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DSHS Substance Abuse Services
Mental Health and Substance Abuse News
This new resource will help you keep abreast of developments in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division. Visit the MHSA News page to learn more about the headlines listed below:
- Grants Awarded for Jail Diversion and Suicide Prevention
- Applications Sought for Integration of Health and Behavioral Health Services Workgroup
- 2010 Texas Behavioral Health Institute
Call for Papers and Presentations
This report updates indicators of drug abuse in Texas since the June 2008 report and
describes trends by calendar year from 1987 through 2008. Read the report (PDF) • June 2008 Report (PDF) • June 2007 report
October 27, 2008 – The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has determined that it is in the public interest to offer new substance abuse contracts to providers currently providing treatment and OSAR (outreach, screening, assessment, and referral) services for Fiscal Year 2010. Read more » (PDF)
Final awards have been posted for RFP #SA-PREV-242-1- Behavioral Health Prevention Services. View the awards »
9/18: Please note that revisions to this report are pending and will be posted soon. The purpose of this report is to present information about the substance abuse youth prevention programs funded by DSHS. The information presented in this report was collected from agency records and data from the prevention outcome monitoring system. Read the report (MS Word)
Featured Resources
- Addictions stories around the world courtesy The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) website five days a week.
Rules and Guidelines
Current Initiatives
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Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee
The 77th Texas Legislature established the Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee (DDRAC) with a mandate to develop comprehensive statewide strategy and legislative recommendations that will reduce drug demand in Texas. The Statute mandates that 16 state agencies participate in this effort, as well as five at-large members from different geographical areas within the state. Learn more »
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Working Well: Can Disability be Prevented? Working Well, the Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) is a ground-breaking study designed to help keep people well and working. Working Well tests whether providing health coverage and employment supports will keep working people with mental and physical disabilities off federal benefits, such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Learn more »
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Texas
Recovery Initiative
The Mental Health and Substance Abuse division of the Department
of State Health Services is pleased to introduce our latest collaborative
effort, The Texas Recovery Initiative, (TRI). We will be joining
with our partners including the treatment and recovery communities
to discuss our adult services for persons seeking to find and continue
their recovery. Learn
more »
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Texas Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Crisis Services Redesign
The 80th Legislature appropriated $82 million for the FY 08-09
biennium. Guided by the Legislature and in response to Rider 69,
these funds will allow the state to make significant progress toward
improving the response to mental health and substance abuse crises.
The first phase of implementation will focus on ensuring statewide
access to competent rapid response services, avoidance of hospitalization
and reduction in the need for transportation.
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Clinical Management for
Behavioral Health Services (CMBHS)
The purpose of this project is to develop an integrated clinical
management system for behavioral health care (mental health and
substance abuse) services at DSHS. Our focus is to respond to the
needs of the behavioral health community in providing a holistic
approach to mental health and substance abuse services.
Current Reports and Publications
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Regional reports based on 2006 Texas School Survey of
Substance Use Among Students Grades
4-6 and Grades
7-12 are now available. Published November 2007.
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2005
Texas Survey of Substance Use Among College Students (PDF,
219 KB)
This report presents main findings of the 2005 survey of substance
use and related behaviors among college and university students
in Texas. Alcohol is the most often used substance on college campuses,
and it is the substance most associated with problems. Published
April 2007.
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Behavioral Health NEWS BRIEF
Informing policy and practice in mental health and substance abuse
services through data.
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Texas School Survey of Substance Use Among Students
Adolescent
Substance Use in Texas (PDF, 53 K)
The data presented in this article are based on self-reports of
secondary school students sampled in the 2006 Texas School Survey
of Substance Use. Alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana were the most
widely used substances by young people in Texas. About 48% of adolescents
used either alcohol, tobacco, inhalants, or illicit drugs during
the past school year. Previous Texas School Survey information
may be found on our reports
page.
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