Happy 23rd Birthday ADA! 7 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm

By: Paolo del Vecchio, Director, SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services Twenty-three years ago, on July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA...

Working Together to Prevent Substance Abuse Death 18 Jul 2013 | 10:18 pm

By: Brian Altman, lead for SAMHSA’s Sexual and Gender Minority Interest Group As a Gleek (a fan of the TV show “Glee”) I am very sad to hear of Cory Monteith’s death.  In so many ways, Glee promotes....

SAMHSA.gov Transformation: Help Improve the Grants Section 18 Jul 2013 | 12:58 am

Have you ever tried to find grant information on SAMHSA.gov?  We are working on improving this section of our website and would like to hear your feedback. We are transforming SAMHSA.gov into an easy-...

Winslow Celebrates 5 Years of Service 11 Jul 2013 | 11:58 pm

Helping victims of childhood trauma heal and recover 11 Jul 2013 | 09:41 pm

By: Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Far too many children—especially those known to the child welfare system—have experienced trauma related to neglect, expo...

Advances in HIV Testing 4 Jul 2013 | 02:47 am

Cross-posted from blog.AIDS.gov June 27, 2013 • By Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers f...

New NHTD Video from the White House Office of National AIDS Policy 1 Jul 2013 | 05:03 pm

Cross-posted from blog.AIDS.gov June 27, 2013 • By Miguel Gomez, Director, AIDS.gov, and Senior Communications Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and ...

Take the Test and Take Control: National HIV Testing Day 27 Jun 2013 | 08:18 pm

“Take the Test and Take Control” during the 19th Annual National HIV Testing Day Take control of your health and observe the nineteenth annual National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) by taking an HIV test. ....

If Every Day Were World No Tobacco Day, Then Millions of People with Mental Illness Would Live Longer and Better Lives 31 May 2013 | 07:29 pm

By: Jill M Williams, MD Smoking remains a leading cause of preventable death from cardiovascular disease in people with mental illness.  And still little is being done. There is evidence that while ma...

SAMHSA’s Healthy Lifestyles Project seeks to prevent the spread of hepatitis C 30 May 2013 | 02:15 am

By:  Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Director, SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and SAMHSA is joining CDC and others in urging two groups of people t....