brought to you by the us department of health and human services. [music] well my passion is really advocacy around treatment and recovery issues. i've had the, the wonderful career over the past 16, 17 years, of being a direct service provider, being a treatment and recovery advocate, to heading up a large advocacy organization to actually working inside right now. and my primary purpose is to make sure that to make sure that the next person, that person that's still out there using now, when they do have this aha moment, that the system is ready to welcome them and to embrace them and support them as they begin their journey on recovery. what recovery has brought to me is an ability to take it to the next level. and, and be vocal about it, not be ashamed, you know, not hide behind a wall because you're afraid that oh well, god they're going to know but i'm a recovering addict. well i like to say that i'm in long-term recovery as opposed to an addict or an alcoholic because there's more positive sounding because people still run with, well addict, o

brought to you by the us department of health and human services. they tell me i was there but i don't remember. i don't know where i really was. i do not know what i had for breakfast. i do not know who won the game. i don't recognize this man. if you or someone you know is struggling with a drug or alcohol problem, there is a solution: recovery. call 1-800-662-help for information and for hope. through treatment my life's a whole lot brighter now. brought to you by the us department of health and human services. [music] language is such an important part of communicating with people what addiction, mental health disorders and recovery is all about. a lot of people have stereotypes about what these, what these disorders are all about and they're not accurate. and so using language can really help people understand what those disorders are about, what they mean, and how people are living successfully in recovery today. [music] our stories have power was the training that was developed by faces and voices of recovery in conjunction with funding from s

that's picking up some of the strategies and some of the outreach and some of the connection of some of the programs that the department of health and human services and hud have used for several years, and it's wonderful that we really actually have a partnership now between the department of veterans affairs and hhs and housing and urban development. and one of those engagement strategies is trying to make sure there is outreach to the individual military member and their family member in some ways to make sure that they are employed, as dr. karlin indicated, and that they have the kind of support services around them that they need. many of the family members don't really know what to do. in other words, someone comes back into the house, they feel ... everyone's, you know, maybe angry, there's a lot of adjustment going through, they're not quite sure how to approach the discussion. what happens is that they may have some financial problems, they might not be able to get a job, so all of these homelessness programs, as dr. karlin indicated, are looking at not only housing issues, but also supported employment opportunities and also family support opportunities.

and has been much worse. the annual national survey of drug use and health conducted by the department of health and human servicesshows that the percentage of americans using illicit drugs rose steadily through the '60s and '70s, and tell it reached a peak in 1979, a 14.1%. that means 14.1% of americans reported use of illicit drugs in the last 30 days. then came the 1980s with consummate law enforcement efforts, combined with concentrated drug prevention campaigns. remember nancy reagan's just say no campaign? everybody laughed. guess what? by 1992 when bill clinton was elected president, illicit drug use had been cut by over 50%, the 5.8% of the population. the results were even more dramatic for marijuana. youth marijuana use peak at 14.2% in 1979, and declined to 3.4% in 1992. it was back up to 18.3% by 1998. i'm wondering if we have had similar success reducing the out of wedlock birth rate or the illiteracy rate in our country, if we would have called our efforts a failure. the fact is that even today our drug use rates in america are lower than they were 30 years ago. let me turn specifically to the issue

of the program. we are so honored and so pleased that dr. louis sullivan has joined us today. as you all know, dr. sullivan served as the secretary of the u.s. department of health and human services from 1989-1993. took on big tobacco and a surge of a chevy. -- and the scourges of hiv. dr. sullivan aren't his doctor of medicine degree at the boston university school of medicine in 1958. he completed his internship and residency at new york hospital cornell medical center. he also did some work at the new jersey college of medicine while teaching at harvard medical school and researching at the half thorndike memorial laboratory. that was before becoming the co- director of hematology at boston university medical center. he also founded the boston university hematology service at boston city hospital. that was until 1995. that is when he founded the medical education program at morehouse college . he has received dozens of honoree degrees and has been honored by many diverse organizations. such as the southern leadership -- the southern christian leadership conference and the national association of minority medical educators. dr. sullivan and his wife, ginger, have three children

