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New SAMHSA Brochures Discuss Mental Health and Substance Use Issues Affecting Crime Victims and their Loved Ones

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced the availability of Answers in the Aftermath and Supporting the Survivor, two brochures addressing mental health and substance use issues facing crime victims.  The brochures are being released in observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April  10-16.

Answers in the Aftermath explains conditions that victims of violent crime often face, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance abuse.  The brochure gives information on how crime victims can deal with these obstacles in the aftermath of crime, and resources that can help them find healing.      

Supporting the Survivor is a resource for loved ones of crime victims.  This brochure addresses the mental health and substance use issues a crime victim may face and how a supporter can help a loved one. 

Copies of both brochures can be obtained, free of charge, from the National Mental Health Information Center (NMHIC) by calling 1-800-789-2647 or on the web at www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/womenandtrauma.   Information on National Crime Victims’ Rights week is available at (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/ncvrw/welcome.html),  SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1

SAMHSA, a public health agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead federal agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment and mental health services in the United States.

 

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