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Behavioral Healthcare

 

Co-occurring Disorders/ Substance Use and Mental Health

• 2025 Mental Health America Annual Report (MHA, 2026)

• 988 Convening Playbook Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Providers (National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, April 2022)

• Advancing Partnerships Across Harm Reduction and Recovery (SAMHSA, January 2025)

• Behavioral Health Barometer: ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬, Volume 4 (SAMHSA, 2017)

• Building Community Supports for Young People in the Transition Years: A Tip Sheet for Service Providers (Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures, January 2016)

• Caring for Youth with Mental Health Needs in the Juvenile Justice System: Improving Knowledge and Skills (National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, May 2015)

• Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Can Address Mental Health and Substance Use Needs Across the Criminal Justice System Intercepts (CGS The Council of State Governments Justice Center, June 2023)

• The CBHSQ Report- One-Third of Young Adults with any Mental Illness Received Mental Health Services in the Past Year (SAMHSA Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, July 2016)

• A Checklist for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices and Programs for Justice-Involved Adults with Behavioral Health Disorders (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, 2012)

• Common Threads Stories of Survival & Recovery from Mental Illness (Louis de la Parte ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Mental Health Institute at ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬, 2007)

• Connecting Those at Risk to Care— The Quick Start Guide to Developing Community Care Coordination Pathways (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, January 2016)

• Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis: Costs and Financing Strategies (SAMSHA, August 2023)

• Collaborative Teams Toolkit for Trauma-Informed Care (National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2024)

• Core Competencies for Peers Working in the Criminal Justice System DRAFT (SAMHSA's GAINS Center & ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Certification Board, 2017)

• Criteria for the Demonstration Program to Improve Community Mental Health Centers and to Establish Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (SAMHSA, 2016)

• Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (SAMHSA, 2016)

• Developing and Implementing Your Co-Responder Program (CSG, February 2021)

• Disaster Technical Assistance Center Supplemental Research Bulletin: Disaster Behavioral Health Interventions Inventory (SAMSHA, May 2022)

• Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN): Opioid-Involved ED Visits in the United States Short Report (SAMHSA, March 2025)

• Effective Systems of Care: A Summary of Implementation Factors (Fixsen, 2005)

• Effectiveness of Community-Based Treatment in Reducing Admissions to Forensic Programs at State Facilities (The ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Senate, November 2006)

• Ending an American Tragedy: Addressing the Needs of Justice-Involved People with Mental Illnesses and Co-Occurring Disorders (National Leadership Forum on Behavioral Health/Criminal Justice Services, September 2009)

• Engaging Community Coalitions to decrease Opioid Overdose Deaths Practice Guide 2023 (SAMSHA, September 2023)

• Establishing Peer Support Services for Overdose Response: A Toolkit for Health Departments (National Council For Mental Wellbeing, March 2022)

• Evaluation of Sarasota County Community Alternative Residential Treatment Initiative (Louis de la Parte ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Mental Health Institute at ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬, November 2007)

• Examining the Use of Braided Funding for Substance Use Disorder Services (SAMSHA, Feburary 2024)

• Extending Assertive Community Treatment to Criminal Justice Settings (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, May 2006)

• Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Spotlight of Opioids (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, September 2018)

• From Planning to Practice: Insights from a Survey of Crisis Stabilization Centers (PRA, January 2026)

• Financing Peer Crisis Respites in the United States (SAMSHA, November 2024)

• Financing Peer Recovery Support: Opportunities to Enhance the Substance Use Disorder Peer Workforce (SAMSHA, March 2024)

• First-Episode Psychosis: Considerations for the Criminal Justice System (Vera Institute of Justice, 2017)

• ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Department of Children and Families Policy Paper on Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders (Department of Children and Families SAMH Program Office, 2002)

• Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT): A Service Delivery Model for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Involved With the Criminal Justice System (SAMHSA, 2019)

• Forensic Assertive Community Treatment: Updating the Evidence (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, October 2013) 

• Guidelines for Successful Transition of People with Mental or Substance Use Disorders from Jail and Prison: Implementation Guide (SAMHSA, 2017)

• Homelessness among Youth with Co-occurring Disorders (SAMHSA, October 2008)

• Illness Management and Recovery (SAMHSA, October 2013)

• Implementing a Family-Centered Approach in Outpatient Treatment (National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2025)

• Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (SAMSHA, June 2023)

• In Focus: Supporting Youth and Families Impacted by Opioid Abuse (OJJDP, September 2020)

• Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses in County Jails: A Survey of Jail Staff's Perspectives (Public Citizen's Health Research Group and The Treatment Advocacy Center, July 2016)

• Improving Client Participation in Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Follow-up Interviews (SAMHSA’s Performance Accountability and Reporting System, n.d.)

