Points to Consider During the COVID-19 Pandemic That Are Impacting the SUD Community

• By: Roy Kearse, LCSW, CASAC Samaritan Daytop Village
• May 20th, 2020
• anxiety, COVID-19, recovery, staff, substance use disorder, summer 2020 issue
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As a health care professional with close to 40 years of experience I have seen the behavioral health field and particularly the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) field face many challenges, but none like the current COVID-19 pandemic. I would like to share the following 5 points of...

The Case for Community Recovery Centers

• By: Roy Kearse, LCSW, CASAC Samaritan Daytop Village
• January 1st, 2020
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According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, “Every day, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids.” In 2018 alone, opioids claimed the lives of more than 3,000 New Yorkers, according to the New York State Department of Health. The misuse of and...