Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Webinar: How to Leverage Partnerships for Communities

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Webinar

SAMHSA’s Underage Drinking Prevention Education Initiatives (UADPEI) invites you to join national experts on March 20 to learn about leveraging partnerships in planning/hosting a Communities Talk: Town Hall Meeting to Prevent Underage Drinking (Communities Talk) event. 

National Prevention Week

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Campaign

National Prevention Week is an annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, mental and/or substance use disorders.

SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week will take place May 12 through 18, 2019.

HRSA and SAMHSA Virtual Job Fair

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Online job fair

HRSA, in collaboration with SAMHSA, is hosting a Virtual Job Fair on March 5th, 2019 for Region 7 (Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri) and Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming).

Webinar: 'Prevention of Prescription Drug Misuse Among the Latino Community'

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Webinar

The National Hispanic and Latino Prevention Technology Transfer Centre, a SAMHSA funded centre located at the National Latino Behavioural Health Association, cordially invites you to the webinar 'Prevention of Prescription Drug Misuse Among the Latino Community'.

Jan 31, 2019 2:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Information about the speaker:

Diana Plazas, BA, CP

The Intersection of Opioids and Suicide: A Prevention Approach

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Webinar

The latest event from the National Prevention Week Webinar Series will take place on October 25, 2018, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. EDT. 

The discussion will explore the relationship between the opioid use, overdose and suicide, with the hope that it will create opportunities for those in the prevention field to implement more effective strategies.

College Drinking: Prevention Perspectives

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A recent video produced by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration highlights the harmful consequences of underage and excessive alcohol consumption, and provides evidence-based strategies that can be used in a university...

Quality Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
It is important that people wishing to access treatment for substance use disorder are informed about the quality of care they will receive. A new fact sheet has been developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...