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Tag: Substance Abuse and mental Health Services Administration

A wrapped strip of suboxone is on a counter.
Posted inSubstance Use

Policy change removes one barrier to prescribing buprenorphine

by Rachel Crumpler February 2, 2023February 1, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler Every morning when Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram goes into the office in Arlington, Virginia, she walks by walls covered in photos of people of all genders, ages and races.  She passes by portraits of more than 4,800 faces — all of people who died as a result of the synthetic […]

Man and woman sit on a conference room stage with a slide behind them that reads "Suicide Noted."
Posted inMental Health

North Carolina podcaster creates space for suicide attempt survivors to share

by Taylor Knopf January 9, 2023January 9, 2023
Over a dozen men in yellow jumpsuits seated at a graduation ceremony inside the behavioral health unit
Posted inPrison Health

In-jail mental health treatment producing a ‘night and day’ difference for some in Forsyth County

by Rachel Crumpler November 29, 2022November 28, 2022
shows the hands of a white man who's holding a phone with the number 988 - the new mental health hotline number - dialed on it
Posted inEspañol

Activan línea directa de salud mental “988” en Carolina del Norte 

by Taylor Knopf July 20, 2022July 20, 2022
shows the hands of a white man who's holding a phone with the number 988 - the new mental health hotline number - dialed on it
Posted inMental Health

988 mental health hotline goes live and North Carolina is ready, officials say

by Taylor Knopf July 18, 2022July 17, 2022
A wrapped strip of suboxone is on a counter.
Posted inSubstance Use

Expanding medication-assisted therapy training for health care professionals

by Melba Newsome June 14, 2021August 31, 2022

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