Substance Use and Mental Health Initiative (SUMHI)

Dartmouth Hitchcock (D-H) is dedicated to optimizing all care related to substance use and mental health throughout its health care system by continuously improving clinical practice, education, research and targeted community partnerships.

This website is intended to bring together resources to support clinicians in better addressing substance use and mental health issues, to share information on care improvement projects, and to invite engagement of others in the work of improving care of persons with behavioral health challenges.

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Substance Use and Mental Health Initiative (SUMHI) is a multidisciplinary collaboration that engages a number of departments and projects both within the Dartmouth-Hitchcock system and the greater community. SUMHI is funded through the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Population Health Management Council, with leadership from the D-H Department of Psychiatry.

Crisis lines

• 2-1-1 New Hampshire: Listing of hotlines and other resources multiple topics
• Substance related crises: 1 (844) 711-4357 (HELP)
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Crisis and Consultation Services:  1 (800) 556-6249
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1 (800) 273-8255
• Teen crisis intervention: 1 (800) 639-6095
• D-H Addiction Treatment Program: Offers state-of-the-art evaluation, treatment, and referral services for people seeking help for substance use and related disorders. (603) 653-1860

Current and recent news and events

• Highlighted Resource: Alcohol and Health Patient flyer and brief educational video (PDF)
• Suicide Prevention and Intervention Training or Health Care Providers: A Program for Nurses, LNAs and MAs
  June 10, 2019, 7:30 am to 12:15 pm, DHMC Auditorium E
  For more information, see the event flyer (PDF).
• Opioid pharmacotherapies for primary care and criminal justice populations: low threshold, low barrier approaches to naltrexone and buprenorphine treatments
  Thursday, May 23, at 12:00 to 1:00 pm, Aquarium Conference Room, 46 Centerra Parkway, Lebanon, NH
  Presented by the Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network
  Presenter: Joshua Lee, MD
  For more information, view the event page.
  View the webinar online via Zoom.
• Free Eight-Hour MAT Waiver Course
  Monday, April 29, 2019, DHMC, Auditorium G
  Presenters: Charles Brackett, MD and Sanchit Maruti, MD
  For more information, view the event page.
• Medical Grand Rounds Endocarditis Related to Injection Drug Use: Marker of an Epidemic
  April 19, 2019
  View the video.
  View the event slides (PPTX).
• Project ECHO Partnership for Academic-Clinical Telepractice: Medication for Addiction Treatment (PACT-MAT)
  The third Thursday of every month beginning April 17, 2019, University of New Hampshire
  For more information, see the event flyer (PDF).
• Shield Our Children From Harm: Building Blocks of a Healthy Community
  Thursday, April 11, 2019, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, DHMC
  Keynote: "Working with Families, Maximizing Children's Resilience," presented by Alice M. Forrester, PhD (clinical psychology), CEO, Clifford Beers, New Haven, CT.
  For more information, see the Shield Our Children flyer (PDF).
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Youth Summit 2019
  Friday, April 5, 8:00 am to Saturday, April 6, 5:00 pm, Grappone Conference Center, Concord, NH
  Read about the event.
• Stigma as Discrimination: Impact on Treatment Strategies for Success Webinar
  Monday, April 1, 2019, 12:00 to 1:00 pm, online webinar
  View the event slides (PDF).
• Update on Dartmouth Hitchcock Initiatives to Optimize Care of Patients with Opioid Use Disorders and Reduce Opioid Related Harm
  Monday, March 4, 2019, 5:00 to 6:30 pm, DHMC Auditorium H
  Meeting goals:
  • Update D-H staff and others with interest on recent advances within D-HH to improve care of patients with OUD/SUD and reduce opioid related harm
  • Inventory any unidentified or persisting challenges related to care of patients with OUD and/or other initiatives
  • Identify opportunities to expand engagement
  Event video
  Event slides (PPTX)

Read about our past news and events.