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  • Questa program reframes opioid treatment in rural New Mexico

    August 04, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

    A comprehensive rehabilitation facility in Taos, New Mexico uses a holistic approach to curbing addiction by offering group therapy along with traditional medical treatment. By addressing deeper mental and emotional factors that can lead to addiction, the Questa Health Center has enabled addicts to face their demons head-on, with constant support.

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  • Meet the Ex-Inmate Whose Successful Prison Rehab Program Goes Beyond Drug Treatment

    August 04, 2016 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Led by peers and providing everything from group therapy to tips on how to build credit, the Timelist program works with the recently paroled as well as the presently incarcerated to reduce recidivism. Seven years after it started, Timelist’s comprehensive approach has a perfect record of it’s graduates staying out of prison.

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  • Roanoke initiative shifts from arresting addicts to helping them

    July 21, 2016 |

    The Roanoke Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    In one year, the drug overdoses in Roanoke, VA have taken 12 lives and another 76 have overdosed but survived. The police department developed a new program called the Roanoke Valley Hope Initiative, designed to provide rehabilitation without arrest for those who seek it. The program simulates the successful national effort to help drug abusers instead of incarcerating them.

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  • Treating alcoholics - with wine

    July 07, 2016 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Canada, Ottawa

    The recommended treatment for chronic alcoholism is abstinence. But at the Oaks - a permanent home for those who once lived on the streets - residents are given a measure of wine at hourly intervals. It is called the Managed Alcohol Program, and aims to change the drinking behaviour of inveterate addicts.

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  • Ugly Is the New Look for Cigarette Packs

    July 05, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    During the twentieth century, imagery on cigarette packs communicated that smoking was cool and young, and it encouraged young people, as well as adults, to smoke. In 2012, Australia started “unbranding the pack,” which standardized cigarettes without a brand and showed the physically gruesome effects of smoking with health factoids on the packaging. Since then, the World Health Organization has recommended this new kind of packaging and the idea has spread to other countries to scale the success.

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  • Breaking bad habits: Mindful addiction recovery

    July 04, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    One of the hardest problems in tackling addiction is understanding how to approach it. In this video a University of Massachusetts psychiatrist is implementing mindfulness tools as a way to steer the brain away from addictive tendencies.

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  • Can Alamosa find a fix for the ‘catch-all' emergency room?

    June 30, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Alamosa, Colorado

    Wellness centers around Colorado aim to fill the treatment gap left by lack of mental health crisis intervention services. Rather than send individuals in a mental health crisis to a traditional emergency room - which can be overwhelming and increase anxiety for these patients - communities take advantage of alternative wellness centers that offer soothing settings and comforting staff.

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  • Finding Health Care in the Desert

    June 13, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Ajo, Arizona

    In remote Ajo, Arizona, the Desert Senita Health Center acts as the region’s on-stop shop health clinic as well as the community's health advocate. From providing medical care to implementing tactics to break the community's involvement with abuse of drugs, alcohol and violence, the Senita Health Center relies on community support, federal funding and a host of outreach programs.

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  • A day in trauma-informed court: Parents work to regain custody of their kids

    May 22, 2016 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    In a regular court it is very difficult for a person with a history of drug abuse to regain custody of their children. The state of Wisconsin is promoting trauma-informed drug courts which offer participants the chance to get their children back if they pass a strict rehab program.

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  • Focus on traumatic childhood helps victims heal and succeed

    May 22, 2016 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Adults who never heal from their traumatic childhoods often become perpetrators of the same violence they experienced. State departments across the US are adopting trauma-informed care, an approach that helps people overcome negative childhood experiences.

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