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January 15, 2021 Resource Bulletin |
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Mental Health
The relationship between our immune system and mental health is important to consider, especially for people with pre-existing mental and physical health conditions.
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Webinar: Resources to Advance Health Equity Within Your Organization
January 21, 11:00am-12:00pm AKST
The Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions (CoE) is delivering this webinar to discuss how historically marginalized communities continue to face disproportionate challenges around access to and quality of behavioral health care due to systemic racism that results in significantly poorer mental health outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).
To learn more and register, click here: https://thenationalcouncil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kEIfID-ZTECV2haMDFb6HA
Webinar: Tobacco Product Use and COVID-19: An Overview of the Science and Public Health Implications
January 28, 10:00am AKST
Join the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center for a live webinar featuring Deputy Director for Research Translation, Office on Smoking and Health with the CDC, Brian A. King, PhD, MPH. This webinar will describe the adverse health effects of tobacco product use in the United States, discuss the state of the science with regard to COVID-19 outcomes and tobacco product use including e-cigarettes, and explain clinical and public health approaches to prevent and reduce tobacco product use.
For more information and to register, visit: https://globalmeetwebinar.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1414883&tp_key=f7bd7d2a34&sti=100p
Training: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills
March 5-6, 8:30am-4:00pm AKST
The Alaska Eating Disorders Alliance (AKEDA) is hosting this training with Leslie Karwoski Anderson, PhD for Alaska mental health providers. Attendees will learn how to conduct skills groups and help individual clients apply DBT skills to address suicide ideation, self-harm behaviors, emotion dysregulation and eating disorders. Participants will have access to four monthly one-hour sessions for consultative follow up. Continuing Education Credits will be available pending approval.
For more information and to register, visit: https://www.akeatingdisordersalliance.org/event-details/dialectical-behavior-therapy-essential-skills-conference-march-5-6-2021
Facilitator Training: Alaska Eating Disorder Alliance
The Alaska Eating Disorder (AKEDA) partnered with the National Eating Disorders Association to provide training to those interested in being facilitators of the Body Project, a 4-week course that teaches young women to confront unrealistic appearance ideals and start to develop healthy body image and self-esteem. If you are interested in having a free course offered to a group of 6-8 young women, email brose.alaskaedalliance@gmail.com or jloudon.alaskaedalliance@gmail.com.
AKEDA will be holding their January support group for parents, siblings, spouses and friends of loved ones struggling with an eating disorder on January 16.
Please email Evelyn Abello at eabello.alaskaedalliance@gmail.com to be invited to the confidential Zoom group.
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Alaska Careline
For someone to talk to, call anytime:
1-877-266-4357 (HELP) or text 4help to 839863
3-11 p.m. Tue-Sat
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Suicide Prevention & Postvention
Managing our mental health, substance use, and healthy relationships is always important. Physical isolation due to COVID-19 can make this more difficult.
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Untangling the Complex Relationships Between Suicide and Brain Injury
Acquired brain injury (ABI) has been linked to suicide attempts. Additionally, ABI can occur as a result of suicide attempts. This presentation will seek to untangle some of the complexities of this relationship. Matthew Peters, MD from the John Hopkins University, School of Medicine is presenting.
For more information and to register for this training, please go to: https://www.nashia.org/trainings
Alaska Gatekeeper/ QPR Suicide Prevention Training (recording)
The Statewide Suicide Prevention Council, the Alaska Mental Health Trust and the Juneau Suicide Prevention Council hosted a QPR suicide prevention training in September.
QPR training, also known as gatekeeper training, teaches people without professional mental health backgrounds to recognize the signs that someone may be considering suicide, establish a dialogue, and guide the person to seek professional help. It is not a substitute for professional assistance, but it can be a critical tool to save lives - and it’s something that anyone can learn to do.
To watch the recording of this training, please go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hZ1TQOyP60
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Alaska Careline
For someone to talk to, call anytime:
1-877-266-4357 (HELP) or text 4help to 839863
3-11 p.m. Tue-Sat
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Substance Misuse & Recovery
As we continue to isolate to slow the spread of COVID-19, it is especially important to approach things one day at a time and to care for pre-existing health concerns such as substance misuse.
