The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen its staff cut by more than a third, and it's facing deep budget cuts. Progress on overdose deaths could be lost, experts warn.

The "opioid crisis" claimed the lives of over 80,000 Americans last year, and that figure was a 27 percent drop on the drug ...

Mental health challenges are becoming a growing public health concern among older adults, according to a federal behavioral health agency.

The Administration for a Healthy America will absorb parts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other ...

By the end of February, the Department of Health and Human Services slashed 10% of SAMHSA, which funds the 988 Lifeline. By the end of March, the federal health agency stripped $1 billion from ...

So, you may be forgiven for having missed the news about the deep funding cuts planned for SAMHSA — the Substance and Mental Health Services Administration — recently announced by the Trump ...

Another blow to mental health and substance use services As of this writing, the Trump administration has dissolved the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA ...

This particular SAMHSA program cost $1.5 million during the 2023 budget year. "Overdose Prevention" appears to allude to a SAMHSA program called "Grants to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid ...

With these changes, the proposed 2026 budget for mental health and substance abuse resources centers programs previously operating under SAMHSA under the newly formed Administration for a Healthy ...

del Vecchio is former SAMHSA executive officer. At the age of 23, after years of mental health problems, addictions, and trauma, I found myself on a Philadelphia subway platform ready to end my life.

IMAGE 1 HERE The Trump administration cut staffing at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the federal office that oversees 988, in recent weeks. It also ended $ ...

He has served on the SAMHSA National Advisory Council and as a senior policy adviser at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. “It seems like a bad time for the government to sa ...