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Recovery Month Wins Two Web Health Awards

(11/27/2012)

The 2012 Recovery Month campaign was awarded a Silver Web Health Award for its 2012 Facebook Toolkit Tab in the “Social Media: Facebook” category within the government division. Additionally, Recovery Month won a Bronze Web Health Award for its YouTube Channel in the “Social Media: YouTube” category within the government division.

Now in its 14th year, the Web Health Awards, held twice yearly by the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC), recognize the nation’s high-quality digital health resources for consumers and health professionals. A panel of 32 experts in digital health media served as judges and awarded gold, silver, bronze and merit winners from nearly 600 entries.

View the Awards page: http://www.recoverymonth.gov/About-Recovery-Month/Awards.aspx

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Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for substance use and mental disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.

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