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[ 7 Dec 2012 | One Comment ]
How Can We Prevent the Use of Seclusion and Restraints with Children?

By Larke Huang and Paolo del Vecchio
Too often, children and youth with mental, emotional and behavioral disorders are subject to seclusion and restraint (SR) in settings that are intended to help children and promote their healthy development. 
Once thought to be “therapeutic” techniques, we now recognize these as non-therapeutic, often re-traumatizing for the youth, and disruptive of a therapeutic relationship.  Use of restraints can often result in injuries to both the child and the staff and even deaths. 
A front page article in today’s Washington Post reported on allegations of the repeated …

Featured, Headline, Public Awareness and Support, Recovery Support, Uncategorized, Workforce »

[ 28 Nov 2012 | 4 Comments ]
Recovery Sign

A call for the equal treatment of all illnesses and conversation on the path to recovery
By Susan Walker and Chris Marshall
There’s a statue at the entrance to the Italian embassy’s auditorium.  I say statue, but as tastefully pointed out by an elegant plaque, it is in fact a “Marble Fragment of Statue, Syracuse, 3rd Century B.C.”  Headless and heartless, it’s really only a pair of legs, but it still pulls off a certain elegant refinement (this is the Italian embassy after all!).
It’s a fitting introduction to the recent Global Health …

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

[ 5 Sep 2012 | 5 Comments ]
You Matter Campaign 1-800-273-TALK

Written By: Pamela Hyde, SAMHSA Administrator 

SAMHSA is proud to announce a new online campaign to promote the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, You Matter.  The campaign focuses on the positive message that the lives of young adults matter, even as they face trying times or difficult problems.

Through a blog and social media, You Matter aims to build awareness and trust in the Lifeline among young adults by providing a safe, online space where they can connect with the Lifeline. The campaign showcases hopeful peer-to-peer messages and also supports friends of young adults …

Featured, Headline, Mental Health, Recovery Support, Substance Use, Treatment, Uncategorized »

[ 27 Aug 2012 | 5 Comments ]
YPR Logo

Written By: Wilmarie Hernandez, Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
On August 15, SAMHA hosted a forum on Young People in Recovery (YPR).  The panel discussion, moderated by Ivette Torres, Associate Director, Consumer Affairs, featured three young adults, Sarah Nerad, Danielle Tarino and Benjamin Chin.
Sarah, Danielle and Ben shared their personal recovery stories as well as the programs and organizations that helped them in their recovery process.
“By the time I was in high school everything seemed normal on the outside and I knew that is what I needed to maintain …

Featured, Headline, Prevention, Public Awareness and Support, tobacco, Uncategorized »

[ 17 May 2012 | 3 Comments ]
Make Every Day World No Tobacco Day - May 31

Written By: Doug Tipperman, M.S.W., Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31 to encourage cessation from all forms of tobacco consumption across the globe. The World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987. Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. Global tobacco use is responsible for nearly 6 million deaths every year, of which more than 600,000 are people exposed to second-hand smoke.
SAMHSA is working to prevent and reduce tobacco use in the …