by Carolyn Abrams | May 8, 2022 | Family Center, in the news, Mother's Day Awards Breakfast, mothers
By Jay Dow PIX 11 There is an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. But at the Odyssey House’s George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery on Wards Island, the villagers are also in need of a helping hand. Alexis is 21 years old with twins. “When I was...
by Carolyn Abrams | May 4, 2022 | in the news, Mother's Day Awards Breakfast, mothers
By News 12 Staff News 12 The Bronx The Odyssey House Family Center on Wards Island provides substance abuse treatment as well as child care services for women with children. News 12 spoke to one mother on Wednesday who transformed her life through the Odyssey House....
by Carolyn Abrams | Apr 22, 2022 | harm reduction, in the news, Medication-assisted treatment, treatment
Behavioral Health News, Spring 2022 By Peter Provet, Ph.D. President & CEO, Odyssey House Treatment for substance misuse begins before someone walks through the doors of a rehabilitation center asking for help. It starts when a person acknowledges their life is...
by Carolyn Abrams | Mar 7, 2022 | in the news
By Matt Fuchs TIME Humans aren’t big fans of the status quo. We yearn for new experiences and rewards, whether by seeking a new meal, job, or creative project. Such diverse behaviors are spurred by a chemical in the brain called dopamine. Call it the motivation...
by Carolyn Abrams | Dec 3, 2021 | in the news
by Lucy Knight The Guardian The American writer Patrick Radden Keefe has said he will give away the £10,000 (approximately $13,000 USD) he was awarded by a book prize whose sponsor helped to sell the opioid painkiller OxyContin. Radden Keefe’s damning investigative...
by Carolyn Abrams | Nov 20, 2021 | drug abuse, fentanyl, in the news, Opioid epidemic
The New York Times By Sarah Maslin Nir Dark heroin cut with so much white powdered fentanyl that it’s known on the street as “gray.” Cocaine laced so frequently with fentanyl that club DJs stock anti-overdose medication. Fake prescription pain pills that are in fact...
