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Last Updated: 9/15/2011

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Alternative Approaches

Hearing Voices
 http://www.hearingvoicesusa.org External Web Site Policy.

Madness Radio: Voices and Visions From Outside Mental Health
 http://www.madnessradio.net/aggregator/sources/1 External Web Site Policy.

Peer Run Crisis Respite
 http://www.power2u.org/peer-run-crisis-alternatives.html External Web Site Policy.

The Icarus Project
 http://www.theicarusproject.net External Web Site Policy.

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Bipolar Disorder

Metabolic and endocrine comorbidity impacts bipolar disorder outcome
 http://www.medwire-news.md/47/88244/Psychiatry/Metabolic_and_ endocrine_comorbidity_impacts_bipolar_disorder_outcome_.html External Web Site Policy.

Pharmaceutical Research: Epilepsy drugs do not appear to increase suicide risk in patients with bipolar disorder
 http://www.ahrq.gov/research/jul10/0710RA16.htm

Self-management strategies important in bipolar disorder
 http://www.medwire-news.md/47/87993/Psychiatry/Self-management_strategies_important_in_ bipolar_disorder.html External Web Site Policy.

Medical comorbidity in bipolar disorder: Implications for functional outcomes and health service utilization
http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/57/8/1140 External Web Site Policy.

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Chronic Disease

Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
http://patienteducation.stanford.edu/programs/cdsmp.html External Web Site Policy.

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Cognitive Function

Exercises for Mental Wellness. Couldn't We All Benefit? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17526325

Mood 24/7
 Mood 24/7 was developed by HealthCentral based on technology licensed exclusively from Johns Hopkins University to help you track your daily mood. https://www.mood247.com External Web Site Policy.

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Comorbidity

Chronic Illness Costs the Economy More Than $1 Trillion a Year
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/03/BUDKSGJLP.DTL External Web Site Policy.

Comorbidity of medical illnesses among adults with serious mental illnesses who are receiving community psychiatric services http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15167405&query_hl=14

Mentally Ill Have Higher Odds Of Developing Brain, Lung Cancers http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/10/041012091143.htm External Web Site Policy.

Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illnesses http://www.nasmhpd.org/general_files/publications/med_directors_pubs/ Technical%20Report%20on%20Morbidity%20and%20Mortaility%20-%20Final%2011-06.pdf [PDF - 1094 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

U.S. Slipping in Life Expectancy Rankings
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/12/ AR2007081200113.html External Web Site Policy.

American Psychiatric Association Chart: “Comorbidity High in Seriously Mentally Ill” http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/42/1/5.2.full External Web Site Policy.

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Depression

Antidepressant Medicines: A Guide for Adults with Depression http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/7/10/Antidepressants ConsumerGuide.pdf [PDF - 231 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

FDA brochure http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118515.htm

Healthcare Utilization and Care Project: Hospitalization Stays Related to Depression, 2005
 http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb40.pdf [PDF - 175 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Hospitalizations for Patients with Depression on the Increase http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/88797.php External Web Site Policy.

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Diabetes

Well Balanced: 8 Steps to Wellness for Adults with Mental Illness and Diabetes
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18041357

FDA brochure
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118518.htm

Women and Diabetes
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ WomensHealthTopics/ucm117969.htm

American Diabetes Association
 http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/prevention/ External Web Site Policy.

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Drug Safety

PsychCentral Medication Library
 http://psychcentral.com/drugs/ External Web Site Policy.

