The Road to Recovery

Submitted by Davis Joint Uni... on Wed, 05/21/2014 - 2:56pm

Series of panels by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), on treatment, recovery, and support issues in America.

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1 877 662 HELP (4357)
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www.samhsa.gov

The Road to Recovery - Embracing Diversity - Crossing Barriers to Deliver Treatment to Everyone

Submitted by Davis Joint Uni... on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:43am
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Addiction is not limited to any one race, religion, creed, or lifestyle.  Fortunately, neither are treatment and recovery services.  Achieving long-term recovery is often dependent on finding personalized treatment and recovery services that meet the specic individual's cultural, religious, or lifestyle needs.

The Road to Recovery - Using New Technologies to Expand Treatment and Recovery Services

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 09/30/2014 - 4:51pm
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This show will identify and promote the use of new technologies that facilitate and expand treatment and recovery services.  These new technologies include social media (social network and messaing systems - Facebook and Twitter), interactive text messaging platforms, and smartphones applications.  These technologies are enabling new models of behavioral health care both within and outside formal or traditional systems of care.

The Road to Recovery - Supporting Recovery with Safe, Sober and Peer Oriented Housing

Submitted by Davis Joint Uni... on Sun, 09/14/2014 - 5:29pm
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Recovery Housing environments are increasingly being recognized as a critical component to recovery success for many individuals.  This show will examine the growing support for recovery housing in many states and communities, highlighting the many forms that these housing programs can take.  Among the housing programs available are sober housing and recovery housing tailored to specific demographic groups such as adult men, adult women, young adults, and college students.

The Road to Recovery - Growing Up With Addiction and or Mental Health Disorders - Prevention by Targeting Families

Submitted by Davis Joint Uni... on Fri, 07/11/2014 - 1:52pm
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It is well known that children in homes where addiction is present are at great risk of having substance use disorders and lifelong mental health problems.  Targeting these families is not only a priority treatment and recovery concern but an efective prevention strategy as well.  To prevent mental and substance use disorders, it is critical to work directly with the family environments in which these disorders originate.  This show will delve into the relationship of addiction and trauma, acknowledging th elong-term impacts on children and families.