http://www.metafilter.com/tags/SAMHSA/rss tag posts with SAMHSA Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:24:20 -0800 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:24:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/53397/Imagine-a-troubled-gay-teenager-contemplating-suicideand-getting-James-Dobson-on-the-other-end <a href="http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/">1-800-SUICIDE loses govt. funding:</a> <i>Despite the fact that almost 2 million callers have reached help and hope over the last 8 years, and a government funded evaluation stating the benefits of 1-800-SUICIDE, the Substance Abuse &amp; Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), a division of Health &amp; Human Services, has decided to create their own government run system where they would have direct access to confidential data on individuals in crisis.</i> (SAMHSA has already scrubbed their websites of any and all LGBT information, and gay youth are 2-3 times more likely to commit suicide.) <a href="http://www.save1800suicide.org/">Save 1-800-SUICIDE website here.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.53397 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:24:20 -0800 suicide prevention funding government politics glbt gay faith SAMHSA life death amberglow