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The creation of the Stacie Mathewson Behavioral Health & Addiction Institute will help to expand mental health and addiction prevention, as well as to conduct research to identify the root causes of mental illness and substance use disorders. Read More
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The creation of the Stacie Mathewson Behavioral Health & Addiction Institute will help to expand mental health and addiction prevention, as well as to conduct research to identify the root causes of mental illness and substance use disorders.
Brittany Mitchell was pregnant, homeless, and addicted to heroin when she walked into William J. Ostiguy High School one year ago. Now, she's a graduate in recovery at the school that teaches kids both the typical math and English curriculum and life skills necessary for living a sober life.
Renown Health says the creation of the Stacie Mathewson Behavioral Health & Addiction Institute will help to expand mental health and addiction prevention, provide early screening to children who may be at risk of drug and alcohol abuse and to conduct research to identify the root causes of mental illness and addiction.
A new school is being planned for Franklin County to fight back against the opioid epidemic from inside the classroom.
Forty recovery schools have opened in 15 states, according to the Association of Recovery Schools. California, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Texas have five to eight recovery high schools, and Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Rhode Island have at least one. Delaware, which federal data show has the most rapidly growing rate of drug overdose cases in the country, also is considering the concept.
Transforming Youth Recovery presented their fourth annual fundraising event, Art for Recovery, on September 7th at the Whitney Peak Hotel in downtown Reno. Funds raised will be used to benefit Transforming Youth Recovery’s mission of investing in the future of youth and families by bringing research, solution-based programs and resources to substance use disorders.
The first publicly-funded campus in the nation geared toward helping kids struggling with sobriety opens Monday. The recovery high school for students battling drug and alcohol addiction is set to open on Monday.
