Merrimack Alum Cassandra Long’s Journey From Law School to Human Services
Merrimack College Date: December 2024 Cassandra Long graduated from Merrimack in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice and earned her master’s degree in 2018. Six years later, Cassandra returned to campus for Merrimack’s Professional Development Retreat (PDR), to help students build connections and give career guidance. ...
Recovery made easier through community
Itemlive Date: July 11, 2024 LYNN — The Recovery Exchange, a long-term peer recovery center on the corner of Exchange Street and Spring Street, celebrated its first anniversary Thursday. There was a party at Frederick Douglass Memorial Park as members of the exchange enjoyed cake, danced, and participated in raffles. ...
LCTV News Interview | The Recovery Exchange: Peer Recovery Center
Lynn Community Television Date: June 28, 2024 Christina Rossi (Regional Executive Director) & Athena Haddon (Executive Director) from Spectrum Health Systems joined Lynn Community Television to chat about recent changes that improve access to medication for opioid use disorder treatment. One of their patients, Jackie Hyde, also joined us to ...
In Worcester, mobile clinic provides relief to residents struggling with addiction
BostonGlobe.com Date: October 2, 2023 By Chris Serres ‘It’s a godsend’: Mobile clinic provides life-saving relief to Worcester residents struggling with addiction Hundreds of addicts have received treatment from the clinic on wheels, though regulatory obstacles remain. On the edge of downtown Worcester, between a church and a busy transit ...
Treating opioid addiction in the field
Worcester Business Journal Date: October 2, 2023 By Isabel Tehan The Spectrum Health Systems van often sits in the parking lot at 1023 Main St. in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood, currently next to nothing more than an abandoned American Legion post, bought by the company in August. But every day, ...
Miracles Peer and Recovery Center hosts walk for recovery
SpectrumNews1 Date: Sepember 23, 2023 By Richard Damas WORCESTER, MA – Everyday Miracles Peer and Recovery Center hosted a Walk For Recovery by Fuller Family Park in Worcester Saturday morning. Recovery is real. These are the words Everyday Miracles Peer and Recovery Center member Dukroa Owens hopes will inspire people struggling with substance use ...
Specialized addiction treatment making a difference for LGBTQ+ people in recovery
SpectrumNews1 Date: June 21, 2023 By Devin Bates WESTBOROUGH, Mass. - When it comes to addiction, understanding the struggles of someone starting their path to recovery can be the difference between progress and sliding back into the cycle. For the LGBTQ+ community, addiction is more prevalent, but treatment catered to their ...
New recovery support center opens in Lynn
ItemLive.com Date: June 20, 2023 By Emily Pauls LYNN — Spectrum Health Systems has opened a peer-recovery support center on Exchange Street called the Recovery Exchange. “This is peer support. It’s one person in recovery helping another person in recovery. Everybody that works here is in recovery,” Spectrum Health Systems ...
Advancing substance use disorder treatment in correctional facilities
Corrections1 Date: 12/23/22 By Earl Warren The basis for substance use programs in Mass. DOC facilities is a combination of the Therapeutic Community model and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Spectrum Health Systems’ Correctional Division was launched within the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MADOC) in October 1993. Since that time, much has ...
Democratization of Recovery Requires Full Continuum of Treatment Programming
Addiction Professional Date: 12/7/22 Author Kurt Isaacson Critical in our fight against the addiction epidemic is the effort to ensure treatment is accessible to those who need it. Individuals seeking resources often face unnecessary roadblocks and long wait times, issues that can deter them entirely. Addiction is a complicated disease, ...
