Many CDM projects involve data, product development, and dissemination, including the creation of research reports, peer-reviewed journal articles, websites, meeting materials, and print and online training. A small portfolio of our work in various media is presented here.
Drug-Free Workplace Programs Data Reporting
Visualized interactive reports are displayed from data gathered via online and offline instruments. These data are based on 120 respondents and is presented in three different formats. The first reports online (SharePoint) vs offline (PDF) responses set against the status of respondents’ state of completion. States of completion are presented as started, not started, in process, submitted, and authorized.
Alcohol Policy Information System
Since 2001 CDM has continued work on the the Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS). This website provides detailed information on a wide variety of Alcohol-Related Policies in the United States at both State and Federal levels, as well as policy information regarding Pregnancy and Drugs and the Recreational Use of Cannabis. The information and resources available on this site are geared toward alcohol, drug, and cannabis policy researchers and others interested in alcohol, drug, and cannabis policy issues.
SAMHSA Scientific and Technical Review – Hair Testing
A group of the nation’s leading forensic drug testing experts convened to conduct a scientific and technical review of drug hair testing science and technology and examine the utility of hair as a specimen for use in Federal programs. CDM provided logistical, scientific, technical, editorial, and facilitation support for the meeting. This is a narrative summary of the review.
Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking
CDM’s work on the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP Act) includes The Report to Congress which serves as a vehicle for reporting on the nature and extent of the underage drinking problem, recent research findings, and federal and state prevention activities. Also reports on state policies, enforcement activities, and prevention programs underway to address underage drinking. SAMHSA and CDM have worked together to ensure that the Report to Congress includes all components required by the STOP Act.
TIP 55: Behavioral Health Services for People Who Are Homeless
This Treatment Improvement Protocol, or TIP, equips service providers with guidelines to support the care of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and who need or are in substance abuse or mental illness treatment. It discusses prevention and treatment as part of integrated care. For SAMHSA/CSAT’s Knowledge Application Program (KAP), CDM assists in making knowledge developed through CSAT’s grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements available to substance abuse treatment counselors and other professionals.
Faces of Change: Do I have a problem with alcohol or drugs?
Faces of Change, a comic-book format publication written for SAMHSA, won a 2006 Grand Award, the highest award bestowed by the APEX Awards for Publication Excellence in the category of One-of-a-Kind Publications. Faces of Change is designed for reading-challenged adults in clinical treatment for substance abuse.
The full-color comic-book format was a " first" for CSAT and has proved to be popular with clinicians whose clients struggle with reading. The booklet mirrors the steps necessary for recovery and the daily challenges of resisting the "triggers" that lead to drug or alcohol abuse.
HIV/AIDS—Is Your Adult Client at Risk?
This pocket tool for substance abuse treatment providers based on TIP 37 provides quick tips to help substance abuse treatment providers talk to clients about HIV/AIDS risk assessment and reduction. Guidelines include questions to help providers raise client awareness of risky behavior and ways to change behaviors to prevent HIV.
TIP 50: Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment
This TIP provides guidelines to help substance abuse treatment counselors work with suicidal adult clients. It covers risk factors and warning signs for suicide, core counselor competencies, clinical vignettes, and information for administrators and clinical supervisors.
Quick Guide For Clinicians: Based on TIP 49
This Quick Guide for Clinicians guides physicians in the use of medications to help patients achieve abstinence from alcohol. It describes how the medications work, whom they benefit, and side effects for three FDA-approved medications: acamprosate, disulfiram, and naltrexone.
Drugs, Alcohol, and HIV/AIDS: A Consumer Guide for African Americans
This publication is designed to increase awareness among African American consumers about the link between HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. The colorful brochure explains the increased risk of HIV transmission and the importance of treatment for alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and HIV/AIDS.
National Report for the NEXT Generation Health Study
The NEXT Generation Health Study is a seven-year longitudinal study of a representative sample of U.S. students starting in the 10th grade. The goals of this study are to identify how adolescent health behaviors and health status change provide insight into the predictors of risk behaviors during adolescence and to identify the family, peer, and other social factors that promote positive health behaviors over time.
NEXT Generation Health Study Promotional Mailer
This promotional mailer was prepared as part of the NEXT Generation Health Study to recruit teens into the program.
Keep Kids Alcohol Free: Strategies for Action
This easy-to-use, 17-page booklet introduces three basic strategies to prevent alcohol use by children aged 9 to 15 and explains how these strategies can be put into practice in the home, school, and community. It also lists first steps to help people get local campaigns started and provides direct links to online sources of information about developing more comprehensive community-wide programs.
How Does Alcohol Affect the World of a Child?
This concise and easy-to-read National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) brochure pulls together a range of statistics on alcohol use by children and its impact on their health and well-being, along with the broader impact of alcohol use on society. It is an excellent resource for parents, teachers, administrators, school counselors, and others concerned with keeping children alcohol-free. Included is an "Ask Yourself" section, which provides questions that readers should consider when addressing the problem of alcohol use by children.
COCE Overview Papers: Definitions and Terms Relating to Co-Occurring Disorders
This overview paper of the COCE series defines terms used for substance-related disorders, such as substance abuse; mental disorders, serious emotional disturbances, and serious mental illness; co-occurring disorders; and program types as well as integrated screening, assessment, and interventions.