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SAMHSA announces 26 suicide prevention grant awards
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32923
Subject(s) - suicide rates , mental health , covid-19 , substance abuse , pandemic , medicine , suicide prevention , substance abuse prevention , psychiatry , medical emergency , psychology , family medicine , poison control , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on Aug. 6 released 26 grant awards totaling $17.8 million to help communities prevent suicide during the COVID‐19 pandemic, according to a SAMHSA press release. The Emergency Response for Suicide Prevention Grants program helps states, tribes and communities advance efforts to prevent suicide and suicide attempts among adults 25 and older in order to reduce the overall suicide rate and the number of suicides in the United States. Recipients of the funding will assist at‐risk people by providing such services as.