Nurturing Healing Within Our Homes: Pathways to Treatment Within the Family

• By: Megan Ryan, LMHC Outreach
• October 23rd, 2023
• addiction, community reinforcement, enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy, Fall 2023 Issue, family training, family-centered treatment, healing, hope, multidimensional family therapy, nature, nurture, recovery
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Nature versus nurture has plagued our educational and sociological philosophy for decades in social service and the mental health field. The idea behind treating addiction as a “family disease” has long been established in the understanding that there is a genetic component to addiction and...

Empowering Recovery: How Technology Supports Those with Substance Use Disorders

• By: Kelsey Silver, LMFT Outreach
• October 23rd, 2023
• addiction treatment, clinical decision support systems, data analytics, drug interaction alerts, Fall 2023 Issue, medication-assisted treatment, patient history access, patient portal access, risk assessment, technology, telehealth
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The journey of overcoming substance use disorders (SUD) is multifaceted and often daunting. However, recent technological advancements have proven to be formidable allies in this quest, offering hope and innovative solutions. From the vast capabilities of data analytics to the immediacy of...

Countering Stigma – Speaking as if Our Words Matter

• By: Kevin Wadalavage, LMHC, CASAC 2, MAC Outreach
• April 18th, 2023
• addiction, behavioral health stigma, language, person-first language, Spring 2023 Issue, stigma, stigma reduction
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There are now several identified strategies that can help address stigma toward populations with behavioral health challenges. Some involve providing public education. Some involve the addition of addiction and mental health‑related curricula to educational institutions and training programs for...

The Adolescent Therapeutic Community: An Integrated Model of Care

• By: John M. Venza, LCSW-R, LMHC Outreach
• April 19th, 2022
• adolescents, community, mental health, motivation, peers, resources, Spring 2022 Issue, substance use, teenagers, therapeutic community, treatment
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I was once told early in my career that the Therapeutic Community (TC) takes an hour to explain but a lifetime to master. The traditional Therapeutic Community model has saved countless lives over the past several decades featuring a therapeutic milieu that uses the community as the healer and...

Weathering the Workforce Storm

• By: Christal Montague, MSW, LMHC, CASAC, CARC Maryclare Scerbo, MSW Outreach
• October 4th, 2021
• absenteeism, employee departures, Fall 2021 Issue, recruitment, staff turnover
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Over the past year, the behavioral health and health field has endured a wave of voluntary employee departures and mounting challenges in its ability to recruit highly qualified staff. Turnover brings considerable costs to organizations, time - and resource-wise - in recruiting and training new...

Substance Use and Treatment Services for the LGBTQ Community

• By: Jill Mastrandrea, LMHC, CASAC, NCC, CRPA Outreach
• October 1st, 2016
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Research reveals that individuals who identify as being part of the LGBTQ community represent a higher percentage of substance users as compared to those who do not identify. In fact, there are estimates to maintain that about 20 to 30 percent of the LGBTQ population is using substances as compared...