SEPTEMBER 2024 NEWSLETTER

Connecticut Clearinghouse is a library and resource center for information on substance use and mental health disorders, prevention, health promotion and wellness, treatment and recovery, and other related topics.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Circle these dates on your calendar and stay tuned for more details about our upcoming virtual forums:

November 14: Housing and Homeless Services in CT

December 12: Self-Care for Managing Stress and Compassion Fatigue

OBSERVANCES

SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH

Suicide Prevention is important every day of the year. Suicide Prevention Month allows us to shine a special, encouraging light on this topic that affects us all & send a clear, hopeful message that help is available & suicide can be prevented.

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, call/text 988. Chat 988Lifeline.org

AFSP Out of the Darkness Walks

The Change the Script van staff are honored to be at the walks on the following dates:

OCTOBER 6 - New Haven County Walk, Hamden

October 20 - Capital Area Walk, Hartford

October 26 - Sherwood Island State Park, Westport

The van will be stocked with resources for participants.

Visit the AFSP Connecticut Chapter to find events and walks across the state.

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Select Library Resources Available at Connecticut Clearinghouse

CAMS Care provides access to recorded webinars on suicide prevention. Click here to view & register. CAMS, which stands for "The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality," is an evidence-based approach to treating people suffering from serious thoughts of self-harm.

DMHAS is hosting an in-person screening of the documentary “Moving America’s Soul on Suicide” on Thursday, September 19, 2024 from 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM at the CT Women’s Consortium in Hamden, CT. The film is meant to promote a national dialogue, highlighting the importance of understanding, compassion, and collective action in addressing the suicide crisis.

NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH

With the right treatment, support, and resources, recovery is possible for everyone. Visit FindTreatment.gov or call 1.800.662.4357 for treatment referral and information.

RESOURCES

24 Hour Access Line to Treatment in Connecticut: 1.800.563.4086

CCAR's Recovery Community Centers

Smart Recovery

Youth Recovery CT

Click here to find more resources.

Feeling connected to others can help anyone on their path to recovery. This Recovery Month, check out inspiring stories of hope and recovery:

988 Lifeline Stories of Hope and Recovery

CCAR: Recovery Storytelling

Gallery of Hope: Artistic Expressions of Recovery Across the Nation

Recovery Happens Here CT

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Select Books Available at Connecticut Clearinghouse

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HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH: SEPTEMBER 15 - OCTOBER 15

Latino Culture and Communication

This interactive presentation, hosted by the Northeast and Caribbean ATTC, will inform on Latino cultural nuances that can reframe communication for Hispanic individuals with substance use and/or mental health problems and discuss prevention strategies to support “recuperación” (recovery). Click here for details and registration.

Connecticut Clearinghouse has been adding more Spanish-language resources to our collection of books, curricula, pamphlets and posters. Contact us if you are interested in borrowing materials, or click here to request free pamphlets.

NEW RESOURCES

FIND BOOKS AND MORE!

NEW POSTER

Pamphlets Back in Stock:

Older Adults and Alcohol
Preguntas Frecuentes Sobre el Suicidio
Understanding Loneliness and Social Isolation

ORDER HERE

Updated Fact Sheets

CHANGE THE SCRIPT RESOURCE VAN

Change the Script staff are busy bees this September and October, visiting fairs, Fresh Check Days, the Prevention Summit, and more, across Connecticut. Planning your spring 2025 schedule? Book the van today!

Contact Connecticut Clearinghouse to order pamphlets & posters, borrow books, ebooks, curricula or DVDs.

We offer mail or pick up. Interlibrary loan is now available. Check with your public library to see if they participate.

Note for libraries: our deliverIT Route is D-152, c/o Plainville Public Library. Please write "Connecticut Clearinghouse at Wheeler" in the Remarks on the slip.

Call 800.232.4424 or 860.793.9791.

Click here to order online.

Click here to download Fact Sheets.

Browse our Library Materials here

View our Recorded Webinars here

Has your email address changed? Would your co-worker like their own subscription? Click Here

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STAY CONNECTED

sConnecticut Clearinghouse is funded by the Connecticut Department

of Mental Health and Addiction Services.