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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.

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Resources

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Neurodiversity and Recovery: Navigating ADHD, Stimulants, and Everyday Demands

This blog examines the intersection of ADHD, prescription stimulant use, and recovery within the context of high-demand modern life. It addresses the broader culture of non-medical stimulant misuse for workplace productivity while highlighting the distinct realities of neurodivergent adults who rely on prescribed treatment for executive function support. The post explores the neurobiological link between undertreated ADHD and substance use, showing how substances are often used as a form of self-medication for nervous system regulation rather than recreation. Ultimately, it advocates for neuroaffirming recovery approaches, combining clinical care, environmental accommodations, practical task-anchoring strategies, and inclusive peer support to help neurodivergent adults thrive without sacrificing their health or recovery.

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Understanding Kratom: What It Is, How Nevada Regulates It, and the Move Toward Scheduling

Kratom, a tropical botanical product that produces stimulant effects at low doses and opioid-like effects at higher doses, has become a central focus of public health discussions due to its potential for physical dependence and adverse health events. While Nevada initially pioneered a harm-reduction model through the 2019 Kratom Consumer Protection Act to regulate adult sales, product labeling, and purity, rising health concerns over high-potency extracts have led state regulators and the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy to evaluate classifying kratom as a Schedule I controlled substance. A total statewide ban would criminalize possession and sale, highlighting a ongoing public health debate between proponents of prohibition who seek to eliminate unregulated, high-risk products and harm-reduction advocates who warn that a ban could push individuals relying on kratom for pain or recovery back toward far more dangerous illicit substances.

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Beyond the High: How Physical Movement Rewires Recovery and Reclaims Community

Physical exercise plays a vital role in substance use recovery by supporting neurobiological healing and fostering community connection. Aerobic movement stimulates the production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and regulates dopaminergic pathways, helping restore the brain’s reward system while reducing stress, anxiety, and cravings associated with addiction (Costa et al., 2019; Koohestani et al., 2021). Beyond neurochemical adaptations, participating in structured physical activity enhances overall quality of life, reinforcing the physical and social dimensions of long-term wellness (Koohestani et al., 2021). Public, community-centered fitness events—such as Nevada’s Recovery and Prevention’s (NRAP) annual R5K run/walk at Idlewild Park—bring these individual wellness benefits into the public sphere, helping participants build supportive peer networks, dismantle social stigma around substance use disorder, and demonstrate that recovery is an active, visible, and shared community journey.

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