Building the Case to Support Tobacco Cessation

Reposted at http://www.tobaccodeathray.blogspot.com,

Webinar Date: Friday, June 28, 2013, 1:00-2:30 pm Eastern

Speaker: Chad Morris, PhD, Director, Behavioral Health and Wellness Program, University of Colorado

Register for Free at www.thenationalcouncil.org/events-and-training/webinars

Almost half of the 430,000 deaths in the U.S. annually are from tobacco-related disease, and nearly half of these deaths occur in persons with behavioral health disorders. Persons with mental illness consume over 34% of all cigarettes smoked and smoke 2-4 times the rate of the general population while receiving far less tobacco cessation support. With its focus on addictions prevention, National Council offers training in how to screen, assess, and treat tobacco dependence. This webinar shows behavioral health organizations how to build the case for integrating tobacco cessation into standard practice by obtaining buy-in from board members, staff, and persons served. Value-based and business development perspectives are discussed. Join us to learn why tobacco cessation is essential to health reform and other emerging standards of care and how to overcome common concerns like competing demands, staff apprehension, and potential loss of business.

Learn more about upcoming webinars at www.thenationalcouncil.org/events-and-training/webinars.

Warning about Blog Scams

http://from-the-sidelines.blogspot.com/2013/02/another-day-another-referral-spammer.html

Please read this important information about blog spam.

If you notice another Blogger site by the name of www . kmzackblogger . com in your referrals, know that it is a blog setup to get you to pay for better YouTube video placement. It showed up on the blog I just started for my grandmother's diaries, so I was curious enough to check it out.
www . bthemes . info
This looks somewhat legitimate in that it has themes for Blogger. But the fact they use referral spam makes them look quite shady. I don't advise using them for that alone.

vampirestat and zombiestat
These are run by the same people using the same templates with different graphics and purport to show the monetary worth of websites. Do not go there.

UPDATED:

Yet another referral spammer on Blogger showed up with 11 page views on February 28.

make-money-with-your-blog . review-blogspot . com is another get rich quick scheme making the rounds. "Mary" even has a short bit on the page about people reporting her blog is a scam and that she has "the approval of Blogger." Of course there is only the one post containing a shortened link.

Avoid at all costs.

Reposted at http://www.darkestcloset.bloggerspot,

Upcoming Webinar on Eating Disorders

Please join us as Dr. McShane, PhD, CEDS, auth or of Why She Feels Fat and Eating Disorders specialist as she shares about the challenges and rewards of treating long-term Eating Disorders. 

Location: Casa Serena 1868 Clayton Road, Suite 123, Concord CA 94520

Time and Date:  Friday, June 21th from 12:00 to 2:00 PM
Cost:   $35.00 includes lunch and 2 continuing education units
Presenter: Johannah McShane, PhD, CEDS, Eating Disorders specialist and author of Why She Feels Fat

Reposted at http://www.darkestcloset.bloggerspot,

Facebook Provides First-of-Its-Kind Service to Help Prevent Suicides

In partnership with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, Facebook has announced a new service attempting to prevent suicides across North America. The service enables Facebook users to report a suicidal comment posted by a friend using either the Report Suicidal Content link https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=suicidal_content or the links found throughout the site.

The poster of the comment will immediately receive an e-mail from Facebook encouraging them to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or to click on a link to begin a confidential chat with a crisis worker. The project is a collaboration among the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Facebook.

In another story, a new survey by University of Washington researchers has found that, while about one of nine youths attempt suicide by the time they graduate from high school, nearly 40 percent of those who said they had tried suicide reported their first attempt was before they entered high school. The study was published in the November issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health http://jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(11)00127-3/abstract.

Sources: http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/1112125820.aspx
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_119226.html