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Behavioral Health
Nearly 50% of the U.S. population, ages 15
to 54, report having a least one psychiatric disorder. Both severe
and persistent mental disorders, including addictions, can have
profound consequences for individuals, their families, and society,
affecting their ability to learn, to grow into healthy adults,
to nurture children, to work, to secure housing, and to engage
in other routines of living. Recognizing the prevalence of mental disorders and the costs they exact from society, social workers make up the largest group of clinically trained mental health providers in the United States.
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has issued a call for applications for its 2008 Science and Service Awards, a national program that recognizes community-based organizations and coalitions that have shown exemplary implementation of evidence-based mental health and substance abuse interventions.
A maximum of five awards will be made in each of the five categories: substance abuse prevention, treatment of substance abuse and recovery support services, mental health promotion, treatment of mental illness and recovery support services, and co-occurring disorders. To be eligible for an award, an organization must have successfully implemented a recognized evidence-based intervention. Examples include those that are published in scientific literature and/or appear on a Federal and/or state registry of evidence-based interventions.
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Approximately 9 percent of youths aged 12 to 17, and 7.6 percent of adults aged 18 or older, experienced at least one major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year according to data released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA Administrator Terry Cline, Ph.D., released the findings at a Mental Health America meeting held in Washington, DC, on June 9th. |
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