SAMHSA's Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month

Source: www.SAMHSA.gov/SUDTM

SAMHSA has released a toolkit for the first Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month, to be observed January 2025. Treatment Month raises awareness of the benefits and availability of evidence-based treatments for people with a substance use disorder; addresses barriers to treatment, including stigma; and normalizes seeking help.

The toolkit includes information about weekly themes, social media graphics and messaging, a webinar background, and resources that public health organizations, treatment providers, professional associations, and others can use to spread awareness of Treatment Month.

Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month (Treatment Month), which will launch in January 2025, serves to support:

• People contemplating or seeking help for their substance use
• Practitioners treating or considering treating substance use disorder
• Friends, family, and loved ones of those with substance use conditions

By raising awareness of treatment, including medications to treat substance use disorders, SAMHSA seeks to:

• Eliminate stigma surrounding treatment, including medications used to treat substance use disorders
• Encourage those on their treatment and recovery journey
• Promote best practices such as screening, intervention, and treatment of substance use disorders by health care providers