is being translated into numerous
languages for use in a Pan-European study
involving 20 countries across Europe. The study
being conducted by the Institute of Psychiatry at
Kingís College in London is the latest among many
organizations and settings within the United
States and other countries to adopt the use of
the instrument. The Empowerment Scale was
developed at the Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation at Boston University with the
assistance of a consumer advisory board (Rogers,
Chamberlin, Ellison and Crean, 1997). The scale
is best used in studies where the focus is on
adults receiving services for mental health
issues and when administered more than once to
determine change over time. For additional
information, email E. Sally Rogers at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
National Institute of Mental Health
Requests Input on Research Questions
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is
seeking input from the clinical research
community, mental health professionals, patient
advocates and individuals living with mental
illnesses, private and public mental health
service systems and providers, the pharmaceutical
and biotechnology industry, and other interested
groups about important public mental health
research questions that could be addressed using
the infrastructure provided by three NIMH
clinical research networks - the Bipolar Trials
Network (BTN), the Depression Trials Network
(DTN), and the Schizophrenia Trials Network
(STN). For more information, go to
<http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-06-128.html>http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-06-128.html
Funding Opportunities for Researchers
from National Institute of Health
Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-111.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-111.html
Building Translational Research in Integrative Behavioral Science
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-155.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-155.html
Clinical Research on Mental Illnesses in Older Adults
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-163.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-163.html
Community-Based Participatory Research at NIMH
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-133.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-133.html
Co-Occurring Mental Illness, Alcohol and/or Drug Abuse & Medical Conditions
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-104.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-104.html
Early Identification and Treatment of Mental
Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-158.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-158.html
Effectiveness, Practice, And Implementation In
CMHSí Comprehensive Community Mental Health
Services Program for Children and their Families
Service Sites
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-091.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-091.html
Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-060.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-060.html
Reducing Mental Illness Stigma And Discrimination
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-156.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-156.html
Refining and Testing Mental Health Interventions
and Services for Youth with Mental Illness who
are Transitioning to Adulthood
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-07-050.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-07-050.html
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-07-051.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-07-051.html
Research on Mind-Body Interactions and Health
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-046.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-046.html
Research Project Grant
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-070.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-070.html
Research On Adherence To Interventions For Mental Disorders
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-076.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-076.html
Research On The Reduction And Prevention Of Suicidality
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-079.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-079.html
Research on Rural Mental Health and Drug Abuse Disorders
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-103.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-103.html
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This eCast is jointly supported by the Center for
Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration and the
National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Department of
Education.
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