FDA fact sheet
 http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm188760.htm

FDA brochure
 http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm187806.htm

FDA brochure
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118574.htm

FDA Safe Use Initiative
 http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/UCM188961.pdf
[PDF - 916 Kb]

FDA Safe Use Initiative: Opportunities for Collaboration
 http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm188762.htm

FDA Guide to Food & Drug Interaction
 http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/EnsuringSafeUseofMedicine/ GeneralUseofMedicine/UCM229033.pdf [PDF - 1174 Kb]

Su medicamento: Infórmese. Evite riesgos. (Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe.)
 http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/safemedsp/yourmedssp.htm

Avoiding Medication Mistakes
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm182942.htm

FDA 101: Medication Errors
 http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/UCM143038.pdf [PDF - 358 Kb]

Expiration Dates Matter
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm251658.htm

How to Dispose of Unused Medicines
 http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm101653.htm

Your Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm095859.htm

Medication Guides
 http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm085729.htm

¡Nunca Más!
The ¡Nunca Más! video novelas follow the experiences of Lourdes and her extended family: Miguel (husband), Michelle (daughter), Eugenio (Michelle’s boyfriend) and Sonia (Lourdes’ best friend). In each of the four episodes, the family experiences a problem caused by medication misuse. Does Lourdes get sick? How will the family handle the challenges? What lessons do they learn?
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm269846.htm

6 Tips to Avoid Medication Mistakes
 http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm096403.htm

Avoiding Drug Interactions
 http://www.drugs.com/fda-consumer/avoiding-drug-interactions-video-83.html

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Financial

Daily Worth
Daily Worth is a community of women who talk money. We deliver practical tips, empowering ideas, and the occasional kick in the pants.
http://www.dailyworth.com/home External Web Site Policy.

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Health Information

Healthcare 411 News Series from AHRQ
 http://healthcare411.ahrq.gov/default.aspx

NIOSH WorkLife Newsletter
 http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/worklife/newsletter/NWLnewsV1N1.html

Everyday Health
 http://www.everydayhealth.com/ External Web Site Policy.

Mental Health America Surveys
 http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/index.cfm?objectId=D810D4C4-1372-4D20-C8AD3E8985BBC443 External Web Site Policy.

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
 http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/

HealthFinder.Gov
 http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Healthy People
 http://www.healthypeople.gov/

Health and Wellness Tools
 http://www.healthfinder.gov/HealthTools

Guide to Various Health Issues
Symptoms, how to talk to your doctor, etc.
http://www.healthcentral.com/symptoms/guide.html External Web Site Policy.

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Health Literacy

CDC health literacy resources for providers http://www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing/healthliteracy/

AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/literacy/healthliteracytoolkit.pdf [PDF - 3882 Kb]

HRSA Health Literacy
 http://www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/

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Health Reform

Value of prevention debated as part of U.S. health reform: Studies ask: Is prevention cost-effective? http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/39/9/1.1.full?sid=6f2d13d0-9196-424e-90b8-46ef761af06d External Web Site Policy.

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Heart Health

Cholesterol http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118506.htm

Cholesterol: Medicines to Help You http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118595.htm

Heart Health for Women
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/
WomensHealthTopics/ucm117974.htm

High Blood Pressure http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118529.htm

High Blood Pressure: Medicines to Help You http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118594.htm

Stroke
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118564.htm

Heart Disease A 'Silent Killer' In Patients With Severe Mental Illness http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170934.php External Web Site Policy.

Treatment of cardiac risk factors among patients with Schizophrenia and diabetes http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/8/1145 External Web Site Policy.

Patterns of alcohol consumption and ischaemic heart disease in culturally divergent countries: the Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction (PRIME)
http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6077 External Web Site Policy.

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Medical Practice Models

Measurement of Health Status for People with Serious Mental Illness (NASMHPD Medical Directors Council)
http://nasmhpd.org/general_files/publications/med_directors_pubs/NASMHPD%20Medical%20Directors%20Health%20Indicators%20Report%2011-19-08.pdf [PDF - 546 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Care Management Improves Physical Health of Patients with Mental Illness http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Mental_Health_430/Care_Management _Improves_Physical_Health_of_Patients_with_Mental_Illness.shtml External Web Site Policy.

Studies: When Doctors Take More Responsibility, Care Becomes Cheaper and Better
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/May/04/medical-home-shorttake.aspx External Web Site Policy.

