CSAP's mission is to provide national leadership in the Federal effort
to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug problems. These problems
are intrinsically linked to other serious national problems such as:
crime, violence, rising health care costs, academic failure, HIV/AIDS,
teen pregnancy, and low work productivity. CSAP connects people and
resources to innovative ideas and strategies, and encourages efforts to
reduce and eliminate alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug problems both in
the United States and internationally. CSAP fosters the development
of comprehensive, culturally appropriate prevention policies and systems
that are based on scientifically defensible principles and target both
individuals and the environments in which they live. CSAP participates
in the development of new knowledge about prevention, disseminates it in
a "user friendly" manner, and encourages its applications in settings where
it is likely to bear fruit.
NIAAA supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the
causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related
problems. The Institute also provides leadership in the national
effort to reduce the severe and often fatal consequences of such problems.
NCADI is the information arm of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
As the world's largest resource for current information and materials concerning
substance abuse, NCADI offers the services of qualified information specialists
with English and Spanish capability, distribution of free or low-cost prevention
materials in many media, a repertoire of culturally diverse prevention
resources tailored to the use of many different audiences, customized searches
producing annotated bibliographies, access to voluminous Prevention Materials
and the Treatment Resources databases, and rapid dissemination of Federal
grant announcements in the area of substance abuse.
NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science
to bear on drug abuse and addiction. This charge has two critical
components: The first is the strategic support and conduct of research
across a broad range of disciplines. The second is to ensure the
rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research
to significantly improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment,
and policy.
NIMH conducts and supports research nationwide on mental illness and mental health, including studies of the brain, behavior, and mental health services. Among the Institute's many research interests are children and adolescents who suffer from or who are at risk for serious mental disorders and learning abilities, special mental health issues involving suicidal youths and perpetrators and victims of violence, and prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health.