Mary Callahan, Senior Manager, Director of Outpatient Services, sat down with BronxNet reporter Daren Jaime to discuss the opioid epidemic in New York City and how Odyssey House's community-based services help individuals recover from substance use disorders.
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Training opportunities in February
Odyssey House provides ongoing training for social workers, mental health professionals, and substance abuse counselors. The topics range from training on evidence-based practices to those with an administrative focus. We offer courses approved by the NYSED Office of...
Getting it right: Tamara’s story
"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 House. This video was created by...
Among America’s Oldest, Opioid Overdoses Are On the Rise
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...
A fallacy about marijuana
Below, Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet comments on an article in USA Today (“As marijuana-induced psychosis rises, parents say treatment for young people hard to find,” Jan. 6). A recent article illustrates a fallacy about marijuana: that it is fundamentally...
Lessons Learned. Tools to Treat Opioid Misuse
Behavioral Health News, Winter 2020 By Staff Writer In the 20 years it took opioids to become the deadliest substance misuse epidemic in American history, the response from the public is overwhelmingly in favor of controlling access to opiates by limiting their use,...
Join us this month at the Recovery Center!
Happy New Year! Here is a sneak peek of some upcoming events at our Recovery Center in the Bronx. You can download a pdf of the full schedule in English and in Spanish to see everything we have to offer. Women's Peer Group Every Monday & Wednesday @ 1 pm OH ROCS...
Enhance your career in 2020 with our trainings
Odyssey House provides ongoing training for social workers, mental health professionals, and substance abuse counselors. The topics range from training on evidence-based practices to those with an administrative focus. We offer courses approved by the NYSED Office of...
Happy holidays, from our family to yours
As we prepare to celebrate the holiday season with our loved ones, we thank you for your generosity and encouragement over the past year. Your support has helped hundreds of New Yorkers in need to achieve a healthy, lasting recovery. Our 2019 card is by a member of...
The Cost of Opioid Addiction
Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet writes that psychosocial treatment is the only way to save this generation in response to a recent article (“‘We Could Have Been Anything,’” news, Dec. 3) in The New York Times. To the Editor: In “‘We Could Have Been Anything’”...
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