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[ 10 Dec 2012 | 9 Comments ]
Trauma

Increasingly, multiple federal agencies representing various service sectors have recognized the impact of trauma on the children, adults, and families they serve.  In 2011, in its strategic action plan, SAMHSA designated Trauma as one of its key initiatives.  This led SAMHSA to revisit its trauma-related concepts and programming and their applicability not only to behavioral health but to other related fields.
In May 2012, after an extensive literature and policy review, SAMHSA convened a group of national experts to assist in the development of a working definition of trauma and trauma-informed …

Behavioral Health, Featured, Mental Health, Treatment »

[ 9 Nov 2012 | 10 Comments ]
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Written by: Alex Strashny, Statistician, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, SAMHSA

Chances are, someone you know suffers from mental illness and you don’t even know about it. According to the most recent data, 7.7% of Americans aged 18 to 25 suffer from serious mental illness (SMI)[1], which is serious enough that it substantially interferes with or limits their major life activities. If you have 200 friends in this age group on Facebook, about 15 of them are likely affected.
Fortunately, finding treatment can be made a little easier. Just go to our …

Behavioral Health, Children, Featured, Grants, SAMHSA, Trauma, Wellness »

[ 9 Oct 2012 | No Comment ]
Helping children reach their full potential

Written By: Paolo Delvecchio, Director, Center for Mental Health Services
A recent column in the New York Times by David Brooks (“The Psych Approach,” Sept. 27, 2012) provides key insight on how children who experience serious difficulties in youth, such as experiencing trauma, often end up as adults challenged with major obstacles to success such as failure in school, substance abuse, mental illnesses, health risk behavior, chronic disease, and each of these ultimately contribute to early mortality.  Brooks cites the seminal CDC-funded Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study by Vince Felitti and Robert …

Behavioral Health, Featured, Headline, Health Disparities, Office of Behavioral Health Equity, Public Awareness and Support »

[ 25 Jul 2012 | No Comment ]
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Written By: Larke Huang and Michelle Flores, Office of Behavioral Health Equity 
July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. This gives us an opportunity to pause and ask ourselves: are we making progress in meeting the mental health needs of our diverse racial and ethnic populations across the country.  In terms of disparities for these populations, have we improved access to care?  Have we improved the quality of care?  And, as a result, are we seeing better mental health outcomes in terms of promotion of mental health and appropriate treatment and …

Behavioral Health, Featured, Headline, Health Disparities, LGBT, Public Awareness and Support »

[ 15 Jun 2012 | 3 Comments ]
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Written By: Brian Altman, Legislative Director, SAMHSA
June is LGBT Pride Month and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration recognizes the importance of ensuring equity and meeting the behavioral health needs of the LGBT community.
SAMHSA’s mission to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities includes the LGBT community.  SAMHSA has developed manuals, training curriculums, treatment protocols and toolkits to address training needs. These materials are designed to address the 31 LGBT-specific/inclusive Action Steps in SAMHSA’s eight Strategic Initiatives.
Although SAMHSA is proud of these resources, there …