Behavioral health/primary care integration models, competencies, and infrastructure
 http://www.machc.com/Documents/Reports/Intergrative%20Behavioral%20Health%20Care/Supplemental%20Tools/SectionI%20Intergrative%20Care.pdf [PDF - 1745 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Building Bridges: Mental Health Consumers and Primary Health Care Representatives in Dialogue
 http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA06-4040%5CPolicy_Makers_Booklet.pdf [PDF - 1129 Kb]

Developing a service to monitor and improve physical health in people with serious mental illness
 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/jpmhn/2005/00000012/00000005/
art00016;jsessionid=2a00ir1hm0562.alice?format=print External Web Site Policy.

Framework for health promotion services and for people with psychiatric disabilities
 http://www.pascenter.org/documents/Health_promotion.php External Web Site Policy.

From Silos to Bridges: Meeting The General Health Care Needs of Adults With Severe Mental Illnesses
 http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/25/3/659 External Web Site Policy.

Get it together: How to integrate physical and mental health care for people with serious mental disorders
 http://www.bazelon.org/issues/mentalhealth/publications/getittogether/ execsumm.htm External Web Site Policy.

Preventing Chronic Disease
 http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/jul/07_0033.htm

Primary Care Doctors May Overlook Elderly Patients’ Mental Health
 http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2008/primary-care-doctors-may-overlook-elderly-patients-mental-health.shtml

Psychiatrists, Seriously Ill Patients Need to Improve Communication
 http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/43/5/9.full External Web Site Policy.

Mind and Body Reunited: Improving Care at the Behavioral and Primary Healthcare Interface
 http://www.acmha.org/summit/Pre_Summit_Paper_021907.pdf [PDF - 393 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
 http://www.bcia.org/ External Web Site Policy.

Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
 http://www.aapb.org/ External Web Site Policy.

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
 http://clinicians.org/ External Web Site Policy.

International Society for Neuronal Regulation
 http://www.isnr.org/ External Web Site Policy.

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Mental Health

Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
 http://www.bu.edu/cpr/ External Web Site Policy.

Mental Health Woes Remain One Of The Top Reasons For Doctor Visits
 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/99816.php External Web Site Policy.

Peerslink National Consumer Technical Assistance Center - Mental Health America of Oregon
 http://www.mhaoforegon.com External Web Site Policy.

National Empowerment Center
 http://www.power2u.org External Web Site Policy.

National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-help Clearinghouse
 http://www.mhselfhelp.org External Web Site Policy.

Café TA Center
 http://cafetacenter.net External Web Site Policy.

Mental Health America
 http://www.nmha.org External Web Site Policy.

Mental Health Consumer-Driven Services Directory
 http://www.cdsdirectory.org External Web Site Policy.

Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
 http://ffcmh.org External Web Site Policy.

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
 http://www.bazelon.org External Web Site Policy.

Mental Health Peers
 http://www.mentalhealthpeers.com External Web Site Policy.

Mental Health Recovery and WRAP
 http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com External Web Site Policy.

National Center for Trauma Informed Care
 http://www.samhsa.gov/nctic

National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
 http://www.ncmhr.org External Web Site Policy.

Emotional CPR
 http://www.emotional-cpr.org External Web Site Policy.

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Nutrition

Smart Gardener
Smart Gardener is uniquely positioned to give consumers exactly what they need to easily grow their own healthy, organic vegetables.
http://www.smartgardener.com External Web Site Policy.

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Obesity, Weight Control, and Physical Activity

Exercise is Medicine
 http://exerciseismedicine.org/ External Web Site Policy.

Small Steps (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
 http://www.smallstep.gov/index.html External Web Site Policy.

Institutional policy changes aimed at addressing obesity among mental health clients
 http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/may/09_0138.htm External Web Site Policy.

Metabolic syndrome under-recognized in bipolar disorder
 http://www.medwire-news.md/47/88107/Psychiatry/Metabolic_syndrome_under-recognized_in_bipolar_disorder.html External Web Site Policy.

