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 | Oct 28, 2021 | Admissions, Medication-assisted treatment, treatment
Odyssey House incorporates proven, medically driven methods for treating opioid use disorder (OUD). Individual and group therapy allow clients to address mental health and emotional issues that stand in the way of long-term recovery. Clients can build a foundation for...
by Carolyn | Jan 6, 2021 | Admissions, Coronavirus, programs, treatment
We have beds available immediately for single adult men. We are also admitting single women, seniors 55 and older, transitional-aged youth (18-24), pregnant women, and women (over the age of 18) with children. Odyssey House offers: Virtual assessments (via video or...
by Carolyn | Feb 6, 2020 | grants, programs, SAMHSA, treatment
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) has awarded Odyssey House a three-year, $1.1 million grant to expand residential treatment services to ex-offenders with substance use disorders (SUD). The grant will allow us to provide...
by Carolyn | Jan 23, 2020 | eldercare, in the news, Opioid epidemic, treatment
“I’m grateful people our age still get a chance to get it right. You know things the younger people don’t know because you’ve been through it.” ElderCare client Tamara talks about her opioid addiction and life in treatment at Odyssey...
by Carolyn | Jan 22, 2020 | addiction, Dr. Peter Provet, eldercare, GRCR, in the news, Opioid epidemic, treatment
By Emma Davis City Limits After nearly 40 years of snorting heroin, Tamara Morgan almost died from two sniffs. Morgan, 58, had raised her eight children in Bushwick, Brooklyn while managing a $200-a-day habit. That afternoon in August, Morgan’s daughter had just...