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  • Prison

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Across the country, prisons are incorporating “therapeutic communities” to help incarcerated individuals find the residential treatment they need. Substance abuse continues to be strongly linked to recidivism, and in an attempt to break that cycle, these therapeutic communities provide people with structured rehabilitation, counseling, and support as an alternative to traditional prison. Many are federally funded, but considering they’ve only recently gained traction, they still face issues like buy-in and capacity.

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  • Beyond the Stigma: Residential recovery centers offer refuge to NH moms struggling with addiction

    May 12, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Mothers who struggle with addiction often fear losing their children if they seek help. In New Hampshire, the Moms in Recovery program is seeing success by offering new mothers access to residential recovery centers. In these centers, mothers support each other and are incentivized to discontinue drug use.

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  • Motherhood

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Throughout Pennsylvania, the rate of infants being exposed to drugs in the womb is increasing, which in turn means more cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Because removing the infant from the mother can have negative consequences for both, programs throughout the state are working to keep the pair together while undergoing treatment for addiction.

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  • Housing

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Though there continue to be stigmas and stereotypes around using medically-assisted treatments (MATs) for addiction rehabilitation, several housing units in Philadelphia work to make individuals using MAT as part of their recovery feel welcome. One such recovery residence, the Joy of Living, offers stability and open arms for individuals on MAT programs, many of whom are often turned away by other facilities.

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  • Support

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, the Recovery Overdose Survivor Engagement (ROSE) project has seen success in connecting at-risk patients and those who have survived an overdose to treatment centers and counseling services. Since its launch, trained recovery specialists engaged 125 people and coordinated 78 treatment referrals. After an overdose, people usually receive emergency treatment in the form of naloxone, but getting treatment after that to prevent future overdoses is usually more rare.

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  • Reversing an Overdose

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A significant spike in opioid-related overdose deaths in Philadelphia has resulted in more people in the community carrying Naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication. Thanks to a standing order signed by the Pennsylvania physician general as well as a local health insurance company, obtaining the drug has been made much easier which in turn results in more lives potentially being saved.

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  • We really do have a solution to the opioid epidemic — and one state is showing it works

    May 10, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    In order to tackle opioid addiction, the state of Virginia found a way to make drug treatment accessible to people with medicaid by boosting “reimbursement rates to addiction treatment providers.” Historically, drug treatment hasn’t been covered by health insurance. Virginia is changing that. Already, “the percent of Medicaid members with an opioid use disorder who received treatment went up by 29 percent from April to December 2017 compared to the same period the previous year.”

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  • Instagram's Queer Appalachia brings love — and services — to those who need it most

    May 10, 2018 |

    Mashable |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    The Queer Appalachia Instagram account has created a virtual community combating the isolation and fear that are often present in the lives of queer people living in Appalachia. In a region particularly hard-hit by the opioid crisis, it has also created a network of sponsors for those in recovery through a telehealth program managed by the account.

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  • Chau manicomios: Cómo Río Negro se convirtió en un modelo mundial con su programa de salud mental

    May 09, 2018 |

    Red/Acción |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    En la provincia argentina de Río Negro, en vez de ser institucionalizadas en establecimientos psiquiátricos, las personas afectadas con trastornos mentales se atienden en los hospitales generales, que cuentan con guardias de salud mental y profesionales capacitados en el tema. Este modelo se ha convertido en una referencia a nivel mundial, ya que representa una transición de un sistema basado en el encierro en hospitales psiquiátricos a otro basado en el paradigma de la salud mental comunitaria, en el que se crean diversos dispositivos para lograr que las personas puedan reinsertarse en la sociedad.

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  • One Ohio School's Quest to Rethink Bad Behavior

    May 08, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    At Ohio Avenue Elementary School, where many students live below the poverty line, all teachers receive training on the science of trauma and how it impacts the children in their classrooms. What teachers do with this knowledge is up to them - Katherine Reynolds Lewis asks, "What if the most effective way to help kids learn self-control is for adults to stop being so controlling?" The school has seen many students gain the ability to "self-calm," a coping mechanism that is hard to teach students who have experienced domestic or police violence or periods in the foster care system.

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