This presentation prepared by DHHS provides an overview of prescription drug abuse and its current rate and impact in Indian Country […]
Prescription Drug Abuse in Indian Country
Audience: Youth Probation
Adolescent Substance Use: America’s #1 Public Health Problem
This report finds that adolescent smoking, drinking, misusing prescription drugs and using illegal drugs is, by any measure, a public health problem of epidemic proportion, presenting clear and present danger […]
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The Role of Culture in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
This article discusses how substance abuse treatment programs are integrating culture into treatment of American Indian and Alaska Native individuals. […]
The Role of Culture in Substance Abuse Treatment
Survey on Misuse and Abuse of Prescription Stimulants
This fact sheet describes results from a national study on the normalization of the abuse of prescription stimulants among young adults. […]
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American Indian Culture as Substance Abuse Treatment: Pursuing Evidence for a Local Intervention
This article describes a collaboration between a university-based research psychologist and a reservation-based substance abuse treatment program staff that has thus far resulted in a detailed blueprint for a radically […]
Community Readiness Manual on Suicide Prevention in Native Communities
This manual describes the Community Readiness Model and its use in Native communities as a tool to assess readiness for and implementation of suicide prevention efforts. […]
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Preventing Suicide: a Toolkit for High Schools
Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools was created to help high schools, school districts, and their partners design and implement strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health among […]
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To Live to See the Great Day That Dawns
The purpose of this guide is to support AI/AN communities and those who serve them in developing effective, culturally appropriate suicide prevention plans. […]
Suicide Prevention: Resources for American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
This resource sheet provides links and citations for statistics, policy recommendations, reports, legislation, guides for community planning and program development, suicide prevention programs in Native communities, and evaluation of suicide […]
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