Wednesday, September 11, 2002

Hablemos en Confianza: Soy Unica For Adults
This new SAMHSA/CSAP site, suggested by Farra Trompeter, is "a culturally appropriate bilingual public health Web site designed to encourage and strengthen dialogue between Hispanic/Latino parents and children. This new site offers advice for Hispanic/Latino parents on listening and talking with children to improve communication, to discover parenting style, and to learn about alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs."  
  

There is help...There is hope 2002-2003 (Canada)
Page of information at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health web site on "a series of regular Community Information Forums offering a greater understanding of emerging mental health and addiction issues, treatments and healthy living strategies."  
  

Annual Household Survey Finds Millions of Americans in Denial About Drug Abuse
SAMHSA prss release on the 2001 National Household Survey, which indicated that too many American drug users—more than 4.6 million—who meet the criteria for needing treatment do not recognize that they have a problem. The survey also included for the first time questions about mental illness. See also the index page of survey data at the SAMHSA site.