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Justice Reinvestment Initiative Shows Promising Results
I have worked in the field of addictions with a primary focus on treatment, criminal justice and corrections for more than 40 years. As Spectrum’s Senior Research Advisor, I am pleased to have this...
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During my career in criminal justice and substance abuse treatment, I continually return to the vexing issue of program funding. Spectrum as most treatment organizations is a nonprofit organization...
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Spectrum Health Systems is a leader in creating integrated treatment models that bring together the best of therapeutic community (TC) and cognitive behavioral approaches (CBT). I have recently had...
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I recently had the opportunity to present to Spectrum staff and criminal justice administrators in Georgia on prison TC treatment of co-occurring disorders (COD). The Georgia DOC is forward thinking...
View ArticleUsing Mindfulness in Teaching Clients New Ways of Thinking
Neurological science has demonstrated that the practice of mindfulness improves learning as well as quality of life, enhances the ability to cope with problems when they arise, and interestingly...
View ArticleRecovery Through Entrepreneurship
Reentry and reintegration of criminal justice clients are the primary goals of all criminal justice rehabilitative efforts. There are few who would disagree that jobs are a major key to successful...
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What is Narcan?
By now we’ve all heard about naloxone, or Narcan as its commonly called in the news, but what is it really? And should you have some on hand if you or a loved one is suffering with opioid addiction?...
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Heroin Use In New England
Beginning in the 1990’s, availability and abundance of powerful opioid painkillers led to a new population struggling with opioid addiction throughout New England. While regulatory efforts to reduce...
View ArticleUnderstanding Spectrum’s Outpatient Treatment for Opioid Addiction - Part 1:...
The process where one becomes addicted to either opiates or opioids is very complex, involving significant changes to the brain in the areas responsible for processing pleasure. Even an individual...
View ArticleUnderstanding Spectrum’s Outpatient Opioid Treatment - Part 2
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is available at Spectrum’s numerous outpatient treatment centers located throughout Massachusetts. Clients will receive a comprehensive clinical assessment, complete...
View ArticleOpioid Abuse Law Deserves Applause
Originally published in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette on 3/16/2016 By Charles J. Faris Governor Baker’s signing of legislation this week to combat the opioid epidemic represents an important step...
View ArticleLicensure and Accreditation of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
While licensure and accreditation may not be the first things on your mind when researching an addiction treatment facility for you or a loved one, they are some of the many tools Spectrum Health...
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Justice Reinvestment Initiative Shows Promising Results
I have worked in the field of addictions with a primary focus on treatment, criminal justice and corrections for more than 40 years. As Spectrum’s Senior Research Advisor, I am pleased to have this...
View ArticleInnovative Sources of Program Funding
During my career in criminal justice and substance abuse treatment, I continually return to the vexing issue of program funding. Spectrum as most treatment organizations is a nonprofit organization...
View ArticleSpectrum’s Integrated Cognitive Behavioral/Therapeutic Community Model
Spectrum Health Systems is a leader in creating integrated treatment models that bring together the best of therapeutic community (TC) and cognitive behavioral approaches (CBT). I have recently had...
View ArticleIntegrated TC Treatment for Offenders with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and...
I recently had the opportunity to present to Spectrum staff and criminal justice administrators in Georgia on prison TC treatment of co-occurring disorders (COD). The Georgia DOC is forward thinking...
View ArticleUsing Mindfulness in Teaching Clients New Ways of Thinking
Neurological science has demonstrated that the practice of mindfulness improves learning as well as quality of life, enhances the ability to cope with problems when they arise, and interestingly...
View ArticleRecovery Through Entrepreneurship
Reentry and reintegration of criminal justice clients are the primary goals of all criminal justice rehabilitative efforts. There are few who would disagree that jobs are a major key to successful...
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What is Narcan?
By now we’ve all heard about naloxone, or Narcan as its commonly called in the news, but what is it really? And should you have some on hand if you or a loved one is suffering with opioid addiction?...
View ArticleHeroin Use In New England
Beginning in the 1990’s, availability and abundance of powerful opioid painkillers led to a new population struggling with opioid addiction throughout New England. While regulatory efforts to reduce...
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