Road to Recovery May 2012: Partnering With Youth and Young Adults in Behavioral Health…
Road to Recovery May 2012: Partnering With Youth and Young Adults in Behavioral Health… – Road to Recovery May 2012: Partnering With Youth and Young Adults in Behavioral Health To Live Happy Healthy and Productive Lives The field of behavioral health has increasingly recognized the importance of addressing the needs of specific age groups with respect to both mental and substance use disorders. Teenagers (ages 12–17) and young adults (ages 18–24) are two age groups for which sensitivity to age is especially important in the practice of prevention, treatment, and recovery. What are the most effective approaches to preventing underage drinking and use of illicit drugs—including the nonmedical use of prescription medications—among youth? What mental, emotional, and behavioral problems are most commonly found in both teenagers and young adults and what are the most effective approaches to prevention and treatment? What are the specialized needs of youth in recovery from substance use, a mental health problem, or both? This show will address these important questions, examining the role of family, schools, and community. More and more, adults working in the field of behavioral health are listening to and partnering with youth in finding better ways to connect and help. This show will highlight innovative and evidence-based approaches to prevention of mental and substance use disorders in youth and young adults. Age-appropriate approaches in treatment and recovery such as recovery schools, recovery homes, and student assistance programs will also be presented …
BRIEFLY: Nov. 17
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This extraordinary collection of nine silver drinking vessels includes four beakers, four tankards and one two-handled cup. Other pieces from the museum's collection will be on display as well, showing the wide variety of table settings in the Colonial …
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Phoenix Futures residential treatment home means addicts can be reborn from …
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Yet if numbers in rehab continue to decline as they are, Yates says, many centres will be forced to close, meaning that intensive, abstinence-based drug treatment will become available only to those who can afford private clinics. “All that will be …
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Today: DDA Talks Tunnel Improvements, Microbrew, Wet House
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The DDA had already approved a $ 560,000 expenditure for improvements to the south side of the tunnel (wall treatments and landscaping), as well the addition of a snow-melting system so the tunnel would accessible year-round, according to Crough …
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Fallen basketball star rebounds from life of drug abuse
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Herren told a harrowing story of escalating drug use that saw him go from the high of living his dream as a starting point guard for the Boston Celtics to the low of public disgrace, multiple stints in rehab, incarceration, and nearly losing his family …
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