Title(s): Clinical Professor, Program Director, National American Indian and Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center, Co-Director, YMSM + LGBT ATTC Center of Excellence
Department: Community and Behavioral Health
Office: N420 CPHB
Phone: (319) 384-1481
Dr. Anne Helene Skinstad is a clinical professor in the Dept. of Community & Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa. She is the Project Director of the National American Indian & Alaska Native Addiction, Mental Health and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers. Previously, Dr. Skinstad was the chief psychologist for the first in-patient treatment unit for alcoholic women at the Hjellestad-Clinic in Bergen. As an ATTC director she has overseen the development of different training curricula on treatment of substance use disorders with different special populations, like women, clients identified as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals with substance use disorder, clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, and Native Americans with substance use disorders. She has also overseen the cultural adaptations of different curricula to Native American tribal communities, such as motivational interviewing and clinical supervision. She received her Ph.D. and her PSY.D, from the College of Psychology, University of Bergen in Norway.
Courses Taught
- Substance Abuse Prevention and Early Intervention
- Communicating with the Community
- Prevention and Early Intervention of Mental Health Disorders
Research Interests
- Substance abuse disorders in women
- Substance-related disorders and co-occuring mental health disorders, especially post-traumatic stress disorder
- Psycho-educational group interventions with women with substance-related disorders
- Technology transfer issues in substance abuse education
- Recovery high schools and colleges
Background
Affiliations
In the News
- New center addresses trauma and resiliency in Native American children and families
- Anne Helene Skinstad to present 2021 Distinguished Faculty Lecture
- Skinstad to present at webinar on specialized treatment for LGBTQ+ clients
- CPH researchers studying recovery from alcohol use disorders
- CPH researchers to study alcohol recovery outside of treatment
- Tribal Opioid Response meeting hosted by National AI/AN ATTC
- Grants will help native communities combat alcohol, drug addictions
- Grants will help develop strategies to combat addiction by native populations
- Culture, Connection, and Recovery
- Training future tribal health leaders
- Researchers present on PTSD in American Indian, Alaska Native veterans
- American Indian and Alaska Native Leadership Academy: Passing the feather from generation to generation