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We strive to deliver information and resources that will help you to provide high-quality, cutting edge treatment services, prevention programming, recovery support, maintenance, and other behavioral health-related services.

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CASAT Conversations Podcast

The CASAT Conversations podcast is a resource for exploring behavioral health topics. These topics explore the complex connection between how our environment, behaviors and actions impact our health and wellbeing. With a wide-range of timely topics, CASAT Conversations is geared towards having meaningful conversations with people sharing their capacity for personal growth and change, along with expert educational insights.

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Learning Labs

Our Learning Labs are collections of curated references for each behavioral health topic to help increase subject literacy, knowledge, skills, and overall competence in providing high-quality, cutting-edge services.

The Catalyst Blog

Become part of our network that curates relevant and timely information for the Nevada Behavioral Health Workforce. Join our mailing list to get weekly updates in your inbox.

Resources

We share, re-purpose them, or create original information, resources, or tools that you can use right away. For that to work, we hope you will become part of the network that gives us input and feedback so you get what you need.

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Renewing Your Why: Purpose as a Tool for Clinician Resilience

In today’s fast-paced world, professionals across all industries are experiencing rising rates of stress, burnout, and disengagement. But for those working in mental health care, these pressures can feel especially intense. Clinicians are trained to hold space for others, but the constant intensity of client demands—combined with administrative burdens and their own life stressors—can take a significant toll. It makes sense that, over time, it becomes easy to lose sight of the very purpose that brought them to this work in the first place.

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Sober Summer? Rethinking Alcohol Use When the Weather Heats Up

Summer is a season of sunshine, barbecues, lake days, and long weekends. For many, it’s also a time when alcohol consumption spikes. Whether it’s a cold beer after mowing the lawn, cocktails on the patio, or wine at a picnic, drinking tends to become more frequent—and more normalized—when the sun comes out to stay. But as the drinks flow more freely, so do the potential risks.

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What You Need to Know About SPICE and K2: Understanding Synthetic Cannabinoids in Today’s Drug Landscape

Synthetic cannabinoids like SPICE and K2 continue to appear in emergency departments and behavioral health conversations across Nevada. This special collaborative post from CASAT OnDemand and the Nevada Opioid Center of Excellence (NOCE) provides an overview of what these substances are, how they differ from opioids and cannabis, and why they present ongoing risks. Drawing from national sources and recent state-level data, this post offers timely insights for providers, educators, and prevention professionals. It’s also intended to help parents, caregivers, and community members better understand the dangers of these substances and how to respond in an emergency. A free downloadable fact sheet is also available to support outreach, education, and community awareness efforts.

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