The University celebrated the accomplishments, achievements and careers of faculty, staff and students during the annual “Honor the Best” ceremony on May 14 in the Ballrooms of the Joe Crowley Student Union
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CASAT’s Nevada Opioid Center of Excellence at the School of Public Health leads local efforts of a national initiative
Community Behavioral Health Collaborative increases access to care while building the mental health workforce.
The online nine-credit Tele-behavioral Health Services Certificate will provide instruction on the effective use of technology to deliver substance use disorder treatment and recovery services or other behavioral health services.
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In this video, alumni Whitney Fegan talks with CASAT’s Terra Hamblin about earning a Master of Science in Human Development and Family Science with a Specialization in Addiction Treatment Services.
The School of Public Health’s Nevada’s Recovery and Prevention Program (NRAP) run by the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT) hosts their third annual R5K in honor of September’s National Recovery Month by Brittany Flores | Lizette Ramirez NRAP is a student organization at the University of Nevada, Reno which provides peer support for
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Please join us in congratulating Jordan Baez on winning this years, Honor the Best Associated Students in the University of Nevada Service Learning Faculty Award! Her contributions to the CAS 257 service learning components are amazing. We truly appreciate her focus on our students learning and application as it relates to the field. Congrats Jordan!
CASAT Conversations is a resource for exploring behavioral health topics. These topics explore the complex connection between how our environment, behaviors and actions impact our health and wellbeing. With a wide-range of timely topics, CASAT Conversations is geared towards having meaningful conversations with people sharing their capacity for personal growth and change, along with expert
Dr. Stephanie Woodard, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Senior Advisor on Behavioral Health, talks about how Assembly Bill 474 has helped with Nevada’s opioid crisis since its passage in 2017. RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — It’s been a little more than a year since AB474, or the Controlled Substance Abuse Prevention act
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The Downtown Reno Partnership ambassadors were trained how to use Narcan by The Life Change Center’s MORE team two weeks ago. The team, headed by Lisa Lee and Jennifer Cassady, uses Narcan during their outreach work. Now, all the ambassadors carry two doses of Narcan with them as they make their rounds through downtown Reno. Downtown Reno Partnership
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