Through innovative collaborations, the Indiana Alcohol Research Center extends the reach of alcohol research into classrooms, clinics and communities.
Acquiring use of research methods
The Indiana Alcohol Research Center partners with researchers across the globe to provide selectively bred lines of rats and mice for alcohol studies. Center investigators have also developed the computerized alcohol infusion system (CAIS) for the administration of ethanol to prescribe and maintain blood alcohol concentrations within great experimental precision.
Prevention in schools
Going 4 Goals is a nine-session skills group that is an adaptation of the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) (Rathus, Miller, & Linehan, 2014) and DBT Skills in Schools: Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A) (Mazza et al., 2016) manuals. The Going 4 Goals program has been implemented in school and community settings, occurring once a week during school/center hours, and lasting approximately 40 minutes (i.e., one class period). The primary objectives of G4G program are to teach youth core DBT-A skills in mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness, with the goal of increasing skills attainment and decreasing risk for youth substance use and risky behaviors.
If you are interested in implementing Going 4 Goals in your setting, please contact Tamika Zapolski, PhD.
Alcohol Use Disorder ECHO
Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a movement to connect local primary care teams with inter-disciplinary specialist teams to improve treatment for complex and chronic health conditions. ECHO uses technology to facilitate mentoring and knowledge sharing, enabling local primary care clinicians to provide best practice care for patients when they need it, close to home. Online tele-ECHO programs are freely available to all providers.
The Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) ECHO program focuses on how to manage, treat and provide the best care for individuals with AUD. The ECHO Adolescent Substance Use Disorder (SUD) program focuses on adolescent screening and assessment for SUD, juvenile justice approaches to SUD prevention/intervention, psychotherapies for SUD and more.