by oh-admin | Jul 26, 2011 | addiction, Dr. Peter Provet, drug abuse, in the news, wellness
Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet was interviewed yesterday afternoon by ABC Eyewitness News on the suspected drug-related death of pop singer Amy Winehouse and her struggles with addiction. Watch the video below and let us know what you think in the...
by oh-admin | Jul 21, 2011 | addiction, commentary, Dr. Peter Provet, in the news, Letters to the Editor, treatment
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...
by oh-admin | Jul 15, 2011 | children, community, Family Center, garden, in the news
Odyssey House was featured in an article by The Wall Street Journal about the Carver Community Garden in East Harlem. Earlier this spring, the Manor Family Center acquired two plots at the garden and, with the help of residents and their children, planted a variety of...
by intern | Jun 29, 2011 | community, in the news, programs
The Wall Street Journal By Ralph Gardner, Jr. There are a couple of tests I like to administer to cabbies, which they mostly fail, to see how well they know the city. One involves their strategy for getting to the Triborough Bridge. Except on rare occasions-for...
by intern | May 18, 2011 | alcohol, Dr. Peter Provet, eldercare, in the news
Associated Press by Matt Sendensky They go around this room at the Hanley Center telling of their struggles with alcohol and drugs. They tell of low points and lapses, brushes with death and pain caused to families. And silently, through the simple fact that each is...
by oh-admin | May 18, 2011 | eldercare, in the news
Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet and older clients in treatment in our ElderCare program were interviewed by the Associated Press for a national story on the dramatic rise in drug and alcohol abuse among older Americans. Between 1992 and 2008, treatment...