• Integrating Behavioral and Physical Health for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: Lessons for States Working with Managed Care Delivery Systems (Integrated Care Resource Center, August 2017)

• Integrating Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Justice-Involved Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, May 2006)

• Integrating Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Justice-Involved Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, May 2013)

• Issue Brief: Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, November 2024)

• Juvenile Justice Bulletin- Co-occurrence of Substance Use Behaviors in Youth (OJJDP, November 2008)

• Know Your Rights: Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits (SAMSHA, April 2022)

• Leveraging Telehealth for Justice-Involved Individuals: Expanding Access to Mental and Substance Use Disorders Treatment (SAMHSA, 2019)

• Making the Case for High-functioning, Team-based Care in Community Behavioral Health Care Settings (National Council for Behavioral Health, October 2020)

• Medicaid Coverage of Medications to Reverse Opioid Overdose and Treat Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders (SAMSHA, January 2024)

• Medicaid, Mental Health, and H.R. 1 A State Guide to Using Data for Community Engagement Determinations (Mental Health America, April 2026)

• Medical Conditions, Mental Health Problems, Disabilities, and Mortality Among Jail Inmates (American Jail Association, May 2016)

• Medication-assisted Treatment Inside Correctional Facilities (SAMHSA, 2019)

• Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Jails and Prisons: A Planning and Implementation Toolkit (SAMHSA, January 2020)

• Mental Health Services in County Jails (Office of the Legislative Auditor State of Minnesota, March 2016)

• Motivational Interviewing (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, January 2011)

• Municipal Courts: An Effective Tool for Diverting People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders from the Criminal Justice System (SAMHSA, 2015)

• National Model Standards for Peer Support Certification (SAMSHA, June 2023)

• National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care: Best Practice Toolkit (SAMHSA, January 2020)

• National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey (N-SUMHSS), 2021:
  Data on Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Facilities (SAMSHA , February 2023)

• NSDUH Data Review- Receipt of Services for Substance Use and Mental Health Issues Among Adults: Results from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (SAMHSA, September 2016)

• Optimizing Recovery Funding, Volumes 1 & 2 (Peer Recovery, Center of Excellence, January 2023)

• Opioid Overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach A Guide for Policymakers for Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies that Address Opioid Overdose (NIH Heal Initiative, 2023)

• Peer-based Overdose Prevention and Response Across the SIM (National Council for Mental Wellbeing, October 2023)

• Peer Roles in Criminal Justice Settings (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, 2017)

• Peer Support Roles Across the Sequential Intercept Model (Policy Research Associates, 2020)

• Preventing Substance Use Among Young Adults with Disabilities (SAMHSA, August 2024)

• A Primer for Mental Health Practitioners Working with Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System (National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, January 2012)

• Principles of Community-based Behavioral Health Services for Justice-involved Individuals: A Research-based Guide (SAMHSA, 2019)

• Recovery-Oriented, Person-Centered Behavioral Treatment (SAMHSA, September 2024) 

• Recovery Ready Workplace Toolkit (Federal Recovery-Ready Workplace Interagency Workgroup, November 2023)

• Reducing Criminal Recidivism for Justice-Involved Persons with Mental Illness: Risk/Needs/Responsivity and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, October 2013)

• Reducing the Number of People with Mental Illnesses in Jail: Six Questions County Leaders Need to Ask (Council of State Governments Justice Center, Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Association of Counties, & American Psychiatric Association Foundation, January 2017)

• Refocus and Renew: Moving Toward Health for Adults with Serious Mental Illness 
  and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SAMHSA, 2026)

• SAMHSA's Eight Guiding Principles for Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice webinar slides (SAMHSA, 2019)

• SAMHSA's Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit (SAMHSA, July 2025)

• SAMHSA's Working Definition of Recovery: 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery (SAMHSA, 2012)

• Screening and Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System (SAMHSA, 2015)

• Screening and Assessment of Co-occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders for Justice-involved Populations (Part 1): Overview of Evidence-based Tools and Approaches Across the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) Webinar Slides (SAMHSA, 2019)

• Sensitizing Providers to the Effects of Incarceration on Treatment and Risk Management (SPECTRM) (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, February 2007)

• Serious Violent Reentry Initiative (SVORI)- Reentry Projects for Inmates with Serious Mental Illness (SAMHSA'S GAINS CENTER, July 2006)

• SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR): A Reentry Tool for Individuals Involved in the Criminal Justice System (SAMHSA, October 2018)

