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Participatory Grantmaking Initiative Brings Public-Private Partnership to Address Behavioral Health Needs of Immigrant Communities in Philadelphia
April 11, 2019 (Philadelphia, PA) – The City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) joins the Scattergood Foundation, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern […]
Worth a shot: City doubles down on MAT therapy in continued fight against the opioid epidemic
Philadelphia Weekly March 12, 2019 Leonidas Tsiaras is an example of how medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder can turn around someone’s life.After surgery for extraction of his wisdom teeth at […]
Philly ad campaign promotes medication-assisted opioid treatment
Philly.com March 6, 2019 Despite an opioid overdose epidemic that has killed thousands and stalled the lives of many more, Philadelphia still has plenty of treatment slots, both inpatient and outpatient, […]
Philly launches media campaign toutin medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction
Philly Voice March 6, 2019 Philadelphia officials unveiled a new advertising campaign Tuesday that urges people battling opioid addiction to seek medication assisted treatment. There are some 12,000 medication-assisted treatment slots […]
Nicotine addiction and substance use disorder treatment: The Philadelphia story
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly February 8, 2019 AThe Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and its leadership have a well-deserved reputation for pioneering recovery-oriented systems of care. Effective Jan. 1, 2019, […]
Philly’s behavioral health team: The stigma against this addiction treatment is undeserved
Generocity.org February 6, 2019 What’s in a name? For those following news about the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia and beyond, medication-assisted treatment, or MAT for short, is a frequently encountered phrase. […]
Officials expand medication-assisted treatment as they tackle opioid epidemic
KYW Newsradio January 30, 2019 As Philadelphia continues to struggle with the opioid epidemic, the behavioral health department has announced it will make medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, available to everyone who […]
Department of Behavioral Health announces it will offer Medication-Assisted Treatment to all
KYW Newsradio January 28, 2019 As Philadelphia continues to struggle with the opioid epidemic, the Department of Behavioral Health has announced it will make Medication-Assisted Treatment available to everyone who enters […]
As Philly pushes for more medication-assisted drug treatment, thousands of treatment slots are still empty
Philly.com January 18, 2019 Fighting the worst urban overdose epidemic in the country, Philadelphia health officials have scrambled to offer more of what is proven most effective in helping opioid users […]
Smoking banned at city-funded residential addiction treatment programs in Philadelphia
6abc – WPVI January 14, 2019 PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A somewhat controversial smoking ban has gone into effect in Philadelphia. All city-funded residential drug and alcohol treatment programs are now tobacco-free. […]
