National Prevention Week | SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

National Prevention Week | SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

National Prevention Week

May 12 through May 18, 2019

SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week will take place May 12 through 18, 2019. Communities and organizations across the country come together each year around this observance to raise awareness about the importance of substance use prevention and positive mental health. Suicide prevention will be the focus on May 17, when SAMHSA encourages individuals, communities, and organizations to participate in an NPW Facebook Live Day for Suicide Prevention by posting live videos on Facebook sharing suicide prevention messages, hotline numbers, and other resources with the hashtag #NPW2019.