Women's Treatment Resources

SAMHSA created this report as a tool to address unique prevention, treatment and recovery competencies to effectively serve women and girls. The competencies can be a resource for educators, trainers...

This 2011 SAMHSA-sponsored report is significant for individuals concerned with violence perpetrated against women and girls in our society. A new way to address trauma in any setting, called trauma-informed...

Since 1994, the National Institute on Drug Abuse has been actively engaged in efforts to fill the gaps in drug abuse research among women. Findings from research published in 2001...

The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) is a public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related emergency department (ED) visits. This issue of "The DAWN Report" describes trends in ED visits...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide a slide set reporting data and statistics on HIV infection among women. Data are organized by year, race/ethnicity, transmission category, age...

The national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), monitors priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death,...

This Webinar, "Demystifying Trauma: Sharing Pathways to Healing and Wellness," includes presentations on: “Healing Invisible Wounds” by Richard F. Mollica, M.D., M.A.R., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Director,...

Presenters: Niki Miller, M.S., CPS, Administrator of Women Offenders for the New Hampshire Department of Corrections; Sherri Green, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health...

Presenter: Pat Tucker, M.B.A., Program Associate at Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. Fourth National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery (2010).

ONDCP advises the President on drug-control issues, coordinates drug-control activities and related funding across the Federal government, and produces the annual National Drug Control Strategy. ONDCP recognizes women, girls, and...

SAMHSA conducted dialogue sessions to gather input on how to disseminate/diffuse core competencies identified in their report, Addressing the Needs of Women and Girls: Developing Core Competencies for Mental Health...

The report highlights gender disparities in clinical care and medical research and set forth a set of prevention priorities that should be covered for women and girls. Women stand to...