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GREAT LAKES RURAL OPIOID TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REGIONAL CENTER
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Great Lakes ROTA-RC Reporter June 2024
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JUNE AWARENESS INITIATIVES
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There are currently about 12 million people in the United States with PTSD.
Even though PTSD treatments work, most people who have PTSD don't get the help they need. June is PTSD Awareness Month. During PTSD Awareness Month and throughout the year, help raise awareness of the many different PTSD treatment options. Learn more.
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June Is Men's Mental Health Month!
Men's Mental Health Month aims to raise awareness about the unique mental health challenges men may face and encourages them to seek support and treatment.
If you think you or a loved-one may be experiencing signs of a mental illness, visit www.mhascreening.org to take a free, confidential screen for depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, PTSD, and/or alcohol or substance use problems.
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ROTA-RC Hosted Events Calendar-At-A-Glance
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Reimagining Recovery
Thursdays, June 6, 13, and 20, 2024
1–2pm CT, 2–3pm ET
Learn about regional opioid use trends, harm reduction, and ways to increase community support for individuals and families affected by drug use.
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Presenter: Brenda Mack, DSW, MSW, LICSW
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Addressing the Stress, the Social Determinants of Health, and Resilience in Rural Communities: A Call to Action
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
10–11:15am CT/11–12:15pm ET
This presentation will focus on understanding the signs, symptoms, fact, and figures related to stress and physical/mental/chemical health issues among people living in rural communities. Participants will also learn about risk and protective factors and prevention and intervention strategies to increase emotional health and well-being.
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Working with Pregnant and Parenting People Who Use Drugs
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
9:00–10:30 AM CT/ 10:00–11:30 AM ET
In this session we will be discussing addiction within the context of pregnancy and parenting. Discussion will focus on evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders for pregnant and parenting people who use drugs.
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Presented by Pam Lanhart from Thrive! Family Recovery Resources
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Changing Families, Changing Outcomes: Compassionate Responses to Substance Use in the Family
Tuesdays, July 9, 16, 23, 2024
9:00–10:00 AM CT/ 10:00–11:00 AM ET
From Tough Love, to Loving Well
This session provides an overview of why families matter, and some simple things that we can do immediately to help families respond with intention through this process.
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Presenter: Paul Roback, Community-Development Educator, UW-Madison Extension
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Building Impactful Programs: Using the Logic Model Framework for Program Design and Outcome Measurement
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
10–11am CT/11–12pm ET
Designing programs to address community needs can be challenging. The logic model framework is a simplified illustration of the relationships among resources, activities, and the changes that have resulted. This session will build participants' understanding of the logic model and its application in program development and application.
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Presented by Sheila P. Vakharia PhD, MSW, Deputy Director, Department of Research and Academic Engagement, Drug Policy Alliance.
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The Harm Reduction Gap: Implications for Public Health and Medical Providers
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Time: 12:00–1:30 PM CT/ 1:00–2:30 PM ET
In this session, participants will explore the "harm reduction gap," which exists between traditional "just say no" drug prevention and abstinence-only treatment. This gap leaves many who use subsstances, including social, experimental, and recreational users without access to services to reduce the risks associated with substance use. Even those with substance use disorders fall into this gap. Join this session to learn about harm reduction strategies aimed at keeping people who use substances safe, thereby broadening the continuum of care to ensure community safety.
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Greener Pastures: Rural Mental Health Documentary
The documentary Greener Pastures captures the day-to-day lives of four small, Midwestern, multi-generational family farms over four years. The film examines farm stressors, policies, and politics that farmers and their families must maneuver to survive, connecting the dots between mental health, industrialization, food production, and climate change.
This documentary is available through Independent Lens at PBS.
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MINNESOTA
From Farm Progress
Farmers don't do mental health
Two Minnesota farmers are on a mental wellness journey and believe others should join them.
Bob Worth’s and Elizabeth Golombiecki’s jobs are demanding, as weather, economics and even isolation can create extreme stress, anxiety and depression. Worth, a baby boomer, is a row crop producer from Lake Benton; and Golombiecki, a millennial, is a dairy farmer near Morris.
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WISCONSIN
UW-Eau Claire announces creation of Rural Health Innovation Alliance
The UW-Eau Claire, along with Chicago-based Health Equity Innovation Partners, is initiating a collaboration to assemble health care providers, entrepreneurs and other partners to find solutions to improve health care delivery in rural areas. The three-pronged goal is to improve rural health care access and outcomes while reducing costs.
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ASHLEY KARIMI, MSW, LISW-S
Child and Family Trauma Stress Intervention Lead and Southeast Ohio Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Coordinator
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The Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI) is a mental health treatment provided during the first 30-45 days after a child has experienced a traumatic event or has shared about a past trauma. This form of treatment typically takes five to eight therapy sessions for children ages 7 to 18 years old and has been proven to reduce trauma reactions in children, in addition to reducing or interrupting the development of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Dr. Michael Wilcox, alongside his Taking Action to Address Substance Use in Communities (TASC) team members Dr. Nicole Adams and Elisa Worland, LSW, explained the challenge of recovery in communities with an anecdote from the Indigenous recovery community called The Healing Forest. The story goes: if a tree is sick in the forest and you take that tree away to heal it, then put the tree back in the same place it was before, the tree will get sick again. “Individuals can’t thrive in recovery if the community isn’t a thriving place and doesn’t promote healing,” Dr. Wilcox elaborated. Read the complete article.
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Upcoming Regional & National Conferences
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University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
June 9-13, 2024
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The Great Lakes Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center (ROTA-RC) is funded by SAMHSA to serve rural areas in Il, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension leads ROTA-RC in partnership with the University of Illinois-Extension, Purdue Extension, Michigan State University Extension, University of Minnesota Extension, and Ohio State University Extension. Learn more at our website, greatlakesrota.extension.wisc.edu
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An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title VI, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act requirements. La Universidad de Wisconsin-Extensión, un empleador con igualdad de oportunidades y acción afirmativa (EEO/AA), proporciona igualdad de oportunidades en empleo y programas, incluyendo los requisitos del Titulo VI, Título IX, y de la Ley para Americanos con Discapacidades (ADA).
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