Moving Toward Recovery After Discharge with the Ongoing Abstinence Recovery Schedule Program™

• By: Tony Salvatore, MA Montgomery County Emergency Service
• October 23rd, 2023
• action plan for relapse prevention, co-occurring disorders, Fall 2023 Issue, hospitalization, mental health, ongoing abstinence recovery schedule, psychiatric hospitals, readmissions, relapse prevention, sobriety, substance use disorder, wellness
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Like many psychiatric hospitals, Montgomery County Emergency Service (MCES), located in Norristown, PA, serves adults with primary serious mental illness many of whom also have a co-occurring substance use disorder (COD), sometimes involving opiates. This “double trouble” puts them at greater...

Confronting the Opioid Epidemic: A Comprehensive Treatment Approach at Odyssey House

• By: Justin Mitchell, LMHC, CRC Daphne Juste, LMHC, NCC Odyssey House
• April 16th, 2020
• addiction treatment, clinical interventions, medication-assisted treatment, opioid overdose, overdose prevention, recovery support, relapse prevention, substance use disorder
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With more than 60,000 opioid overdose deaths nationally in 2016, a multi-pronged treatment approach is necessary to address the worst drug crisis in American history. Odyssey House is on the front line in treating those diagnosed with the most severe opioid use disorders. Since 2014, individuals...

The Case for Community Recovery Centers

• By: Roy Kearse, LCSW, CASAC Samaritan Daytop Village
• January 1st, 2020
• community services, harm reduction, opioid epidemic, peer support, post-treatment care, recovery centers, relapse prevention, substance use disorder
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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...