Oakland Press : reported that Mental Health Authority taking steps to combat substance abuse

RELATED: Oakland County Health Division substance abuse services, oakgov.com/health/information/Pages/Substance-Abuse.aspxRELATED: Mental Health Authority substance use resources, occmha.orgChristina Nicholas, mental health authority administrator for substance abuse disorder prevention and treatment services, said treatment services provided include everything from outpatient through the highest levels of care. RELATED: Pre-Booking Jail Diversion Program, occmha.orgBeginning Monday, The Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority will be renamed the Oakland Community Health Network. In January, the mental health authority received state grants, in the amount of $200,000, to expand its criminal justice efforts. "The cost of the jail system then goes up and it's partially being used as a mental health institution. "I came back to Michigan back in Trenton where my substance abuse had started.


Hope Academy in Indianapolis helps teens fight opioids and other substance abuse


Hope Academy in Indianapolis helps teens fight opioids and other substance abuse
Now 17 and clean, she credits her continued success to Hope Academy in Indianapolis, a tuition-free recovery school where she's enrolled as a junior. Early evidence shows recovery school students are less likely to relapse than students who attend traditional schools after treatment. But Snyder is lucky: Her slide ended when her father got her into a residential drug treatment program. The sway of positive peer pressure — what students at Hope call "the community" — is quiet, almost intangible. Researchers say young recovering addicts do better at places like Hope, special schools that use peer communities to support sobriety.

Outreach program teaches Latino families about the dangers of substance abuse

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