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...and Services Administration maintains a searchable database of FQHCs (who receive substantial discounts on medications, as discussed more below): http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/Search_HCC.aspx American Society of Addiction Medicine.&

...the Addiction Workforce Can Work with the Media to Improve Reporting on Addiction Presenters: Ashton Marra and Jonathan Stoltman, Co-Directors of ReportingOnAddiction.org January 2023 Mainstream media perpetuates many problematic narratives...

...representative from The New England ATTC traveled to Maine with the SAMHSA Region 7 Administrator Kim Nelson and representatives from the New England PTTC and MHTTC teams. They met with...

The New England ATTC has been partnering with Stephen Andrews,  an internationally renowned motivational interviewing trainer and Chief Energizing Officer of the Health Education & Training Institute (HETI) Maine, since 2007. This y

...momentum.  Meet regularly. This is a simple and often-neglected fix. One of the ways that teams can maintain focus and momentum is to maintain a disciplined meeting schedule to address...

...providers, or in other health care settings, such as community health centers. It includes comprehensive maintenance, medical maintenance, interim maintenance, detoxification, and medically supervised withdrawal. Goals

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is one of the oldest and most researched evidence-based practices(EBPs) for treating people with serious mental illness. The Maintaining Fidelity to ACT: Current Issues and Innovations in...

Provides an introduction to the antecedents and the rehabilitation of the disability of addiction in the areas of vocational, social, familial, personal and physical areas.

Provides an introduction to the antecedents and the rehabilitation of the disability of addiction in the areas of vocational, social, familial, personal and physical areas.

DESCRIPTION This presentation will give an overview of the background of the use of psychotherapy in the treatment of drug addiction and will refer to the utilization of psychotherapy treatment manuals and their fidelity. Therapeutic skills and the need for therapists to pay attention to the treatment needs of the addicted individual will be discussed. The presenter will emphasize the need for a comprehensive assessment of the client to include spirituality and will explain the role of the Black church. Additional discussion will focus on psychotherapy of drug addiction as only one component in the treatment armamentarium as well as the importance of engaging the patient and seeing psychotherapy as a form of a socialization process. OBJECTIVES Explain the background of psycho-dynamic features of drug addiction psychotherapy. Describe the therapeutic relationship between provider and patient. Discuss therapeutic skills with respect to the client's expectations of the provider. SPEAKER Sam Okpaku, MD, PhD, is the President, and founder of Center for Health, Culture, and Society in Nashville TN, USA. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland and holds a PH.D. in Social Research and Welfare from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, USA. He has been on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Yale University and was a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical School and a Senior Fellow at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies. He has also served as Chairman and Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville. Dr. Okpaku is currently a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. He is an awardee of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatrists for Pioneering Work in Cultural Psychiatry (2018) and also an awardee of the Society for Culture and Psychiatry for Creative Scholarship (2020). HOST Annelle Primm, M.D., MPH, is the Senior Medical Director of the Steve Fund, an organization focused on the mental health of young people of color. She is also a member of the Black Psychiatrists of America Council of Elders. View Flyer

...are not maintained, it is these same relationships that can be at the root of serious professional misconduct.  In this one hour workshop, participants will be provided with a summary...

...behavioral healthcare landscape. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop a new generation of addiction treatment and recovery leaders. Intensive Technical Assistance for Aspiring Leaders To address this need,...

...Motivational Interviewing (MI) systems-wide throughout Tri-County Mental Health Services of Maine. Tri-County Mental Health Services provides integrated behavioral health care for clients with substance use and mental health problems, and...

...Care" at http://www.attcnetwork.org/regcenters/c1.asp?rcid=10&content=CUSTOM1). Peer-delivered services take a variety of forms and are offered by persons with varying titles, including: peer/recovery coaches, peer/recovery mentors, peer/recove