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NY State Governor Hochul Announces $4.5 Million to Support Addiction Prevention Services in High-Need Communities Across New York State
…listed below – D-Fi Drug Irondequoit, Inc., Tompkins Cortland Community College, and Northpointe Council – will provide targeted services for the LGBTQIA+ community, with other providers focusing on additional high-need…
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From Crisis to Recovery: The Role of Peer Support Specialists at NYC Well
…Yorkers and others day and night for free to confidential, high-quality behavioral health care. The inclusion of peer support staff was a significant and positive complement to the services already…
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Housing Heals: How MHA of Westchester is Making a Difference
…to provide warm, compassionate care, because we know that “housing heals”. For more information about MHA’s Residential Services, please contact Ruthanne Becker at beckerr@mhawestchester.org or visit MHA’s website at www.mhawestchester.org….
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Making Addiction Treatment More Realistic and Pragmatic: The Perfect Should Not Be the Enemy of the Good
Last year saw drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpass an unthinkable milestone: 100,000 deaths in a year. This is the highest number of drug overdoses in our country’s history,…
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Buprenorphine Initiation in the ER Found Safe and Effective for Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder Who Use Fentanyl
…within two hours of starting buprenorphine. Researchers found that despite high fentanyl use prevalence – about 70% – among 1,200 people with opioid use disorder, precipitated withdrawal occurred in nine…
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Parenting: Diagnosing and Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
…disorders. Over 20 percent of adolescents have anxiety disorders. How does this compare with other mental health issues? Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorder in children and adolescents….
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Utilizing Trauma-Informed Care to Address Trauma Reactions in Staff: Potential Impacts on Retention
…compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue following completion of trauma training and trainings focused on helping staff develop trauma-informed self-care practices (TISC). A city-wide study, conducted in Baltimore between 2015 and…
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A Virtual Peer DBT Consultation Group
…every attendee (100%) reported doing a chain every week. On average, participants with no previous DBT training completed chains during the weeks of 57% of the peer group sessions they…
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Disasters: The Importance of Fighting Mental Health Stigma
…time. The theory behind this, known as allostatic load, gives us an understanding of the different resilience capabilities not only between communities but within communities. Simply put, the more stressors…
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Telehealth Supports Retention in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
…28% of those who started treatment in non-telehealth settings. The research was conducted as part of the HEALing Communities Study, the largest addiction prevention and treatment implementation study ever conducted,…
