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[ 22 Dec 2011 | 90 Comments ]
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As part of SAMHSA’s efforts to provide stakeholders the opportunity to comment on the working definition of recovery and related guiding principles, several public feedback forums were run during the period August 12- 26, 2011. In addition to the forums, feedback was also submitted via the comments on the Recovery Defined – Give Us Your Feedback blog post.
The response to our request for feedback was tremendous and clearly demonstrated the field’s interest and concern on this important issue. The blog post received 259 comments.  The two forums combined had over …

Drugged Driving, Drunk Driving, Education, Featured, Headline, Impaired Driving, Prevention, Public Awareness and Support, Uncategorized »

[ 16 Dec 2011 | 3 Comments ]
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The winter holiday season can be a wonderful – though stressful – time of year. To help keep a balanced mindset, we at SAMHSA want to remind everyone to take time to focus on your mental, emotional and behavioral health and well-being during the holidays. We also ask you to be aware that traffic fatalities involving drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs increase during the holidays. Due to the number of driving fatalities during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays,[i] President Barack Obama has declared December National Impaired …

Featured, Headline, Prevention, Public Awareness and Support, Suicide »

[ 13 Dec 2011 | 28 Comments ]
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Cross-posted from Facebook Safety
Dr. Regina Benjamin is the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. As America’s Doctor, she provides the public with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and the health of the nation.
For anyone who has lost a loved one due to suicide, it is one of the most painful issues they will ever face; sometimes leaving an overwhelming sense of doubt, guilt, and silence enfolding the circle of friends and family like no other experience can. In the wake of this …

Engagement Services, Featured, Headline, Public Awareness and Support »

[ 5 Dec 2011 | 50 Comments ]
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SAMHSA is seeking topic suggestions for the 2012 SAMHSA Advisory and the SAMHSA In Brief publications (previously called the Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory and Substance Abuse in Brief Fact Sheet). Completed copies of the Advisories and In Briefs are available at http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/brochures/index.htm.
The Advisory publications provide behavioral health professionals with timely information on a broad range of either emerging or hot topics in the behavioral health field. They also briefly describe new, promising treatment approaches related to the health and well-being of clients with behavioral health disorders.
Unlike the Advisory , the …

Featured, Headline, HIV/AIDS, Public Awareness and Support »

[ 1 Dec 2011 | No Comment ]
AIDS Day 2011

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director
“Leading with Science, Uniting for Action” is the U.S. Government (USG) theme for World AIDS Day 2011. This year, we are thankful for scientific advances in the response to HIV/AIDS—advances which have led Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to call for an “AIDS-free generation.”
On December 1st, people all around the world will commemorate World AIDS Day. We will think about how far we have come in the last 30 years, and we at AIDS.gov encourage everyone to get involved.
World AIDS Day provides a special opportunity …