Virtual reality for behavioral health workforce development in the era of COVID-19

The coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) pandemic emerged at a time of substantial investment in the United States substance use service infrastructure. A key component of this fiscal investment was funding for training and technical assistance (TA) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to newly configured Technology Transfer Centers (TTCs), including the Addiction TTCs (ATTC Network), Prevention TTCs (PTTC Network), and the Mental Health TTCs (MHTTC Network).

Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - October 8, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Becker, Michael Chaple, Tom Freese, Holly Hagle, Maxine Henry, Igor Koutsenok, Laurie Krom, Rosemarie Martin, Todd Molfenter, Kristen Powell, Nancy Roget, Laura Saunders, Isa Velez, Ruth Yanez Source Type: research