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[ 3 Dec 2012 | No Comment ]
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Written By: Angela Rampton
World HIV/AIDs Day was this past Saturday, December 1st
With the wonderful world of internet at our fingertips it isn’t hard to find ways to give support or even locate your own support and treatment.
Because support and treatment are so easy to find, sometimes we don’t take the initiative of that first step, or we may not even realize we need help. HIV/AIDS is a serious disease that obviously needs treatment, but we seem to forget to treat our mind with the same care and respect as we …

Community and Recovery Support, Featured, Mental Health, Recovery Support, Suicide »

[ 16 Nov 2012 | One Comment ]
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National Survivors of Suicide Day; November 17th, 2012

 Each year we observe the Saturday before Thanksgiving as National Survivors of Suicide Day. The observance is meant to call the friends and family of those who have committed suicide together to share stories and find strength in each other. Sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), it was founded by Senator Harry Reid in 1999 after he lost his father to suicide.                 
 The day is particularly significant due to the number of lives lost to suicide in the United States every …

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[ 9 Jul 2012 | No Comment ]
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Written By: Jayme Marshall, Chief, Homeless Programs Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
A life in recovery requires health, home, purpose, and community.  This blog entry focuses on the home dimension of recovery.
Providing services to people who have become homeless is expensive and exhausting work. For those who have this experience, either as a brief episode or a long-term nightmare, it is dangerous, unstable, and traumatizing. What would it take for us to prevent people from experiencing homelessness? What could we do better in our communities and as a country?
With the …

Children, Community and Recovery Support, Featured, Headline, Open Government, Outreach, Public Awareness and Support, Trauma and Justice »

[ 11 Apr 2012 | No Comment ]
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Written By: Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., SAMHSA Administrator
For the past seven years SAMHSA’s National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (Awareness Day) has celebrated the resilience of young people, especially those young people who have mental health challenges. This year we are also honoring the caring adults, the “Heroes of Hope,” who help these young people demonstrate resilience following traumatic experiences. “Heroes of Hope” help young people reach their full potential by maintaining a long-term, stable and positive relationship—the kind of relationship that improves a young person’s ability to find success …

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[ 11 May 2011 | One Comment ]
When A Pregnant Woman Drinks, So Does Her Baby

May 8 – 14 is Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week. SAMHSA wants to use this as an opportunity to raise awareness and educate the public about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
According to the Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy, when a pregnant woman drinks, so does her baby; thus, women, their partners, families, and friends need to understand that no amount of alcohol has been proven safe during any stage of pregnancy. Alcohol causes abnormalities when it crosses from the mother’s bloodstream through the umbilical …