City Limits By Phyllis Vine Making art has long been part of healing for addiction and mental illness. At a gallery in East Harlem, it’s something more, too: the artists’ vision for the future. It was an art opening unlike most in New York. In East Harlem, in the 96-degree heat…
Work Life Matters By Peter Provet, Ph.D. Family focused treatment rebuilds communities As one of today’s leading providers of substance abuse and mental health treatment, Odyssey House offers a broad range of services focused on helping individuals and families heal themselves. This family-focused approach has resulted in increased client…
New York Newsday By Jeff Pearlman Three young women who have learned, at last, how to be good – make that great –mothers The moment Mabel McCormick hit rock bottom occurred exactly 27 months ago, on a frigid February evening when nothing –absolutely, positively nothing – would go right. Throughout the…
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks Wanda Haskins believes she’s fully qualified to head up a successful drug-treatment program. The reason is simple: “Been there, done that,” says the former crack addict. Although the Virginia native has no formal training, she’s now the director of New Life for Girls, a…
Addiction Professional By Peter Provet, Ph.D. The therapeutic community (TC) model of substance abuse treatment is at an important crossroad in its evolution. Approximately 45 years old, this self-help model was developed to treat single, adult heroin addicts in tightly controlled, long-term residential treatment settings. Only recently – perhaps over the…
Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow By Peter Provet, Ph.D. The debate over the legalization of marijuana is of paramount importance to treatment providers, healthcare professionals, educators, criminal-justice officials, families, and the millions of American men, women and adolescents whose lives are at risk because of marijuana. It’s a debate that has shifted focus…