Past News & Events

Past news and events that are related to the Substance Use and Mental Health Initiative (SUMHI).

• The Opioid Collaborative Series: Our Families - Our Children - Our Future
  Visit the Opioid Collaborative Forum page for details and resources from the recent event.
• Primary Care Based Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (PDF), new guidance from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Knowledge Map
• Ending the Opioid Crisis: A Practical Guide for State Policymakers, a new publication from the National Center for Addiction & Substance Abuse
• Online 24 Hour Buprenorphine Certification Training Available for ARNPs and PAs
  Effective immediately: Providers' Clinical Support System for Medication Assisted Treatment (PCSS-MAT) offers complete ARNP & PA training in pharmacologic treatment of opioid addiction. See news release for details.
• Update on Dartmouth Hitchcock Initiatives to Optimize Care of Patients with Opioid Use Disorders and to Reduce Opioid-Related Harm
  Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 (5:00 to 6:30 pm) DHMC Auditorium G
  View the meeting materials (PDF)
• The Real Cost to Businesses: The Mental Health and Addiction Crisis
  Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 8:00 am - 12:30 pm, Southern New Hampshire University, Hooksett, NH
• Harm Reduction in an Opioid Era: 11th Annual C. Everett Koop Symposium on Addiction Medicine
  Thursday, January 18, 2018, Concord, NH
  See the NEIAS website for more information and registration.
• NH Behavioral Health Conference & Public Policy Summit, November 6th & 7th, Manchester NH
• No Health Without Mental Health: What's Happening, What's Needed and How You Can Help
  Tuesday, June 13, 2017
  Recordings of event:
  • Dr Alan Green
  • Clinical Panel
  • Research Panel
  • Community Panel and Final Discussion
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family-to-Family course
  Family-to-family is a FREE 12 session program for family and friends caring for adults with a serious mental illness. Learn more at the National Alliance on Mental Illness - New Hampshire website, or register online to attend the sessions which are scheduled on Tuesdays 6 to 8:30 pm starting September 5, 2017.
• 8 Hour In Person Buprenorphine Certification Training for Physicians, ARNPs and PAs
  Friday June 9, 2017, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Auditorium H, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
  See the flyer (PDF) for registration and more information
• Training on Families and Addiction
  Thursday May 18, 2017, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Concord, NH
  Sponsored by NH DHHS, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services. Free and open to people in any helping profession who engage with people with substance use disorders in the course of their work. See the 2017 Training Schedule (PDF) for details.
• Initial Training on Addiction and Recovery
  Wednesday, May 17, 2017, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Concord, NH
  Sponsored by NH DHHS, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services. Free and open to people in any helping profession who engage with people with substance use disorders in the course of their work. See the 2017 Training Schedule (PDF) for details.
• Picturing Recovery in our Community, Photovoice opening display
  Friday, May 5, 2017 6-7:30 pm; Free. Hope For NH Recovery, 169 Main Street Claremont NH. RSVP
• Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
  Monday, May 1, 2017, 9:00 am to Sunday, May 7, 2017, 11:00 pm, events throughout New Hampshire
  See the NH Children's Behavioral Health Collaborative website for details.