Articles in the Children Category
Bullying, Children, Featured, Headline, Prevention, Public Awareness and Support »
Written By: Ingrid Donato, Branch Chief, Mental Health Promotions Branch & James Wright, Public Health Advisor, Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress and Special Programs
Today marks the beginning of Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. Each year millions of children and youth experience the humiliation and devastating effects of bullying. Bullying damages the physical, social, and emotional well-being of its victims. It also hurts the children who bully, as well as those who watch it happen. In fact, bullying creates a climate of fear, callousness, and disrespect for everyone involved. SAMHSA is committed to reducing …
Children, Featured, Headline, Public Awareness and Support »
Written By: Gary M. Blau, Ph.D., Branch Chief, Center for Mental Health Services
Many of us who care about improving the lives of children and youth with mental health challenges and their families are at the Georgetown University Training Institutes this week in Orlando, FL. More than 2,000 people are here with us, each of them representing the passion, progress, and hope for the future. The Institutes—the premier annual event in children’s mental health —give us a chance to share our commitment and work with people who are striving for the same …
Children, Featured, Headline, Prevention, SAMHSA Store, Suicide »
Suicide is one of the nation’s greatest public health problems – but it is also completely preventable. If all of us work together in an effort to reach out and help those at risk we can prevent the needless devastation suicide brings to individuals, loved ones and communities across the nation.
In order to provide practical help in this effort the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed a new toolkit entitled Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools. The toolkit aims at reducing the risk of suicide …
Alcohol, Children, Featured, Headline, Prevention, Public Awareness and Support »
Written By: Frances M. Harding, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
In adolescence, teens are met with new life experiences and greater freedom, but also more peer pressure. It’s during this time that teens may be more likely to experiment with alcohol.
It may not cross teens’ minds that underage drinking is both illegal and dangerous. According to SAMHSA’s 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 10 million people aged 12 to 20 reported consuming alcohol within the past month.1 People aged 20 or younger accounted for almost 200,000 …
