@article{aad06fb4d3b545dfb9d43eebda43f84e,
title = "A University-Based Transdisciplinary Approach to Mental Health Workforce Shortages",
abstract = "The purpose of this paper is to describe the development, actions, and evaluation of a university-based, transdisciplinary coalition so that the model may be replicated in other university or multidisciplinary systems. The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Mental and Behavioral Health Coalition addresses Nevada{\textquoteright}s workforce shortages through multi-disciplinary faculty collaboration among seven training programs at UNLV that produce mental health professionals. The coalition{\textquoteright}s collaborative approach to solution-generating work has served as a catalyst for professional integration in the community as a whole.",
keywords = "Mental health, Substance use, Training, Workforce development",
author = "Hunt, {Sara M.} and Ramona Denby-Brinson and Hertlein, {Katherine M.} and Noelle Lefforge and Paul, {Michelle G.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge this publication was supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number: 3B09SM010039-14 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The authors thank LeAnn G. Putney, PhD, Educational Psychology and Higher Education, University of Nevada Las Vegas, for editing this publication and for serving as a founding member of the coalition. The authors acknowledge the technical support of Vaida Kazlauskaite, MS, in creating the survey and supporting the coalition in her role as a graduate assistant. The authors greatly appreciate the vision and collaboration of Michele Clark, PhD, RN, LMFT, Joanne Thompson, PhD, Randy Astramovich, PhD, and Cynthia Carruthers, PhD as founding members of the coalition. The authors acknowledge the ongoing support from Barbara Atkinson, MD, Founding Dean of the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine, in sustaining the efforts of the coalition. The valuable oversight and administrative support of the Lincy Institute has been appreciated. This publication was supported by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 3B09SM010039-14 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health nor the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Funding Information: The financing structure supporting the creation of the mental health training partnership entailed a blending of resources and the leveraging of state-based grants. Via the research institute, UNLV was awarded funds from the state{\textquoteright}s Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant and the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) administers these noncompetitive, formula-based grants to each state to fund substance abuse and mental health services (for more information about using the block grant structure see: http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/ block-grants). In addition to the support received from the block grant funding, some of the operating and personnel costs were covered by the university via the research institute that spearheaded the creation of the training partnership. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2019",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10597-019-00367-y",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "55",
pages = "742--749",
journal = "Community Mental Health Journal",
issn = "0010-3853",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "5",
}