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  • May 1, 2019

    Delivering Patient-Centered Care in the Context of Twelve-Step Programming

    Mental Health & Substance Use | Blog Post | May 2019

    Treatment approaches that involve medication-assisted treatment, and interventions based on 12-step programs, are too often presented as “either/or.” Instead, we’d like to highlight the opportunities for “both.”

  • April 25, 2019

    News, Resources, & Happenings at TAC – April 2019

    Mental Health & Substance Use | Blog Post | April 2019

    Working to strengthen the response to opioid use disorders in California's American Indian and Alaska Native communities -- and a gathering of leaders focused on the over-incarceration of people with mental illness.

  • January 10, 2019

    News, Resources, & Happenings at TAC – January 2019

    Homelessness | Mental Health & Substance Use | Blog Post | January 2019

    A community-wide plan is launched to end youth homelessness in Southern Nevada; while two new publications describe differing efforts to deliver - and pay for - integrated physical and addiction care.

  • October 10, 2018

    Recovery Housing and the Importance of Choice

    Mental Health & Substance Use | Blog Post | October 2018

    Two recognized housing approaches intended to help people with substance use disorders transition from homelessness are “recovery housing” and Housing First. I suggest that fully supporting both approaches should be our priority.