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U.S. Center for Mental Health Services. 2010. About evidence-based practice KITS: Shaping mental health services toward recovery. Washington, DC: U.S. Center for Mental Health Services,

Annotation: This series of program toolkits promotes the use of evidence-based practices in mental health. Programs include illness management and recovery, assertive community treatment, family psychoeducation, supported employment, and integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders. Each kit contains information sheets for stakeholder groups (in English and Spanish), practice demonstration videos, and a workbook or manual for practitioners. Topics include information on how to use the kit, getting started, building the program, using multimedia to introduce the program, training staff, and evaluating the program. Each kit also includes a review of the research literature and a selected bibliography.

Keywords: Addictions, Evidence based health care, Interdisciplinary approach, Mental health, Mental health programs, Multimedia, Resources for professionals, Service integration, Spanish language materials, Substance abuse treatment

Sidransky D, Norman LA, McCarthy A, Taylor PL, eds. 2010. How tobacco smoke causes disease: The biology and behavioral basis for smoking-attributable disease. Washington, DC: U.S. Office of the Surgeon General, 706 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the ways tobacco smoke damages organs in the body and causes disease and death. Topics include how and why smokers become addicted and how nicotine compares with heroin and cocaine in its hold on users and its effects on the brain. In addition, the report discusses how chemicals in cigarette smoke impair the immune system and why smokers are more likely to suffer from chronic disease than are nonsmokers. Companion booklets for consumers and clinicians and additional online resources are also available.

Keywords: Addictions, Biomechanics, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Drug use behavior, Smoking, Tobacco use
   

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