Obesity among those with mental disorders:  A National Institute of Mental Illness meeting report
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19285199

A Call for Improved Prevention and Reduction of Obesity Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness
 http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/61/6/617 External Web Site Policy.

Obesity Reduction and Prevention Strategies for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness (NASMHPD Medical Directors Council)
 http://nasmhpd.org/general_files/Obesity%2010-8-08.pdf [PDF - 17,770 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans
 http://www.mypyramid.gov/guidelines/index.html

What is the Best Dose of Nature and Green Exercise for Improving Mental Health? A Multi-Study Analysis
 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ es903183r?prevSearch=exercise%2Bin%2Bgreen%2Bspace&searchHistoryKey External Web Site Policy.
See also http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0505-hance_nature_health.html External Web Site Policy.

Food and mood: New research centers on link between nutrition and brain function
 http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/12/07/ new_research_centers_on_the_link_between_nutrition_and_brain_function/?page=2 External Web Site Policy.

Weight Gain Associated with Antipsychotic Drugs
 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/business/28psych.html External Web Site Policy.

School Nutrition Association
 http://www.schoolnutrition.org/ External Web Site Policy.

Weight-control Information Network
 http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/choosing.htm

HealthierUS.gov
 http://www.healthierus.gov/

Advancing the Treatment of People with Mental Illness: A Call to Action in the Management of Metabolic Issues.
 http://www.medizin-medien.at/mm/1055MetabolicFranciosi.pdf [PDF - 162 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

American College of Sports Medicines Guidelines for Physical Activity for persons with disabilities
 http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000391/P0000391.asp

National Recreation and Park Association
 http://www.nrpa.org/ External Web Site Policy.

American Therapeutic Recreation Association
 http://www.atra-online.com/ External Web Site Policy.

Schizophrenia & Weight Management: A systematic review of interventions to control weight
 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118826987/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 External Web Site Policy.

European Mental Health Groups Unite To Issue Call To Action On Metabolics In Mental Health
 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/52132.php External Web Site Policy.

In Sickness and In Wellness
 http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Archives3&TEMPLATE=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=8632 External Web Site Policy.

Integrating physical activity into mental health services for persons with serious mental illness
 http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/56/3/324 External Web Site Policy.

The Association of Depression and Anxiety with Obesity and Unhealthy Behaviors Among Community-Dwelling US Adults
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18291294

Study Reveals The Mental Health Benefits Of Regular Physical Activity
 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/206373.php External Web Site Policy.

Even Short Workout Could Extend Life Expectancy
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/ExerciseFitness/28088 External Web Site Policy.

Be Active Your Way
http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/adultguide.pdf [PDF - 1.7 Mb]

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Prevention

The promise of prevention by John Seffrin & Larry Hausner & Nancy Brown http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38508.html External Web Site Policy.

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Recovery

Illness Management and Recovery
 http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/communitysupport/toolkits/illness/

The Recovery Workbook
 http://www.bu.edu/cpr/products/curricula/recovery.html External Web Site Policy.

WRAP
 http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/ External Web Site Policy.

Common Ground Training
 http://www.patdeegan.com/common_ground_training.htm External Web Site Policy.

How Do We Recover? An Analysis of Psychiatric Survivor Oral Histories
 http://jhp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/45/3/333 External Web Site Policy.

Recovery and Wellness: Models of Hope and Empowerment for People with Mental Illness
 http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/56/5/619 External Web Site Policy.

Recovery in Mental Illness: Broadening Our Understanding of Wellness
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/163/10/1847 External Web Site Policy.

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Reimbursement

Improving Health-Based Payment for Medicaid Beneficiaries: CDPS - Chronic Illness and Disability Payment System
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0795/is_3_21/ai_69434509/ External Web Site Policy.

