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A research team headed by Amy Blank Wilson of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences examined recidivism rates for 20,112 inmates admitted to the Philadelphia jail system in 2003. After four years, Wilson's team found different rates of recidivism among four different groups of these inmates: 54 percent recidivism for those with severe mental illness; 60 percent for people with no diagnosis; 66 percent for those with substance abuse problems; 68 percent for those with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse.

The North Dakota Department of Human Services has been calling upon Ohio's expertise in the implementation of evidence-based practices for people with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders since 2006. Today, outcomes from the department's data analyses show that the use of Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment has been significantly reducing crisis services, psychiatric hospitalizations, incarcerations, and more.

Join consultant and trainer Scott Gerhard, MA, LSW, at his Motivational Interviewing (MI) training events in Columbus, Ohio, from January to April 2012. Register online today. Participants engage in skill-building exercises to learn MI's client-centered approaches for responding to desire for change and resistance to change among individuals with severe mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Ideal for IDDT, ACT, other best practices. $60 each event. Get CEUs & supervisory credit.

Join consultant and trainer Jeremy S. Evenden, MSSA, LISW-S, at his Motivational Interviewing (MI) training events in Youngstown, Ohio, from January to May 2012. Register online today. Evenden is a member of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). Participants learn MI's client-centered approaches for responding to desire for change and resistance to change among individuals with severe mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Ideal for IDDT, ACT, other best practices. $60/event. CEUs & supervisory credit.

If you or others you know are interested in earning a master's degree in social work and pursuing a career in clinical leadership for evidence-based practices that improve outcomes for vulnerable populations, contact the Leadership Fellows Program at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Qualified candidates with a bachelor's degree in any discipline will be considered. Study full time for two years. Full scholarships available.

Since 2004, Patrick Boyle of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices has been transferring knowledge about evidence-based practices from the center's work in Ohio and other states to the Netherlands. He's also been teaching an annual study-abroad course that takes health and human-service professionals and university students to the Netherlands to study with policymakers and service providers there.

Take an educational holiday overseas in March 2012. Several travel-abroad courses for Case Western Reserve University students are open to working professionals in health and human services. Join Patrick Boyle of the CEBP for his course, "Integrated Mental Health & Substance Use Services," and a trip to the Netherlands (March 9 to 18). Other classes travel to Guatemala and Poland.

We have launched a new website and need your help with the transition by creating (or re-creating) your own membership account, which is free. The new "my account" feature helps you manage your event registration, resource downloads, and more. We have also moved the websites of our Ohio Coordinating Center of Excellence (CCOE) initiatives to this new website, so remember to update any references to those links.

Part 1 of a series on mental health and addiction-services research and training initiatives at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Discover how the Center for Evidence-Based Practices transfers new treatment technologies to service organizations and hospitals in Ohio, 23 other states, and overseas.