and samhsa represented hhs the department of health and human resources in that group. and our samhsa initiative is really derivative of that report and that report's focus. and in that report, there was a, um a, goal, the first goal was to strengthen the psychological health of military service members, veterans, and their families. and so the department of health and human services, as a partner, basically, with the va and with the department of defense pledges to do whatever it can to support the psychological health of this population. so, samhsa has taken on the military service members, veterans, and their families as an initiative to focus specifically on the behavioral health issues for this population. and to insure that any individual who needs it has access to appropriate behavioral health services. and those services are what are considered to be evidenced-based practices that are focused on recovery. that includes the center for trauma? that is correct. and we have, we have a variety of resources with-in samhsa, we have a trauma initiative, we have, um, the

(music) go out of your way to find out what faces and voices and samhsa and your local organizations are doing for next year, for 2012, and-and do what you've got to do, you know, to get out there and say "hey, yes. we're in recovery. we do recover. we are active, productive citizens in your community. hear us." (music) it's such a special day in so many different ways. it's a community coming together, out in the sunshine in the city of providence, to say to all the residents of our great state that people in recovery are important, that the message of recovery and hope is possible for anyone. (music) from where it came from and taking recovery out of church basements and shadows, and putting it right in the biggest block party in the city of providence, it's mind-boggling, it's astounding, it's awesome. members of the recovery community in rhode island have all come out, and we've had wonderful speakers and a great day of celebration of the value and importance of support for people who are in recovery. actually seeing recovery in the heart of providence, on main street, bringing t

they can get information about it from samhsa. and so, mental health first aid is the first thing because we are not taught growing up how to pay attention to our emotional health and our emotional well-being. we are taught about what to do about our physical health, a headache, a broken bone, but not about our emotions. so, the first thing is that families, particularly families with military members, i think, need to become more educated about what are those signs and symptoms that barbara referred to. and then, i think there are particular emotional clues, the touch points, um, how they are behaving socially. how are they, are they going back and getting an education, are they looking to, where are they going to work. are, are they being connected with peers? because, a lot of times, the individuals that have behavioral disorders, a substance abuse problem, or a mental health problem will be referred to by peers. in other words, it will be a friend who will say, "don't you know that you really don't want to hurt yourself" or "w

that is from an agency which is the -- the acronym is samhsa that deals with these kinds of services. we need to make sure that there is adequate funding for this effort. we need to look at the program that is not only at the yale child study, but nationally we have about 50 centers that focus on children and their exposure to violence. >> let me push it right there. but the main nut of this issue, when it comes to mental health, is the fine line between privacy and -- >> that's right. >> what it is that we do to prevent those who might be mentally unstable access to these weapons. >> well, look. let's deal with, you know, we have not dealt with the issue of prevention at all. there is no -- you know, what are we doing to help -- for instance, if you had a mental health professional in all of our schools, these are people who are trained to be able to look at behavior and preventive side and recommend treatment. we have to address that in a way that doesn't bridge people's privacy rights, but allows us to be able to, again, prevent, you know, a tragedy from happening. but we have done