Mental Health Data

• NJHA’s Center for Health Analytics, Research and Transformation produces data analyses on a variety of healthcare issues, including the mental health impact of COVID on adult and children, substance misuse and more. www.njha.com/CHART
• This directory of SAMHSA data, outcomes and quality reports help to inform policy, measure program impact, and lead to improved quality of services and outcomes of individuals, families, and communities.http://www.samhsa.gov/data

Mental Health Resources

• National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) continuing education for professional researchers, mental health treatment practitioners, and helpers who are concerned with trauma. Continuing Education | SAMHSA
• SAMHSA Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center provides communities, clinicians, policy-makers and others with the information and tools to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings. Resource Center | SAMHSA
• Responding to the urgent need for greater equity and effectiveness in behavioral health services for African Americans, SAMHSA has established the National Center, the African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (AABH-COE). AABH CoE - Home (africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org)
• The Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity (CoE LGBTQ+ BHE) provide sbehavioral health practitioners with vital information on supporting the population of people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, two-spirit, and other diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions (LGBTQ+). https://lgbtqequity.org
• The National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders develops and disseminates training and technical assistance for healthcare practitioners on issues related to addressing eating disorders, and facilitates the identification of model programs, develop and update materials related to eating disorders, and ensure that high-quality training is provided to health professionals. NCEED (3cimpact.com)
• The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is a national resource center providing information, expert consultation, training and technical assistance to child welfare, dependency court and substance abuse treatment professionals to improve the safety, permanency, well-being and recovery outcomes for children, parents and families. Home | National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) (hhs.gov)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism training grants, programs and resources. Research Training and Career Development | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (nih.gov)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse updates, training and career development Research Training & Career Development | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (nih.gov)
• Local county mental health screening services provide rapid assessments and interventions for individuals in a mental health emergency and direct them toward appropriate services. https://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dmhas/home/hotlines/MH_Screening_Centers.pdf.