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CSRHA Promotes Mental Health Awareness During the Month of May
The California
State Rural Health Association (CSRHA) board of directors
is pleased to highlight the importance of access to behavioral
health services in rural areas. During the month of May CSRHA
will be promoting Mental Health Awareness Month by presenting
a series of Member Updates containing mental health resources
specific to rural areas. The updates will feature rural mental
health stories from CSRHA members and various tools including
granting opportunities and mental health research.
Rural
Mental Health Success Story: The
Effectiveness of an Integrated Primary Care and Mental Health
Approach by the Canby Family Practice Clinic
The
Canby Family Practice Clinic has been providing a combination
of integrated care and specialty mental health services since
April, 2001. Like most rural clinics the Canby clinic provides
services to clients suffering from depression and anxiety and
family problems to much more severe mental health problems such
as schizophrenia and other chronic mental illnesses.
One instance of the effectiveness of the integrated primary care/mental
health approach has been with a patient who was seen for general
women’s issues who was later identified as having a Multiple
Personality Disorder. Her treatment included medication management
and counseling services. She was initially seen by the clinic
psychologist in July, 2002 and a number of personalities were
identified. She, like most people with this disorder had multiple
somatic and social difficulties. She also engaged in a number
of self-destructive behaviors. Of particular concern to her was
what she called her “time lost.”
This client was seen initially as often as she asked and then
later on a regular schedule. Her progress was slow but steady.
It used to be that when she came into the room the reception staff
would wonder “who” was going to show up. This is not
the case anymore. She met with our staff just this month and stated
that she does not lose time anymore and that when all the “voices”
in her head start talking she recognizes them as part of herself.
For more information about this story, you may contact Greta Elliott
or Raymond Mandel at the Canby Family Practice Clinic at gjelliott@canbyclinic.org
or (530) 233-4641 ext 117.
Mental Health Granting Opportunities
Clinical Research on Mental Illnesses in
Older Adults (R01) Recently Added!
Department
of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: Multiple Cycles - see link to full announcement
for details
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites grant
applications for clinical research that will reduce the burden
of mental illnesses on older adults. The intent of this Funding
Opportunity Announcement is to intensify investigator-initiated
research in this area, to attract new investigators to the field,
and to enhance interdisciplinary approaches to research.
Link to full announcement:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-422.html#SectionI
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration
Program Recently
Added!
U.S. Department of Justice
Application Deadline: June 2, 2006
The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program seeks to increase
public safety through innovative cross-system collaboration for
individuals with mental illness who come into contact with the
criminal or juvenile justice systems. BJA is seeking joint applications
from eligible applicants seeking to plan, implement, or expand
an adult or juvenile collaboration program. Applicants are limited
to states, units of local government, Indian tribes, and tribal
organizations.
Link to full announcement: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/06MIOsol.pdf
One-Year Rural Health Research
Grant Program
Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and
Services Administration
Application Deadline: June 1, 2006
Awards are available for competitive grants for policy-oriented
rural health services research. Individual research projects that
address rural health services will be funded under this announcement.
Policy-oriented rural health services research is useful because
it informs policy-makers concerned with rural health issues and
it enhances knowledge about rural health and rural health services.
These grants are designed to provide support both for entities
established in the rural health services research field as well
as those entering this field. These grants are also intended to
advance specific areas of rural health services research in which
a limited amount of research exists.
Link to full announcement: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=F328E7EF-74BC-4BA1-96FE-80F5B49DE512.
Community
Awareness and Outreach Campaign Projects for the Prevention of
Family Violence
Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children
and Families
Application Deadline: June 11, 2006
The purpose of this grant is to assist in the continual development
of outreach and community awareness campaign projects and activities
that provide information for the prevention of family violence.
These projects should provide information on resources, facilities
and service alternatives available to family violence victims
and their dependents, community organizations, local school districts
and individuals seeking assistance. The goal of this priority
area is to provide for the distribution of credible and persuasive
information by community organizations to help break the cycle
of family violence. Support for these efforts will help ensure
that individuals, particularly within minority communities, are
aware of available resources and alternative responses for the
intervention and prevention of violence.
Link
to full announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2006-ACF-ACYF-EV-0126.html.
Partners
in Program Planning For Adolescent Health
Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and
Services Administration
Application Deadline: June 26, 2006
This Initiative contributes to the improvement of adolescent health,
safety and well being by promoting a multidisciplinary, comprehensive
adolescent health agenda among professionals who work with adolescents
and their families. The Initiative includes two broad categories
of program effort: 1) Strengthening the capacity of national professional
membership associations to address adolescent health comprehensively
within their respective fields; and 2) Enhancing the ability of
grantee organizations to promote adolescent health at a national
level through participation in a consortium of all PIPPAH grantees,
which encourages interdisciplinary collaboration through shared
expertise in addressing complex issues, using a youth development
framework, and jointly contributing to the efforts of State adolescent
health programs. Grantee organizations will focus their efforts
on the following: Elevating national, State and community focus
on, and commitment to, the health, safety and well-being of adolescents
and their families; increasing adolescents' access to quality
health care, including comprehensive general health, oral health,
mental health, and substance abuse prevention and treatment services;
improving health and safety outcomes in areas defined by the 21
critical adolescent health objectives of Healthy People 2010;
and eliminating health disparities among adolescents.