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Virtual Event: End Addiction Stigma - Pledge To Help Those Struggling In Your Community
January 18, 9-10:00am AKST
Leading experts and individuals in recovery from addiction will share their experiences with structural and emotional barriers that prevent people from seeking and receiving help. Participants will take the Stigma Pledge, and learn about available resources to build a more inclusive community.
Featured speakers will include:
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Gary Mendell: Founder, Chairman and CEO of Shatterproof
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Dr. Leana Wen: Emergency Physician and Public Health Professor, George Washington University
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Jennifer Smith: Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
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Zac Clark: Addiction Recovery Expert and Founder, Release Recovery
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Joy Rucker: Co-Founder, The Texas Harm Reduction Alliance
To register click here:
https://www.mobilize.us/nationaldayofservice/event/370472/
Free Virtual Harm Reduction Trainings
1st Training: January 20th, 10:30am-12:00pm AKST
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) Substance Misuse and HIV/STD Prevention programs will host free virtual gatherings to discuss harm reduction strategies and resources in Alaska. Guest speakers are Alaska-based experts in the field of harm reduction. The goal of these trainings is to support, inspire and learn from one another to increase the well-being of individuals in our communities.
The first training is on HIV 101. Speakers include Lisa Rea, Registered Nurse, ANTHC Early Intervention Services and Laurali Riley, Senior Program Manager, ANTHC Early Intervention Services. Future training topics include:
*Harm Reduction 101 (February 24)
*Stigma, Empathy and Trauma-Informed Care (March 24)
*Harm Reduction in the Times of COVID-19 (April 20)
To register please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harm-reduction-training-series-hiv-101-tickets-133258241989
Sober Voices Summit
February 4-6
This 3-day virtual summit is for people who are sober or who are curious about sobriety. The summit will amplify diverse sober voices and bring awareness to multifaceted points of view on short- and long-term sobriety. There is a registration fee for this event.
For more information please go to: https://www.sobervoices.co/thesummit
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Many individuals with FASD have a high rate of pre-existing health conditions and often rely on the help of others. Below are resources for individuals and their caregivers.
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Justice Involved
We are told to practice physical distancing but how does that work for people living in correctional facilities? What support do people have when they return to the community? This section is for topics like these and more.
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Virtual Conference: Reducing Recidivism and Reentry Conference
February 9-12
This online-delivered conference hosted by the Alaska Training Cooperative will feature presentations and break-out sessions on a variety of topics related to reentry after incarceration—for professionals, individuals, families, and people with lived experience. Topics wil include understanding anti-social personality and substance use disorders, peer support, motivational interviewing, brain injury rehabilitation and reentry, trauma-informed care for frontline workers, and a panel of people with lived experience telling their personal stories of success.
To register go here: www.aktclms.org/Training/Class/104012
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Other Resources/Opportunities
If you are an agency or an individual with a great resource or opportunity, send us an email and we'll try our best to include it here or in a section above.
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Alaska Public Health Association- 2021 Conference
January 26-28th
The Alaska Public Health Association’s “Public Health During Changing Times” conference is one of the largest gatherings of Alaska health professionals. The summit provides educational and networking opportunities for everyone actively engaged in creating solutions, including health care providers, public health practitioners, policy makers, educators and community members.
There is a registration fee to attend this conference and for more information and to register, please go to: https://www.alaskapublichealth.org/
Self-Advocates Wanted: Disability Employment Focus Group
The Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (TASH) is looking for 8-10 self-advocates to participate in a focus group on Employment. Ideal participants include those with diversity in age, race and geographic location, and those with experience applying for jobs, volunteering, job shadowing, apprenticeships, part-time or full-time, etc. The focus groups will last approximately 1-2 hours. All participants will receive a $25 gift card for their time and participation.
For more information and to register, please email: AODDisabilityEmployment@gmail.com.
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