of recommended preventative services. a year ago the department of health and human services directed the independent institute of medicine to help usnd today they go into effect one year from today insurance companies private insurance companies have to provide the services with no out-of-pocket costs. many of the benefits we're announcing today are already part of large care employer plans and part of federal health care benefits. members of congress have the >>> up next, what's going on with polygamist leader warren jeffs? we'll have the latest on his trial where he's threatening prosecutors with sickness and death. we'll talk to his former member of his church. this is "the early show" on cbs. hey! you kids almost ready? i've got breakfast waiting for you. whoo! uh-oh. what? mom's doing her exercise video again. when mom's on a health kick, all of us are. and now she's made us breakfast. uh-oh. ♪ [ male announcer ] eggo nutri-grain waffles. you know it's made with 8 grams of whole grain and is a good source of fiber. all they know is it tastes great. eggo nutri-grain waffles. simply delicious. shows your pet you care by unleashi

and what's needed. joining us in our panel today are: frances harding, director, center for substance abuse prevention, substance abuse and mental health services administration, u.s. department of health and human services, rockville, md; jane callahan, director, national community anti-drug coalition institute, community anti-drug coalitions of america, alexandria, va; jordan burnham, mental health advocate, active minds inc., washington, dc; dr. wendy greene, assistant director of trauma and critical care and program developer, screening, brief interventions and referral to treatment program, howard university hospital, washington, dc. fran, what is the definition of behavioral health, and how do we distinguish between prevention, early intervention, and treatment within that definition? the definition for behavioral health for samhsa is we are taking the substance abuse and mental health prevention, intervention, and treatment programs, and we are encasing it within the disorder realm. so substance abuse, prevention, intervention, and treatment are exactly the same, same levels, and so is mental health. we are finding that mental health properties for prevention, especially, are very similar

of the program. we are so honored and so pleased that dr. louis sullivan has joined us today dr. sullivan served as the secretary of the u.s. department of health and human services. that was from 1989 to 1993. where he took on big tobacco and the skirt of hiv. -- scourage of hiv. dr. sold and earned his doctorate in medicine at the boston university school of medicine in 1958. he completed his internship and residency at new york hospital. he also did some work at the new jersey college of medicine while teaching at harvard medical school and researching at the thorndyke memorial laboratory, before becoming the co-director of hematology at boston university medical center. he also founded the boston university hematology service at boston city hospital. that was until 1995. that is when he founded the medical education program at morehouse college. dr. sullivan has received dozens of honoraria degrees and has been honored by many diverse organizations such as the southern christian leadership conference and national association of minority educators. dr. sullivan and his wife have three children. i would like to introduce to you dr. louis sullivan. [applause] >>

department of health and human services. [music] hi, i'm michele monroe with the road to recovery and we're here today in maryland getting some opinions on what people think about different languages used in the substance abuse and mental health arena. if i said that somebody had a drug and alcohol addiction what would you think that that means? i think the person has a... a certainly health issue problem that needs to be, needs to be attended to. i would think of people struggling in difficult circumstances... with certain underlying issues that, that lead them to feel that they need to use those things as an outlet. i think of a illness, i think of a sickness that's hard to overcome. and i think that the person needs support, as much support as possible. i think about people who needs help and they need to find help as soon as possible. so what if i said alcohol and drug problem? what do you feel about that? it's a problem that needs to be fixed, that's what i start thinking, you know, and you need to fix it, you need to find a way to fix it. if there needs to be out there more programs for these people, more resources where they can get to as soon as possible, you know, where they c

us write the program would be proud. these units are not just high places for people. it is also a service. services from our department of public health and from the human services agency. a collaboration that this building represents. we have a lot to celebrate because not only is it a complex thing to do, in a needy community, but it accomplishes so many other goals that the city has articulated that are really important. i look forward to many more with the tndc. there is a lot more to do. i walk in and marvel all of the amenities that we have, and units are so precious in this community. i can only thing, how many hundreds of others wanted to be in this situation? and they would want to have a mayor, board of supervisors, city and state agencies all working together in a less political setting, more in a community, social goals setting, where we can collaborate and put our money together and work with wonderful banks, like wells fargo, and others who are contributing to the financing of this building. it is not politics that rules the day. it is people that have great objectives that put down the barriers they can. the biggest barrier is the barrier

