SAMHSA Blog posts written by Dr. McCance-Katz

• Message from the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health Awareness Month and National Prevention Week
• Mental Health Awareness Month: Focusing on Suicide Prevention Strategies for our Youth
• Treating Opioid Use Disorder
• Suicide—And A Reflection On Our Changing American Society
• For Beating The Opioid Crisis, America Has Better Weapons Than Fentanyl Test Strips
• Why Should Providers Ask This Critical Question…?
• SAMHSA Broadens Access To Mental Health And Substance Abuse Data To American Communities While Saving Taxpayers Money
• Shining A Light On Healing From Childhood Trauma
• SAMHSA Revamping TA-Contractors Model To Deliver More Support To American Communities
• Finding Hope For People Suffering From Mental Illness And Addiction
• SAMHSA Stands Ready To Help

Dear Colleague Letters from Dr. McCance-Katz

• Oral Fluids HIV Testing Dear Colleague Letter - November 21, 2019 (PDF | 1 MB)

Live tweet threads from Dr. McCance-Katz

• Cabinet Meeting | The White House – May 19, 2020
• National Association of County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors 2020
• FCC 988 Code for National Suicide Prevention 2019
• The National Crisis Center Conference | Reaching the Summit: Innovate to Elevate 2019
• American Psychiatric Association: The Mental Health Services Conference 2019
• Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State's (ASAPNY) 20th Annual Conference 2019
• ISMICC Full Committee Meeting 2019
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) 2019
• California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth (CMHACY) 2019
• Choose to be Healthy at York County Community College (CTBH) 2019

Speeches and Presentations by Dr. McCance-Katz

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): 2019 (September 11, 2020)

• Video of presentation (1 hour 23 minutes)
• Slide presentation (PDF | 4.9 MB) and (PPT | 4 MB)

SAMHSA's 16th Annual Prevention Day (February 3, 2020)

• The Importance of Prevention in a Changing Landscape (PDF | 2.5 MB) and (PPT | 3 MB)

Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris County (October 4, 2019)

• Substance Use Issues and Serious Mental Illness in the United States: An Update from SAMHSA (PDF | 2.7 MB) and (PPT | 37.1 MB)

American Psychiatric Association: The Mental Health Conference (September 23, 2019)

• Best Practices in Substance Use Disorders: The Importance of Integrated Care (PDF | 2.1 MB) and (PPT | 1.5 MB)

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): 2018 (August 20, 2019)

• Video of presentation (45 minutes)
• Slide presentation (PDF | 1.8 MB) and (PPT | 1.7 MB)

Initiative to Eradicate HIV: SAMHSA's Role (June 26, 2019)

• Presentation (PDF | 126 KB)

California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth (CMHACY) 2019 (May 17, 2019)

• Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges to Our Youth: A Call to Action (PPT | 3.2 MB)

National Prevention Week 2019 Kick-Off (May 8, 2019)

• Video of kick-off (3 minutes)

RX Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit (April 22, 2019)

• The Opioid Crisis: Next Steps (PDF | 1.1 MB) and (PPT | 929 KB)

National Update on the State of Addiction (March 22, 2019)

• Video of presentation (42 minutes)

Urgent and Emerging Issues in Prevention: Marijuana, Kratom, E-cigarettes - SAMHSA Prevention Day (February 4, 2019)

• Video of closing remarks (50 minutes)
• Slide presentation (PDF | 2.9 MB) and (PPT | 4 MB)

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): 2017 (September 13, 2018)

• Video of presentation (52 minutes, 10 seconds)
• Slide presentation (PDF | 2.9 MB) and (PPT | 5.7 MB)

Hearing on 21st Century Cures Implementation: Examining Mental Health Initiatives - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health (July 19, 2018)

• Hearing transcript (PDF | 304 KB)

Changing Focus: The Right to Treatment of Serious Mental Illness (April 16, 2018)

• Slide presentation (PDF | 456 KB)

SAMHSA/HHS: An Update on the Opioid Crisis (March 14, 2018)

• Slide presentation (PDF | 456 KB)

The Key Role of Prevention in Addressing the Current Landscape of Substance Use in America: A Perspective (February 5, 2018)

• Slide presentation (PDF | 1.1 MB)