This article provides a great introduction to the relationship between tobacco use and mental illness/substance abuse disorders. Of the 443,000 annual tobacco-related deaths in the United States, 200,000 are among …
This resource proposes a set of core clinical features of a behavioral health home (i.e., a behavioral health agency that serves as a health home for people with mental health …
This paper from the National Council for Behavioral Health expands the dialogue concerning the integration of substance use treatment with healthcare services. What does a Patient-Centered Medical Home look like …
This article, in response to the Healthy People goal of eliminating health disparities, defines health disparities as systematic, plausibly avoidable health differences adversely affecting socially disadvantaged groups; they may reflect …
With the understanding that individuals with mental illness and substance abuse disorders have higher rates of cigarette smoking, less success in quitting, and high rates of death due to tobacco-related …
Many of the resources included in this site address the statistics of high morbidity and mortality of cancer among individuals with mental illness. This literature review addresses the practical and …
This review consolidates information indicating the association between alcohol and gastrointestinal cancer. By avoiding alcohol overconsumption, and individual reduces his or her exposure to the potentially carcinogenic effects of ethanol …
The Native American Community, the University of Kansas Medical Center, and the American Lung Association have utilized research methods such as focus groups, surveys, and Community Advisory Board meetings to …
