SAMHSA Awards Funds for National Conference on the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care

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Date: 4/2/2009
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SAMHSA Awards Funds for National Conference on the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced the award of a Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grant totaling $40,000 to the Regents of the University of California in Davis, CA.

The grant award will support the upcoming conference titled, “From Innovation to Implementation: Addressing Barriers to Recognition and Treatment of Depression in Primary Care” to be held at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine (date to be announced). The conference seeks to improve help seeking and active engagement in mental health treatment among underserved people by tailoring public service announcements and interactive multimedia computer programs.

The SAMHSA Conference Grant Program is used to disseminate information about best practices within the mental health services, substance abuse prevention and substance abuse treatment fields at regionally and/or nationally significant conferences.

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment, and mental health services delivery system.

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