Communities

This NIDA resource includes talking points written in plain language as a suggested way to communicate concepts of drug use and addiction to adults or teens.

This NIDA web page includes resources to help decrease substance use, address barriers to care, and improve outcomes among people in jail and prison systems.

This DEA web page includes resources to prevent drug misuse among college students, for institutions of higher education and their surrounding communities.

This NIDA web page incudes resources for students, parents, educators, dorm supervisors, counselors, clinicians, and researchers related to substance use in college-age adults ages 19 to 22.

This page highlights evidence-based services and models that address the complexities of mental illness and addiction, including examples from various states organized by four key frameworks.

Examples on this page illustrate how several different states have taken a comprehensive approach through overall system transformation and/or strategic disruptive investments.

This page and graphic provides a high-level framework for a modernized behavioral health system. The conceptual frame synthesizes key components of a behavioral health continuum of care and cross-cutting principles from expert input and best practice approaches.

SAMHSA's practitioner training offers tools, training, and technical assistance to practitioners in the fields of mental health and substance use disorders.

This Mental Health Month toolkit provides practical tools that everyone can use to improve their mental health and increase their resiliency regardless of their personal situation.

This brochure gives an overview of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. It lists some of the common limits placed on mental health and substance use disorder benefits and services.