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National Recovery Month



September is Recovery Month National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month 2013


Articles and Studies


Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents

This booklet is a guide for parents who think their child may have symptoms of bipolar disorder, or parents whose child has been diagnosed.

Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents Fact Sheet

Planning An Event?


Recovery: For You or Someone You Know


For Community Organizations and Service Providers


Recovery in Your Community

Youth and Young Adults in Recovery


La Comunidad Hispana



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.

National Recovery Month 2013

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  • Behavioral Health is Essential to Health
  • Prevention Works
  • Treatment is Effective
  • People Recover
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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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