Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
February 1, 2006, Vol. 06-08

Save the Date: Free Training Teleconferences

Please Join Us

The SAMHSA Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma Associated With Mental Illness (ADS Center) invites you to participate in three free teleconferences scheduled for February, March and April 2006. Training dates and topics are listed below.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - Title: Results from the Field: SAMHSA's Elimination of Barriers Initiative (EBI)

Thursday, March 30, 2006 - Topic: Stigma and the United States military

Thursday, April 27, 2006 - Topic: Self-disclosure and the Stigma of Mental Illness

Participation in these training events is free of charge. Complete training announcements will be distributed prior to each event. For additional teleconference information, please refer to the Training section of the SAMHSA ADS Center web site, http://www.stopstigma.samhsa.gov, or contact a technical assistance representative by e-mail at promoteacceptance@samhsa.hhs.gov or by telephone at 1-800-540-0320. Please pass this notice along to interested friends and colleagues. Please note: teleconference registration closes at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the day prior to each training event.

Training Sponsor

These teleconferences are sponsored by the SAMHSA Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center), a project of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The session is free to all participants.

About the ADS Center

SAMHSA's Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center) helps people design, implement and operate programs that reduce discrimination and stigma associated with mental illnesses. With the most up-to-date research and information, the ADS Center helps individuals, organizations and governments counter such discrimination and stigma in the community, in the workplace, and in the media
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