Behavioral Health News & Events
Tennessee Department of
Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services
Volume 2, Issue 2 | April 2014
30-35% of the behavioral healthcare workforce
smokes (versus only 1.7% of primary care
physicians)
What Can You Do to Decrease or Prevent
Tobacco Use Among People with Mental
Illnesses and Addictions?
Access the resources available through the
CDC National Behavioral Health Network for
Tobacco & Cancer Control operated by the
National Council for Behavioral Health.
Read our issue of eSolutions on Smoking Cessation,
which discusses facts about smoking and shares
useful resources.
Download DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free Toolkit for
Healthcare Provider, which contains information
and step-by-step instructions on tobacco cessation
education, client engagement, assessing readiness
to quit, and treatment information. Also check out
thebehavioral health-specific supplement.
Read Linda Rosenberg’s letter to the field, A
Shared Struggle with Tobacco Addiction, and learn
about the National Council’s commitment to
supporting tobacco control and prevention efforts
Bookmark BeTobaccoFree for some of the best
information on the health effects of tobacco,
quitting smoking, and more.
Subscribe to the CDC’s Tobacco Free Press for
valuable tobacco-related news and resources.
Inaugural Award for Tennessee Certification
Board
REPRINT — Impressions in Behavioral Health Care—A
Publication of Frontier Health | Fall/Winter 2013
The first ever Community
Impact Award given by
the Tennessee
Certification Board was
awarded to Frontier
Health's Prevention Team,
based out of Holston
Children and Youth
Services, to honor them
for their dedication to
helping their
communities.
"Prevention is one of the greatest public health
challenges of our time," according to the
Tennessee Certification Board, "and its success
depends on a workforce of qualified
professionals trained in evidence-based
practices.
June 17, 2014
August 19, 2014
December 16, 2014
Meeting Times:
Approx. 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT.
Download Tobacco Cessation for Persons with
Mental Illnesses: A Toolkit for Mental Health
Providers for information on how to help those
you serve quit smoking.
Meeting location:
Conference Center
Middle TN Mental Health Institute
221 Stewarts Ferry Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
Learn how to create a smoke-free setting in
Tobacco-Free Living in Psychiatric Settings: A Best
-Practices Toolkit Promoting Wellness and
Recovery.
Learn the right billing codes for tobacco cessation
in the American Society of Family Physicians’
reimbursement code chart.
Direct questions/inquiries to Avis Easley
at (615) 253-6397 or by email at
[email protected] or Vickie Pillow at
(615) 253-3785 or email at
[email protected]
Meeting schedules and information are
available online at http://www.tn.gov/
mental/recovery/meeting_sch.html.
Meetings are subject to change.
REGIONAL PLANNING
& POLICY COUNCIL
"Prevention professionals are working
throughout communities in the state-partnering
with parents, community groups, coalitions,
faith-based organizations, health care
professionals, law enforcement, businesses and
educators-to make a difference."
The Holston C&Y Prevention Team includes
Frontier Health staff Amanda Beach, Michael
Gibson, Johnny Love and Jill White. The
supervisory team includes Senior Vice President
of Tennessee Children's Services Kathy
Benedetto, SPE, LPC, LMFT; Tim Perry, LPCMHSP; Paula Holloway, LMFT; and Melissa
Birdwell, LCSW.
Jill White receives the
award from board
member Diane Berty,
Tennessee Certification
Board
2014 Schedule
Order or download the CDCs free brochures and
posters.
TAMHO Member Organization Happenings
Sullivan County Prevention Team
Receives Community Impact Award
PLANNING & POLICY
COUNCIL
Frontier Health programs held during and after
school address alcohol and drug prevention, life
lessons, conflict resolution and other issues.
Providing services close to home is vital to
meeting needs. The primary focus is middle
school aged children due to their unique
challenges in development and life, with
involvement from parents and caregivers.
Recently many of the programs vW&RW