The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) | Online Agency Search

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Name of the Agency: The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services (SAMHSA)
Address including the city of the agency: The human services agency is located in the
United States. The address is: 5600 Fisher’s Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Contact no: 800-487-4889
Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Web Address: [e-mail]
Date of the Online Search: 10th March, 2020
What is the goal, mission or philosophy of the agency? The main goal of the agency is to
prevent and treat the different forms of mental disorders and to the prevent the addictive
diseases. The philosophy of this organization is to spread the prevention practices through
different forms of public level campaigns, the reforms of the various other systems and the
analysis of its policy and program. SAMHSA also works for the improvement of the
availability and the quality of the prevention techniques, the various treatment and the other
rehabilitation services and to reduce the illness and the other disorders of health.
Describe the population served by the agency: SAMHSA aims to cover those people who
are suffering from severe levels of addiction and the other form of the mental disorders but
the agency mainly targets the young population in the age group of 12 – 18 and the second
group of 25-30.
What types of services are served by this agency? The agency provides various addiction
prevention services along with the services to prevent the effects of the drug abuses. However
the main service is to treat and cure the people suffering from the various form of the mental
illnesses.

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Why did you choose this agency for the online search? From the various human agency
organizations operating in United States, I have selected the agency of SAMHSA because I
feel that mental disorder and mental instability is the biggest concern of the majority people
today. It is very crucial that people of today’s generation realizes that taking care of the
mental health is equally important as nurturing the physical health.
What are your impressions of the agency and the work that it does?
SAMHSA has a very good result when it comes to the protecting of the various populations
from the illnesses. Today SAMHSA has gained a larger cluster that will be able to afford the
ability and the estimates at a much affordable cost. SAMHSA has always maintained a high
standard in its data collection techniques that adds to the maintenance of the prevention of the
disorders of the maximum population suffering from the illnesses in the recent time.

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