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Behavioral Health Resources

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

Below is a list of presentations, articles, publications, toolkits and the Partnership Communique, focusing on tobacco dependence treatment for people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

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Presentations

Tool Kits

Cessation training for service providers

The American Academy of Family Physicians

The American Academy of Family Physicians has created a podcast titled "How to Provide Tobacco Cessation Treatment to Patients with Mental Illness" Find out what treatments are most effective for this population and the effects of tobacco cessation pharmacotherepies on other medications. All are welcome to download a copy at http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/publichealth/tobacco/cme/podcasts.html

The AAFP has also created a new section on the Ask and Act website titled "Smoking and Mental Illness" and added mental health slides to CME presentations.

RX for Change

Rx for Change: Clinician-Assisted Tobacco Cessation, which draws heavily from the Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, is a comprehensive, turn-key program for training students and licensed clinicians in virtually any health professional field. All materials have been externally reviewed and are updated continuously to reflect current science for the treatment of tobacco use and dependence.  For more information contact Reason Reyes at Reason.Reyes@ucsf.edu.

NEW! Rx for Change: Tobacco-Free for Recovery, Assisting Mental Health Consumers with Tobacco Cessation, a new cessation curriculum for Peer Counselors is now available online at http://rxforchange.ucsf.edu . With input from consumers, mental health professionals, advocates, and leaders, this 3-hour program was created to equip peer counselors with the necessary knowledge and skills to assist and support other mental health consumers with quitting smoking. A smoke-free lifestyle is viewed as a vital element on the path toward wellness and recovery.

Visit http://rxforchange.ucsf.edu and register for free to find PowerPoint slides, audience handouts, and correspondence video segments that are relevant to the Peer Counselor – Mental Health curriculum. Other new Rx curricula include Psychiatry RX. Dr. Jodi Prochaska and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, have created a 4-hour curriculum that is specific to psychiatry and has shown very promising results in changing the knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and clinical practices of psychiatry residents in treating tobacco use and dependence in their patients.

Webinars

Tobacco-Free for Recovery: Assisting Mental Health Consumers with Tobacco Cessation. Hosted by the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center and Rx for Change, this three hour online training provides valuable information on key terms and definitions related to tobacco use, why it is important to quit smoking, the different types of tobacco products and why they are addictive, what helps people to quit smoking, and how to help people quit. Participants were invited to ask questions, provide comments, and participate in the activities and discussion that took place during the training.  

While this curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of mental health peer counselors, it is a helpful training tool for any provider or advocate interested in learning more about mental health and smoking cessation.

For information on other webinars hosted by the SCLC and SAMHSA visit the 100 Pioneers for Smoking Cessation webpage.

Articles and Publications

The National Mental Health Partnership for Wellness and Smoking Cessation Communique (Click Here)

 

Mental health and smoking awareness video clip

Mental Health and the Tobacco Industry

Other Resources and Facts

Once SCLC established itself as a credible source of technical assistance, callers and web visitors began inquiring about speakers, presenters, and experts that might participate in their various conferences and events. SCLC has gradually developed a lengthy list of possible presenters, including our own staff, and frequently provided names as well as topics. For inquiries and availability contact the SCLC at csaucedo@medicine.ucsf.edu .