Resources in Reimbursement for MH/SU Services
http://www.hipaa.samhsa.gov/hipaacodes2.htm

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Schizophrenia

Reaching for Wellness in Schizophrenia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17720032

Schizophrenia and Wellness Research Program
http://www.wpic.pitt.edu/research/SWRP/ External Web Site Policy.

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Sleep Disorders

Sleep Disorders and Mental Illness: HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter
 http://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/sleep-disorders-and-mental-illness-healthyplace-mental-health-newsletter/menu-id-1902/ External Web Site Policy.

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Smoking Cessation

Smoking Cessation Treatments Work For People With Severe Mental Illness
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1869070/smoking_cessation _treatments_work_for_people_with_severe_mental_illness/ External Web Site Policy.

CHOICES
 http://www.njchoices.org External Web Site Policy.

Life And Health: New Research Reveals Mental Effects Of Smoking
 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/189081.php External Web Site Policy.

100 Pioneers for Smoking Cessation Campaign
 http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/Pioneers.htm External Web Site Policy.

Facts about Smoking and Mental Health Disorders
 http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/Downloads/TCLNDisordersFS.pdf [PDF - 55 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Tobacco-Free Living in Psychiatric Settings: A Best-Practices Toolkit Promoting Wellness and Recovery
 http://www.nasmhpd.org/general_files/publications/ NASMHPD.toolkitfinalupdated90707.pdf [PDF - 624 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Rx for Change: Clinician-assisted Tobacco Cessation
 http://rxforchange.ucsf.edu/ External Web Site Policy.

Learning About Healthy Living: Tobacco and You
 http://ubhc.umdnj.edu/nav/LearningAboutHealthyLiving.pdf [PDF - 4703 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Strategies to Quit Smoking from WebMD
 http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/quit-smoking-10/slideshow-tips-quit-smoking External Web Site Policy.

Cessation Toolkit for Mental Health Providers
http://www.bhwellness.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Mental-Health-Tobacco-Cessation-Toolkit-January-20091.pdf [PDF - 897 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Survey shows how depression and smoking intertwine
http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=USTRE63D48O20100415 External Web Site Policy.

Smoking Policies and Practices in State Psychiatric Facilities Survey
http://www.nri-inc.org/reports_pubs/2009/NRISmokingReport2008_Final.pdf [PDF - 87 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

State Data and Tools (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
 http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/state_data/ state_highlights/2010/index.htm

American Legacy Foundation: Quit Plan for Smoking Cessation
 http://women.americanlegacy.org/includes/pdfs/quitplan.pdf [PDF - 20 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Clubhouse of Suffolk
 http://www.clubhouseofsuffolk.org/smoking_cessation.cfm External Web Site Policy.

National Cancer Institute
 www.Smokefree.gov and http://women.smokefree.gov/

Smoking Cessation and Leadership Center
 http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/ External Web Site Policy.

Smoking Medicines (FDA brochure)
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118667.htm

Healthy Lifestyles and Tobacco Curriculum
 http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/57/8/1210 External Web Site Policy.

A Hidden Epidemic
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/16/AR2007111601618.html External Web Site Policy.

Smoking Cessation Approaches for Persons With Mental Illness or Addictive Disorders
 http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/53/9/1166 External Web Site Policy.

State Hospitals Struggle to Give Up Smoking
 http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/42/22/4.1.full

A Tobacco Treatment Model for Persons With Serious Mental Illness
 http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/57/8/1210 External Web Site Policy.

Mentally Ill Smoke... A Lot
 http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/weekly/aa112300a.htm External Web Site Policy.

A Wellness Approach to Addressing Tobacco in Mental Health Settings:
Learning About Healthy Living
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15487760903248580 External Web Site Policy.

Surgeon General Report: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease (full report and executive summary):
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/tobaccosmoke/index.html

Tobacco Recovery Resource Exchange
 http://www.tobaccorecovery.org/ External Web Site Policy.

American Psychiatric Nurses Association’s Counseling Points™: Breaking Barriers and Implementing Change.
http://www.apna.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3825&redirect=1 External Web Site Policy.