Link to full announcement: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=FC9AE007-1379-438E-8C70-2C29C340CE3A.
Research On Adherence To Interventions For
Mental Disorders (R01)
Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of
Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: Multiple Cycles - see link to full announcement
for details
The purpose of this grant is to encourage further research on
adherence to mental health interventions. Inadequate adherence
is a pervasive problem in medicine, but is particularly problematic
in mental health care. In addition to factors contributing to
nonadherence in mentally healthy individuals, the cognitive and
motivational deficits common to many mental disorders (e.g. poor
insight, poor judgment and decision making, interpersonal difficulties,
confusion, attention and memory difficulties, apathy, low self-efficacy,
ambivalence) further contribute to nonadherence to mental health
interventions. Inadequate resources among many of those with mental
disorders (e.g. lower socioeconomic status, limited social networks,
inadequate or limited health insurance coverage) also contribute
to poor adherence. Estimates of nonadherence depend on a variety
of factors including the condition being treated, the intervention
approach, and how adherence is defined and measured, but approximately
half of those with mental disorders fail to fully adhere to the
interventions provided.
Inadequate adherence compromises intervention effectiveness and
reduces the potential benefits of otherwise efficacious interventions.
Non adherence is also a critical risk factor for relapse, rehospitalizations,
and suicide attempts. Adherence problems complicate clinical management
decisions and can result in the premature abandonment of a potentially
effective intervention. Research that ultimately serves to improve
adherence to mental health interventions has significant public
health benefits.
Link to full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-324.html.
Women's
Mental Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research (R21)
Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of
Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: Multiple Cycles - see link to full announcement
for details
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits exploratory/developmental
(R21) research grant applications on women's mental health and
sex/gender differences in mental health across the lifespan. The
epidemiology and disability burden of mental disorders provide
clear evidence of the value of a focus on sex differences research.
There are differences in both the prevalence and clinical course
of mental disorders between men and women. This pattern of disparities
in the epidemiology of mental disorders in males and females provides
indirect evidence of genetic, hormonal, biological, social, cultural
and developmental factors in etiology and course.
In recognition of the importance of studying sex/gender differences
in health outcomes, NIH has provided guidelines to researchers
for inclusion of women and men in clinical research and for gender
analysis of clinical trials outcomes. Through research such as
that called for in this FOA, NIMH seeks to increase the understanding
of the significance of sex/gender differences in mental health
outcomes and to assess their significance for mental health prevention,
treatment and services. This program announcement identifies three
major areas for research emphasis: basic and clinical neuroscience;
epidemiology and risk factors; and intervention and services research.
Link to full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-334.html.
Design,
Measurement and Statistics in Community Mental Health Research
Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of
Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: August 2007
The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to encourage
research grant applications for work on the design, measurement,
and statistical challenges inherent in conducting mental health
services research in community settings. The goal of this initiative
is to build and diversify the methodological infrastructure of
community-based mental health services prevention and intervention
research.
The PA is designed to encourage methodologists from diverse academic
backgrounds, including mathematical and educational statistics,
biostatistics, software engineering, behavioral and social science,
and business, to focus on the challenges inherent in this type
of research.
Link to full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-150.html.
Grants for Early Treatment of Mental Illness
American Psychiatric Foundation
Application Deadline: September 1, 2006
Funds public education, information and outreach initiatives that
promote the early recognition and treatment of mental illness.
Grants from the foundation can support a wide variety of public
education activities in this arena. Grants may be sought for new
initiatives or expansion of current programs. Requests must be
for educational, informational or outreach efforts targeting the
public. Efforts may focus on a specific mental disorder, mental
illness in general or target a specific population.
Link to full announcement: http://www.psychfoundation.org/call_for_proposals.cf.
Knowledge
Dissemination Conference Grants (SAMHSA Conference Grants)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Application Deadline: January 31 and October 31 each year
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment (CSAT) are accepting applications for SAMHSA Knowledge
Dissemination Conference Grants (also referred to as SAMHSA Conference
Grants). The purpose of the Conference Grant program is to disseminate
knowledge about practices within the mental health services and
substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and to integrate
that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently
as possible.
Link to full announcement: http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2006/RFA/PA_06_001_Conference.aspx.
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