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Steering Committee Apointment - Thursday, April 23, 2009

Matthew Hile, the Director of the Behavioral Health Division, has been elected to the Steering Committee of The Missouri Alliance for Drug Endangered Children.

 
Research Project Looks at Mental Health Needs of St. Louis Bosnians - Wednesday, April 22, 2009

A research project under way in St. Louis is gauging the mental health needs and substance abuse habits of the area's Bosnians. read more ...
MIMH Researcher Awarded $1 Million to Bring Video Games to the Classroom - Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Joel Epstein, PhD, MU associate professor of psychiatry and researcher at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health in St. Louis, recently received a four-year $1 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop a video game focused on what happens in the brain and the body when a person uses drugs. Joel was recently interviewed on a NPR station KBIA (Columbia, MO).

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MIMH Receives SAMHSA SBIRT Award - Thursday, September 18, 2008

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is awarding $66 million over the next five years for 15 cooperative agreements to provide communities expanded capacity to identify individuals with substance abuse problems and intervene appropriately. These cooperative agreement programs will implement Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT) projects, which help health providers learn how to recognize patients at risk for problems related to substance abuse and, if so, how to provide timely and effective help. The announcement was made today by Tevi Troy, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, during a meeting convened by the White House.

The state of Missouri is expected to receive $2.3 million in the first year and $12.3 million over the next five years to enhance the SBIRT capacity of its statewide healthcare system. Over the next five years the program is projected to screen over 80,000 patients and provide expanded early intervention services to those in need of substance abuse treatment.

For more information: http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0809080442.aspx 
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