Talkback: Amy Winehouse’s addiction
Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet was interviewed by ABC Eyewitness News on the suspected drug-related death of pop singer Amy Winehouse and her struggles with addiction.
Category: addiction
Teaching Doctors How to Treat Addiction
In his letter in today’s New York Times, Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet comments on a recent article that discusses efforts by medical schools to increase physician training in addiction treatment. To the Editor: While addiction has been recognized as a brain disease for…
Treating newborns dependent on painkillers
At the Odyssey House Family Centers of Excellence, we treat a range of women with substance use disorders, including those who are pregnant, have recently given birth, or are taking care of young children. In his letter in today’s New York Times, Dr. Peter…
Treating Babies Addicted to Drugs
To the Editor: RE: “Newly Born, and Withdrawing from Painkillers” (news article, April 9, 2011): It is troubling to read how little progress has been made in understanding the impact in utero exposure to addictive drugs can have on babies born to pregnant substance abusers. In the 1990s…
Benoit Denizet-Lewis visits Odyssey House ElderCare Program
Benoit Denizet-Lewis, right, with Jon Roberts, Senior Counselor at Odyssey House, and Janice. Benoit Denizet-Lewis, author of America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life, spent the afternoon at Odyssey House reading from and discussing his new book…