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Recovery and the Media: Addiction and Treatment in Entertainment and News

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Premiered: Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Sponsor: SAMHSA

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Ron Tannenbaum and Mark Weber Sandra de Castro Buffington and W. Douglas Evans

From left to right: Ron Tannebaum, President & Cofounder of intherooms.com, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Mark Weber, Director of Communications, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, US Department of Health & Human Services, Rockville, MD; Sandra de Castro Buffington, M.P.H., Director, Holywood, Health & Society, USC Annenberg Morman Lear Center, Beverly Hills, CA; Dr. W. Douglas Evans, Ph.D., Professor & Director, Public Health Communications & Marketing Program, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Host:
Ivette Torres, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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

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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