by oh-admin | Jul 9, 2014 | housing programs, in the news, Opinion Pieces
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS By Janice Slaughter, MSW, CASAC, Director of Mental Health and Housing Services, and Peter Provet, Ph.D., President and CEO, Odyssey House A report published by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2013 found that: “Supportive...
by intern | May 17, 2014 | in the news, Opinion Pieces
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS By Gary Harmon, PhD Vice President, Director of Research & Grants, and Peter Provet, PhD President & CEO, Odyssey House For decades, behavioral health (BH) professionals have fought for the right to have mental health (MH) and substance...
by oh-admin | May 7, 2014 | heroin, in the news, Outpatient Services, prescription drugs, public policy
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is spearheading an effort to equip more law enforcement officers with the heroin antidote Narcan. It takes just three minutes to revive a person overdosing on heroin or prescription pain medication by pushing the drug...
by oh-admin | Apr 16, 2014 | Bronx, community, construction update, events, in the news, Odyssey House news, supportive housing
Odyssey House officially opened its first green supportive housing building on Thursday, April 10th. Located on Soundview Avenue, the building provides permanent housing for 56 single, low income adults living with special needs. We’ll be posting more photos...
by intern | Apr 16, 2014 | Bronx, community, construction update, housing programs, in the news, supportive housing
e-Oculus Urban Architectural Initiatives has completed two supportive housing projects in the Bronx for single, low-income adults living with special needs, developed by the social service agency Odyssey House. The five-story, 35,000-square-foot project on Soundview...
by oh-admin | Apr 14, 2014 | commentary, Dr. Peter Provet, in the news, Letters to the Editor, mental health, public policy
In Saturday’s edition of The New York Times, Odyssey House President & CEO Dr. Peter Provet is one of several experts commenting on a recent article examining the growing number of people with severe mental illness who are coming into contact with the...
