The Difference Principle, Inc., a Milwaukee-headquartered nonprofit, has launched its new health and wellness company, Sirona Recovery, Inc., in order to realign similarly oriented programs within the network under a common brand.
In academic training, intellectual rigor is prized. We aim to challenge students to think in multiple ways, question old and new ideas, and demonstrate creativity and flexibility of mind—just as they will need to do in practice. This training is crucial; complex social problems cannot be addressed without complex thinking. Yet, this training is also incomplete.
Advocates are hoping that President Biden will soon come out in favor of banning mint-flavored cigarettes and other tobacco products.
To help support individuals in recovery from substance use disorder, Addiction Policy Forum has partnered with CHESS Health to launch Connections, a free smartphone app that is scientifically proven to support patients in recovery by reducing relapse and promoting pro-social engagement.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has announced that the state is expanding Medicaid coverage of residential substance use disorder treatment for members, effective on February 1, 2021.
Between the shorter days of winter, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the political and social environments, many people are reporting increased stress, anxiety and depression, as well as mental fatigue.
Mashable spoke to psychologists and mental health experts about things you can do if your mental wellbeing is being affected by the winter lockdown.
Plans are underway for a new mental health emergency center on the North Side that will bring unprecedented psychiatric services to residents.
Focusing on self-care is important for starting your year of right and to navigate through all the stress of the pandemic.
This has been a tough year for students. There is so much stress both in and out of the classroom. However, some students are finding their best relief — is inside their school.
Community Medical Services Clinic Expanding Access to Treatment in Wisconsin, Arizona
Dr. Russell Surasky has been turning heads with his effective use of VIVITROL® for successfully treating opioid addiction. This monthly injection has been found to reduce addictive cravings for opiate drugs. Unlike other alternatives like Suboxone and Methadone, it is not an opiate itself.
Faced with COVID-19’s ongoing assault, we all need to bolster self-care practices that help enhance our resilience. Here’s how.
They won’t fix everything, but they might help.
If you go by social media, it’s easy to think self-care is simply a series of Instagram posts, candles, bubble baths, and yoga pants mainly accessible to well-off young people in expensive urban areas and the suburbs. However, the origins of today’s self-care industry are deeply embedded in the Black Power movement of the 1960s and ’70s, in underserved communities across the country.
The pandemic taught us that when you take care of yourself, you’re also taking care of your family, friends and community. The 7-Day Well Challenge will show you how to focus on self-care in 2021.
As 2020 draws to a close, and not soon enough as far as most are concerned, local health officials offered a retrospect of what has been a year filled with unparalleled challenges.
The Difference Principle, Inc., a Milwaukee-headquartered nonprofit, has launched its new health and wellness company, Sirona Recovery, Inc., in order to realign similarly oriented programs within the network under a common brand.
As social workers, we understand the ongoing need to take care of ourselves and each other as we meet the many challenges of our work.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may be stressful for people. Fear and anxiety about a new disease and what could happen can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children.
The reason why we aren’t okay is because we are social workers who are bound by the Code of Ethics to serve the most underrepresented and struggling members of our community. In doing this, we bear witness to their trauma, to the role that chaos plays in sustaining unbearable status quos and the cycle of violence that our clients are enduring. Our literal job is to hold the information that no one else wants to hear and no one else wants to know about. There is beauty in that fact, and there is pain in it, too.
3 Milwaukee Hospitals Now Offer 40 Recovery Coaches In ER For Patients Who Overdose