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Special focus on issues concerning behavioral health and co-occurring disorders.

Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness about Mental Health Problems in Minority Communities
Native American PSA

SAMHSA recently launched a national public service advertising campaign to promote recovery from mental health problems within the American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, Chinese American and African American communities.

Survey: People with SMI more likely to be in jails than in hospitals
Americans with severe mental illnesses are three times more likely to be in jail or prison than in a psychiatric hospital, according to a new report, "More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons than Hospitals: A Survey of the States."

Survey Reveals Big Gap in Understanding of Depression
Americans do not believe they know much about depression, but are highly aware of the risks of not receiving care, according to a survey released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

Nation's mental health care system gets a D
NAMI grade icon Grading the States, a report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), assesses the nation's public mental health care system for adults and finds that the national average grade is a D.

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PTSD news

Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets
Thousands of soldiers suffering from PTSD have received a potent anti-psychotic called Seroquel. Several soldiers and veterans have died while taking the pills, raising concerns among some military families that the government is not being up front about the drug's risks. They want Congress to investigate.