, emotional and sexual abuse and almost never lived in poverty compared with children in any other family form. use site -- you cited department of health and human serviceshat i have right here from december 2010 to support this conclusion. i checked the study out. [laughter] and i would like to enter it into the record if i may. actually, it doesn't say what you said it says. it says that nuclear families, not opposite sex married families, are associated with those positive outcomes. is a niche through, mr. minnery, that married same-sex couple that has had or adopted kids would fall under the definition of the nuclear family in the study that you cite? >> i would think that the study when it cites nuclear families, would mean a family headed by headed by a husband and a wife. >> it doesn't. [laughter] the study defines a nuclear family as one or more children living with two parents who are married to one another. and are each biological or adoptive parents of all the children in the family. and i frankly don't really know how we can trust the rest of your testimony if you are reading studies this way. ms. murray. i recently read about a minnesota sam

of allocation to those departments in order to try to manage this population. >> -- supervisor mirkarimi: on the use fer uses side, you have district attorney, human services, public health, economic and work force development. this is slightly related to my earlier comment to the police department if it works, those departments come in hand, meaning realignment. if it doesn't work, the police department has a role in this construct, too. right? because as i was mentioning earlier based on the statistic of repeat offenses, the police department is the primary. i noticed that's not in this calculation as well. >> yeah, that's correct. it's a great point. there's no separation out the role of the police department -- separating out the role of the police department from this system. i think the goal here is to try to take a look in the short-term at how we're going to manage this population directly on the services that they're going to hit immediately and directly. and i think there is definitely a longer term discussion and a longer term -- some longer term study that we have to do about how this population is affecting our entire criminal justice system. and certainly the police is a

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us in this country and throughout the world. i'm very proud to have been in this organization, in the department of health & human services and athe nih during those early years when we were struggling from both a scientific and public health standpoint about how we were going to address this pandemic. i refer to it as the dark years of my professional career because unless you've done it, it is difficult to describe what it's like to have people come in who are suffering and dying, and you don't have an idea or a clue about what is going on with them. you suspect it's an infection, epidemiology tells you it's sexually transmitted. also later on injection drug use. but yet you don't know what to do with the patients except palliative care. and it was over the period of those three decades with support from so many groups here in the department, through the department at nih, through multiple administrations and multiple turnovers of congress that we had the resources to put into effect a scientific research both basic and clinical attack on this pandemic to the point where we now, 30 years into it, have the capability of really

of the program. we are so honored and so pleased that dr. louis sullivan has joined us today. as you all know, dr. sullivan served as the secretary of the u.s. department of health and human services. that was from 1989-1993, where he took on big tobacco and the scourge of hiv. dr. sullivan also founded the prestigious morehouse school of medicine in atlanta. dr. sullivan earned his doctor of medicine degree at the boston university school of medicine in 1958. he completed his internship and residency at new york hospital cornell medical center. he also did some work at the new jersey college of medicine while teaching at harvard medical school and researching at the thorndike memorial laboratory. that was before becoming the codirector of hematology at boston university medical center. he also found the boston university hematology service at boston city hospital. that was until 1995. that's when he founded the medical education program at morehouse college. dr. sullivan has received dozens of honorary degrees, and has been honored by many diverse organizations, such as the southern leadership -- southern christian leadership conference, and the national association of minority m

distinguished public servants here with us today beginning with daniel levinson, the inspector general of the united states department of health and be human serviceshe also serves on the executive council of the council of the inspectings general on efficiency where he co-chairs the committee on inspection and evaluation. also delighted to have michelle snyder, deputy chief operating officer for the centers for medicare and medicaid services where she is responsible for leading cms' improvement initiatives for promoting excellence in operations. and from the government accountability office we have kay daly, director of management and assurance for the office where her responsibilities include financial management systems, improper payments, contracting cost analysis and health care financial management issues. along with ms. daly, kathleen king, and ms. king won't be making an opening statement but is available for questions as part of today's hearing. ms. king is the director of health care for the government accountability office and is responsible for leading studies of the health care system and specializes in medicare management and prescrip