August 26th, 2019
By Phyllis Hanlon
Since 2015, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (NHDOC) has had a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program in place in its facilities to help those with substance and alcohol use problems maintain abstinence. The success of that program, as well as others in New England, prompted the department to expand its existing coverage. Laura Montenegro, NHDOC’s public information officer, explained that the expansion of the MAT program kicked off in June at the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility (NNHCF) in Berlin and will expand to two other facilities in the near future. A licensed drug and alcohol counselor and a medical [More]
Tags: New Hampshire, substance use, medication-assisted treatment, alcohol use, MAT program, buprenorphine, sublocade, acamprosate, medications, NH State Prison for Men, NH Correctional Facility for Women
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August 29th, 2018
By Janine Weisman
The World Health Organization wants to reduce the suicide rate by 10 percent by 2020. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Project 2025 wants to reduce it 20 percent by 2025. The Zero Suicide movement aims to prevent 100 percent of suicides in the first 30 days after a patient is discharged from inpatient or day treatment. Are these goals realistic when new federal data show the reverse has actually been happening? Twenty-five states saw their suicide rates rise by more than 30 percent between 1999 and 2016, including four of the six New England states. That’s according to a [More]
Tags: Mental health, suicide prevention, Relationship, substance use, money, legal stress, housing stress, physical health problems, job
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