Title: The American IndianAlaska Native National Resource Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serv
1The American Indian/Alaska Native National
Resource Center for Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services
Our Native Methamphetamine Crisis An
Integrated Solution for Prevention and Treatment
Dale Walker, MD Patricia Silk Walker, PhD
Michelle Singer April 2007
Portland, Oregon
2Native Communities
Advisory Council / Steering Committee
One Sky Center
3One Sky Center Partners
Tribal Colleges and Universities
Cook Inlet Tribal Council
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Prairielands ATTC
Red Road
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
One Sky Center
Harvard Native Health Program
United American Indian Involvement
Jack Brown Adolescent Treatment Center
National Indian Youth Leadership Project
Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research
Na'nizhoozhi Center
4Presentation Overview
- Whats the story on methamphetamine?
- Fragmentation and Integration of systems
- Discuss prevention and treatment
- Integrated care approaches and interagency
coordination are best overall solutions
5Methamphetamine Abuse Eastward Movement Based on
Hospital Admissions
6Oregon Methamphetamine Admissions
7OHSU Substance Abuse Clinic Enrollees
8National Methamphetamine Initiative Survey
Mark Evans Tactical Intelligence Supervisor New
Mexico Investigative Support Center 4-12-2006
9National Methamphetamine Initiative Survey
Mark Evans Tactical Intelligence Supervisor New
Mexico Investigative Support Center 4-12-2006
10National Methamphetamine Initiative Survey
Mark Evans Tactical Intelligence Supervisor New
Mexico Investigative Support Center 4-12-2006
11Methamphetamine Epidemiology
12IHS-Wide Outpatient Encounters for Amphetamine
Related Visit by Calendar Year
13Methamphetamine Indicators
14 Why is Methamphetamine so Devastating?
- Cheap, readily available
- Stimulates, gives intense pleasure
- Damages the users brain
- Paranoid, delusional thoughts
- Depression when stop using
- Craving overwhelmingly powerful
- Brain healing takes up to 2 years
- We are not familiar with treating it
15Native Adolescents Multiple Life Risks
Psychiatric Illness Stigma
-Edn,-Econ,-Rec
Cultural Distress
Impulsiveness
Substance Use/Abuse
Hopelessness
Family Disruption Domestic Violence
CHILD
Family History
Negative Boarding School
Psychodynamics/ Psychological Vulnerability
Historical Trauma
Suicidal Behavior
16Adolescent Problems In Schools
Alcohol Drug Use
Fighting and Gangs
Bullying
Weapon Carrying
School Environment
Sale of Alcohol and Drugs
Sexual Abuse
Unruly Students
Truancy
Attacks on Teachers Staff
Domestic Violence
Drop Outs
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17Methamphetamine, Why Now?
- The Internet
- Diffused local production, less reliance on
imports - Multi-drug use no one uses only crystal
- National outbreak
- Varied sub-populations
- More smoking
- Strong association with HIV, hepatitis C
- Community level responses to AIDS deaths, 9/11,
war - National discussion
18Native Health/ Educational Problems
- Alcoholism 6X
- Tuberculosis 6X
- Diabetes 3.5X
- Accidents 3X
- Suicide 1.7 to 4x
- Health care access -3x
- Poverty 3x
- Poor educational achievement
- Substandard housing
- Methamphetamines?
19Agencies Involved in Behavioral Health
- 1. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
- A. Education
- B. Vocational
- C. Social Services
- D. Police
- 2. Indian Health Service (IHS)
- A. Mental Health
- B. Primary Health
- C. Alcoholism / Substance Abuse
- 3. Tribal Education/Health
- 4. Urban Indian Education/Health
- State and Local Agencies
- Federal Agencies SAMHSA, Edn
20Difficulties of System Integration
- Separate funding streams and coverage gaps
- Agency turf issues
- Different philosophies
- Lack of resources
- Poor cross training
- Consumer and family barriers
21Different goals
Resource silos
One size fits all
Activity-driven
How are we functioning? (Carl Bell, 7/03)
22Best Practice
Culturally Specific
Outcome Driven
Integrating Resources
We need Synergy and an Integrated System (Carl
Bell, 7/03)
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Source Mrazek, P.J. and Haggerty, R.J. (eds.),
Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders, Institute of
Medicine, Washington, DC National Academy
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25An Ideal Intervention
- Includes individual, family, community, tribe and
society - Comprehensive
- Universal
- Selective
- Indicated
- Treatment
- Maintenance
26Ecological Model
Individual
Peer/Family
Society
Community/Tribe
27Individual Intervention
- Identify risk and protective factors
- counseling
- skill building
- improve coping
- support groups
- Increase community awareness
- Access to hotlines other help resources
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28Effective Family Intervention Strategies
Critical Role of Families
- Parent training
- Family skills training
- Family in-home support
- Family therapy
Different types of family interventions are used
to modify different risk and protective factors.