SAMHSA/Smoking Cessation Leadership Center: 100 Pioneers Smoking Cessation Campaign
http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/Pioneers.htm External Web Site Policy.

A Longitudinal Study of Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Dependence Treatments in Massachusetts and Associated Decreases in Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000375 External Web Site Policy.

Quit Smoking Support
http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com External Web Site Policy.

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Substance Abuse

Medication-Assisted Treatment
 http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov

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Wellness

Improving the Physical Health of People with Serious Mental Illness: A Systematic Review of Lifestyle Interventions
http://www.nyspi.org/culturalcompetence/what/documents/Improvingthe PhysicalHealthofPeoplewithSMI-ASystematicReviewofLifestyleInterventions.pdf [PDF - 686 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Coping Strategies May Help Mental, Harm Physical Health
http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/05/19/coping-strategies-help-mental-harm-physical-health/13932.html External Web Site Policy.

Health and Wellness Screening Report, Alternatives Conference 2009
 http://www.power2u.org/downloads/Alt2009HealthWellnessScreeningReport.pdf [PDF - 60 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Wellness Self Management (New York State Office of Mental Health)
 http://www.ebptac.org/WellnessSelfManagementWSM/tabid/118/Default.aspx External Web Site Policy.

Live your life wellSM from Mental Health America
 http://www.liveyourlifewell.org/ External Web Site Policy.

Hearts and Minds
 http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=Hearts_and_Minds External Web Site Policy.

A Wellness Approach
 http://prj.metapress.com/app/home/main.asp?referrer=default External Web Site Policy.

Performance Wellness, Inc.
 http://www.performancewellness.org/index.html External Web Site Policy.

Model School Wellness Policies
 http://www.schoolwellnesspolicies.org/index.html External Web Site Policy.

National Wellness Institute
 http://www.nationalwellness.org/ External Web Site Policy.

Native Wellness
 http://www.nativewellness.com/index.html External Web Site Policy.

Mental Health America Policy Position Statement 16: Health and Wellness for People with Serious Mental Illnesses
 http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/position-statements/p-58 External Web Site Policy.

Supporting Wellness Through Policy and Advocacy: A Case History of a Working Group in a Community
Partnership Initiative to Address Depression http://www.ishib.org/journal/16-1s1/ethn-16-1s1-67.pdf [PDF - 140 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Wellness Intervention for Patients with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16401160

Employee-Wellness Programs Pay Off in Productivity and Morale
 http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v16/i18/18003801.htm External Web Site Policy.

Mental Wellness in Aging: Strengths-Based Approaches
 http://www.healthpropress.com/store/ronch-2696/index.htm External Web Site Policy.

10 Ways to Live 10 Years Younger
 http://www.qualityhealth.com/healthy-aging-articles/10-ways-live-10-years-younger External Web Site Policy.

The 10 By 10 Campaign: A National Wellness Action Plan to Improve Life Expectancy by 10 Years in 10 Years for People with Mental Illness
A Report of the 2007 National Wellness Summit for People with Mental Illness
http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA10-4476

Caregiving Behavior Is Associated With Decreased Mortality Risk
http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/news/Brown.Psych%20Science.May%2009.pdf [PDF format -119 Kb] External Web Site Policy.

Healthy Living Really Does Postpone Mortality
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/PublicHealth/28126 External Web Site Policy.

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Women’s Health

FDA brochure
 http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/byAudience/ForWomen/default.htm

Women With Mental Disorders Less Likely To Have Mammograms
 http://www.huliq.com/5/women-with-mental-disorders-less-likely-to-have-mammograms External Web Site Policy.

Addressing the access to health care for women with disabilities
 http://www.hhs.gov/od/topics/healthandhumanservices/
healthandhumanservices.html#hw_women

Women’s Health—Pregnancy and Medication Fact Sheet
http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/pregnancy-medicines.cfm

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