Tag: SAMHSA

Wilson Center’s Dr. Marvin Swartz Helps with New Mental Health Crisis App

Dr. Marvin Swartz, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University and part of the Wilson Center’s Behavioral Health Core, served as a consultant for a new My Mental Health Crisis Plan app and SAMHSA’s psychiatric advanced directive (PAD) toolkit. Psychiatric News published an article last week about the app, which provides a […]

Upcoming SAMHSA Webinar Offers Advice for Drug Treatment Courts During Pandemic

There are currently 59 recovery courts in 32 counties in North Carolina, and thousands more across the nation designed to help criminal defendants who have alcohol and other substance use disorders. Many of those courts have been successfully using teleservices to increase client access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration […]