Merrimack Alum Cassandra Long’s Journey From Law School to Human Services
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 …
Recovery made easier through community
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.
Program …
LCTV News Interview | The Recovery Exchange: Peer Recovery Center
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 …
In Worcester, mobile clinic provides relief to residents struggling with addiction
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 station, dozens …
Treating opioid addiction in the field
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, an …
Miracles Peer and Recovery Center hosts walk for recovery
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 disorder …
Specialized addiction treatment making a difference for LGBTQ+ people in recovery
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
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 Executive …
Advancing substance use disorder treatment in correctional facilities
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 …
Democratization of Recovery Requires Full Continuum of Treatment Programming
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, …
Therapy dogs help clients at New England Recovery Center stay positive
Date: 11/14/22
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – For people battling addiction, the road to recovery can be challenging. At New England Recovery Center in Westborough, a recently-added program is helping clients stay positive with a little help from man’s best friend.
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Jeffrey Baxter, chief medical officer of the Massachusetts-based treatment provider, talks about how he and his colleagues are working to prevent people from falling through the cracks
Date: January 13, 2022
By Jenny Diedrich
The goal of a new rapid access addiction treatment center operated by Worchester, Mass.-based Spectrum Health Systems is to provide on-demand medication, mental health and recovery support right when patients need it, with no wait times or treatment barriers.
Spectrum’s New England Recovery Center Featured in Daily Radio Blast Hosted by the Worcester Chamber of Commerce
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
Date:9/24/21
WORCESTER, Mass. - Program Director MaryBeth Adams recently spoke with radio host Hank Stolz about addiction recovery, programming options and new amenities being offered at Spectrum’s New England Recovery Center.
Spectrum Health Systems Donates COVID-19 Vaccines to Non Profits
Date: 2/27/21
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. - A local health care system was not only able to vaccinate their staff, but workers from other area non-profits as well on Friday.