29Community Driven/School Based Prevention
Interventions
- Public awareness and media campaigns
- Youth Development Services
- Social Interaction Skills Training Approaches
- Mentoring Programs
- Tutoring Programs
- Rites of Passage Programs
30Prevention Programs Reduce Risk Factors
- ineffective parenting
- chaotic home environment
- lack of mutual attachments/nurturing
- inappropriate behavior in the classroom
- failure in school performance
- poor social coping skills
- affiliations with deviant peers
- perceptions of approval of drug-using behaviors
31Prevention Programs Enhance Protective Factors
- strong family bonds
- parental monitoring
- parental involvement
- success in school performance
- pro social institutions (e.g. such as family,
- school, and religious organizations)
- conventional norms about
- drug use
32Prevention Programs Should . . . .
Target all Forms of Drug Use
. . .and be Culturally Sensitive
33 WHAT ARE SOME PROMISING STRATEGIES?
34Integrated Treatment
- Premise treatment at a single site, featuring
coordination of treatment philosophy, services
and timing of intervention will be more effective
than a mix of discrete and loosely coordinated
services - Findings
- decrease in hospitalization
- lessening of psychiatric and substance abuse
severity - better engagement and retention
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1992, 1995, 1997 Hellerstein et al 1995.)
35Comprehensive School and Behavioral Health
Partnership
- Prevention and behavioral health
programs/services on site - Handling behavioral health crises
- Responding appropriately and effectively after an
event occurs
36Treatment Approaches Found Effective in Working
withMethamphetamine Use Disorder
- Motivational Interviewing - MI
- Therapeutic Use of Urinalysis
- Contingency Management (AKA motivational
incentives) - Community Reinforcement Approach
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT
- Matrix Model (combination of above)
37Matrix Model
- Is a manualized, 16-week, non-residential,
psychosocial approach used for the treatment of
drug dependence. - Designed to integrate several interventions into
a comprehensive approach. Elements include - Individual counseling
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Family education groups
- Urine testing
- Participation in 12-step programs
38Contingency Management
- Key concepts
- Behavior to be modified must be objectively
measured - Behavior to be modified (eg urine test results)
must be monitored frequently - Reinforcement must be immediate
- Penalties for unsuccessful behavior (eg positive
UA) can reduce voucher amount - Vouchers may be applied to a wide range of
prosocial alternative behaviors
39Is Treatment for Methamphetamine Effective?
- Analysis of
- Drop out rates
- Retention in treatment rates
- Re-incarceration rates
- Other measures of outcome
- All these measures indicate that MA users respond
in an equivalent manner as do individuals
admitted for other drug abuse problems.
40Youth Treatment Completion WA State
41Study Says Incentive-Based Meth Treatment Works
- The contingency management (CM) program gave
patients who had drug-free urine tests plastic
chips that could be exchanged for prizes those
who did not follow program rules could lose
chips. - John Roll of Washington State University
AmJP, November 3, 2006
42AmJP, November 3, 2006
43Study Says Incentive-Based Meth Treatment Works
- "The Matrix Model of psychosocial treatment
currently is thought to be the most effective
therapy for methamphetamine addiction, and CM has
shown itself to increase the therapeutic
effectiveness of treatments for other drug abuse
disorders. Combining these two treatments gives
us an even more powerful weapon against
methamphetamine abuse."
NIDA Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow November 3,
2006
44Treatment Outcomes
- Myth
- Clients addicted to Methamphetamine
- have poorer treatment outcomes
- Reality
- Data show that methamphetamine treatment
outcomes are not very different than those for
other addictive drugs
45Partnered Collaboration
Community-Based Organizations
Grassroots Groups
Research-Education-Treatment
46Potential Organizational Partners
- Law Enforcement
- Juvenile Justice
- Medical Examiner
- Faith-Based
- County, State, and Federal Agencies
- Student Groups
- Education
- Family Survivors
- Health/Public Health
- Mental Health
- Substance Abuse
- Elders, traditional
47Contact us at 503-494-3703 E-mail Dale Walker,
MD onesky_at_ohsu.edu Or visit our
website www.oneskycenter.org