The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administratio

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

o Brief Background or description of the organization, including the mission or purpose, number and types of employees, and a description of the stakeholders/customers. (approximately 1 page)

o Review of the organizational structure and the effectiveness (or lack of) for meeting the mission and vision of the organization. (approximately 1.5 pages)

o Review of the stakeholder relationship diagram/map explaining the relationships, interconnections, and impacts of the relationships on the organization (approximately 2 pages) o Your analysis of what you learned using the tools in this assignment. (approximately 0.5 page)

o Citations and References

Solution

1. SAMHSA is a branch of the U.S. department of health and human services.It is involved in improving the quality and availability of treatment so as to decrease the incidence of illness,death and disability as aresult of substance abuse and mental illness.SAMHSA\'s headquarter building is located in Rockville,Maryland.SAMHSA\'s mission is to reduction in substance abuse and mental illnes in American communities.The employees workin in SAMHSA are assigned to different offices such as office of Administrator,office of planning ,policy and innovation,office of financial resources,office of managment technology and operations,office of communicationsand office of tribal affairs and policy.SAMHSA employees support the provision of quality behavioral health services such as prevention of addiction,treatment and recovery support services

2. The organizational structure of SAMHSA consists of seveal offices such as

Centre for Mental Health services- it plays a major role in prevention and treatment of mentall disorders.This unit provides grants to focus population which are children and adolescents with emotional,behavioral and mental disorders.

Centre for substance abuse treatment

Centre for substance abuse prevention

Centre for behavioral health statistics and quality

SAMHSA also deals with substance abuse including both prevention and treatment,through grants that are different from its mental health grants.

SAMHSA works to fulfill 8 goals -

i)it creates prevention prepared communities in which individuals promote emotional health and reduce mental illness ii)it helps to divert people with substance abuse and mental disorders from criminal justice sustems and into trauma informed treatment and recovery.iii) it provides needed behavioral health facilities to military families. iv) it works to broaden health coverage v) to provides housing to people suffrening from substance abuse and mental disorders.vi) it ensures that behavioral health provider network paticipates with general healthcare delivery system.vii) it aims to improve the quality of dervices for individuals.viii) it helps people to recognize and seek help for mental and substance abuse.