CBHTR Research Efforts

Total Community Approach
    Planning, designing, implementing and evaluating substance abuse programs.
Principal Investigator:     Steven Adelsheim, M.D.
Funding Source:                State of New Mexico, Department of Health and Human Services, Value Options
Goal:                                     The Total Community Approach seeks to involve all key local stakeholders
                                              (e.g., consumers, families providers, law enforcement, DWI Councils, courts, probation and
                                              parole, schools, faith based organizations, minority consumer and provider groups etc.) in the
                                              planning, design, implementation and evaluation of substance abuse programs. New Mexico
                                              CBHTER (Center for Behavioral Health Training Evaluation and Research), a statewide
                                              collaborative effort to enhance partnerships and information sharing among New Mexico
                                              institutions of higher learning, is providing the evaluation component of the TCA program.

Veteran and Family Support Services
   Supporting veterans, active duty personnel, and their families.
Principle Investigator:     Deborah Altschul, Ph.D.
Funding Source:               State of New Mexico, Department of Health and Human Services, ValueOptions
Goal:                                    To evaluate the implementation of a program designed to assist veterans, active military
                                              professionals, reservists, and their families in accessing behavioral health services throughout
                                              Sandoval, McKinley, and San Juan Counties.

Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale
   Assembling data, generating reports and disseminating data back to participating agencies
Principle Investigator:     Deborah Altschul, Ph.D.
Funding Source:               State of New Mexico, ValueOptions
Goal:                                    The Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) is a rating scale which
                                              assesses functional impairment in youth attributed to behavioral, emotional, psychological or
                                              substance abuse disorders. Assessment is broken down to evaluate level of impairment
                                              ranging from “No Impairment” to“Severe Impairment,” in categories of School/Work, Home,
                                              Community, Behavior Towards Others, Moods/Emotions, Self-Harmful Behavior, Substance
                                              Use, and Thinking. CRCBH has undertaken the role of third party data warehouse, and as such
                                              will assemble data, generate reports and disseminate agency-specific data back to participating
                                              agencies, as well as statewide aggregated reports to the CYFD, BHIPC, and other interested
                                              parties.