As noted by Dr. Peggy Swarbrick and her colleagues, “Financial Wellness involves having financial ...
Behavioral health
rssRealizing the Cost Savings and Public-Health Benefits of Medication-Assisted Treatment in Jails and Prisons
Marc Stern, M.D., M.P.H., understands why there might be resistance to treating people for ...
Oklahoma Treatment Courts Leverage Peers in Wraparound Support
Oklahoma has a robust treatment court system that integrates people with lived experience of ...
Q&A with Jonathan M. Giftos, M.D., Medical Director, Addiction Medicine and Drug User Health, Project Renewal
As former clinical director of substance use treatment at Rikers Island for New ...
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Invites Communities to Apply for Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) Workshops
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center is currently soliciting applications from jurisdictions interested in Sequential Intercept Model Mapping Workshops (SIM Workshops). SIM Workshops are designed to bring together a local, cross-system, multidisciplinary group ...
SOAR and Employment Comes Full Circle at the 11th Judicial Circuit Criminal Mental Health Project in Miami, Florida
Justin Volpe has been employed as a peer specialist with the 11th Judicial Circuit ...
Utilizing Telehealth to Expand Access to Addiction Treatment
There is an ever-growing movement towards expanding telehealth resources to provide a variety of ...
Leveraging Hope and Evidence-Based Practices to Support Recovery among Justice-Involved Women in Northeast Tennessee
It takes “feet on the ground” and a lot of hard work to help ...
Certified Peer Specialists in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
By Lynn A. Patrone, MHE, Forensic Mental Health Advocate, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections The ...
Q&A with Judge Robert Russell
What prompted you to start the country’s first Veterans treatment court? Prior to starting ...
Ohio-Based Research Indicates Sequential Intercept Model Mapping Workshops Enhance Communication among Participants
Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) Mapping Workshops are a dynamic, community-wide process designed to address the overrepresentation of people with mental ...
Providing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment to Patients in Custody
“Effective treatment for opioid use disorders reduces mortality, recidivism, and the cost of health care, ...











