Clues to the Future of the Therapeutic Community
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Dr. Peter Provet
Housing Initiative Helps Reduce Risk of Relapse
$200,000 SAMHSA grant targets individuals coping with homelessness, chemical dependency, and mental illness Odyssey House has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide housing placement assistance for adults coping with homelessness, chemical dependency, and mental illness. The federally-funded grant will…
A Better High
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Letter to the Editor: Youth and Binge Drinking
To the Editor: “Youthful Binge Drinking Fueled by Boredom of the Open West” (front page, Sept. 2), about under-age drinking, may leave the impression that teenagers in the sparsely populated Plains and Western states are more at risk than teenagers in other parts of the country. While geographical isolation…
Letter to the Editor: An Anti-Addiction Pill
Benoit Denizet-Lewis (June 25) carefully lays out the evolving scientific approach to treating addiction, and it is promising. The treatment field is at a crossroads. We should find ways to integrate pharmacology with psychological and behavioral interventions so that we can comprehensively heal the pain and emptiness of addiction. Peter…