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Strategic Plan FY2019-2023

• Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System (SAMHSA, 2005)

• Substance Abuse Trends Alert! (DCF & FADAA, May 2019)

• Tailoring Crisis Response and Pre-arrest Diversion Models for Rural Communities (SAMHSA, 2018)

• Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder (SAMHSA, June 2021)

• The Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) Family of Tools (National Council for Mental Wellbeing, November 2023)

• Tips for Successfully Implementing a 911 Dispatch Diversion Program (Justice Center The Council of State Governments , August 2021)

• Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services (SAMHSA, 2014)

• Trauma Specific Interventions for Justice-Involved Individuals (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, August 2011)

• Treating Co-Occurring PTSD and Substance Abuse in Community Settings: Focus on Seeking Safety (Hills, 2014)

• Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders: Treatment Improvment Protocol TIP 33 (SAMHSA, 2021)

• A Treatment Improvement Protocol- Behavioral Health Services for People Who Are Homeless (SAMHSA, 2013)

• A Treatment Improvement Protocol- Behavioral Health Services for People Who Are Homeless: A Review of the Literature (SAMHSA, 2013)

• A Treatment Improvement Protocol- Using Technology-Based Therapeutic Tools in Behavioral Health Services (SAMHSA, 2015)

• Treatment, Volume 1: Understanding Evidence-Based Practices for Co-Occurring Disorders (SAMHSA's Co-Occurring Center for Excellence, 2006)

• Why Do Adults Misuse Prescription Drugs? (SAMHSA's CBHSQ, 2017)

• Workforce Solutions Partnerships: Call to Action to Build a Sustainable Behavioral Health Workforce (SAMHSA, March 2025)

• 2016 Reports to the ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Department of Children and Families in Response to the Governor's Executive Order 15-175 (Louis de la Parte ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Mental Health Institute at ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬, July 2016)

 

Children's Mental Health

• An Overview of Substance Use Trends and Their Potential Effects on Child Safety Toolkit (National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2025)

• A SAFE PLACE TO BE: Crisis Stabilization Services and Other Supports for Children and Youth (NASMHPD, September 2022)

• Beyond the Screen: Creating Healthy, Engaged Elementary School Classrooms (SAMHSA, April 2026)

• The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances Program (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016)

• Community Engagement Resources: Campaign Implementation Guide (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 2021)

• Funding Prevention in Communities (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2021)

• Getting Candid: Framing the Conversation Around the Youth Substance Use Prevention: A Message Guide for Providers (National Council for Mental Wellbeing, 2022)

• How Substance Use Disorder Treatment Agencies Can Help Child Welfare Agencies Meet the Safety Needs of Children Amid Current Substance Use Trends Toolkit ((National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2025)

• National Guidelines for Child and Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Care (SAMSHA, November 2022)

• School-based Mental Health Interventions Targeting Depression or Anxiety: A Meta-analysis of Rigorous Randomized Controlled Trials for School-aged Children and Adolescents (Journal of Youth and Adolescence, September 2022)

• State of ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Best Practices Response Protocol for Schools to Use Mobile Response Teams (ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Louis de la Parte ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Mental Health Institute, June 2021)

 

HIPAA

• Clarifying HIPAA Privacy Rules for Mental Health and Addiction Crises (National Council for Behavioral Health, 2018)

• Disclosure of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: Does Part 2 Apply to Me? (SAMHSA, 2019)

• Disclosure of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: How Do I Exchange Part 2 Data? (SAMHSA, 2019)

• Dispelling Myths About Information Sharing Between the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems (SAMHSA's GAINS Center, February 2007)

• • This is an unofficial version of the combined regulation text that presents all of the HIPAA regulatory standards in one document.

• HIPAA Privacy Rule and Sharing Information Related to Mental Health (US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, December 2017)

• How HIPAA Allows Doctors to Respond to the Opioid Crisis (US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights, 2017)

 

 

Primary Care

• Key Elements of the Affordable Care Act: Interface with Correctional Settings and Inmate Health Care (Coalition of Correctional Health Authorities- American Correctional Association, February 2012)

• Medicaid and Financing Healthcare for Individuals Involved with the Criminal Justice System (Council of State Governments Justice Center, December 2013)

• Medicaid High-Need, High-Cost Programs: Promising Practices for Evaluation Metrics (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, September 2016)

• The N-SSATS Report- Forty-Two Percent of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Offer On-Site Screening for Infectious Diseases (SAMHSA, June 2011)

• Preparing Behaviroal Health Organizations for Coronavirus Webinar Slides (The Joint Commission, March 2020)

• The 21st Century Cures Act