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Expanding behavioral health services to better serve the community

St. Mary’s Health System has expanded its behavioral and mental health services to help close gaps and ensure a continuum of care services in the community.

Behavioral Health Resources: Awareness & Prevention

The resources in this section help educate and inform hospitals and health systems on the importance and value of reducing stigma, as well as prevention and early intervention initiatives for individuals with behavioral health disorders.
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Mobile health team promotes wellness, addresses substance abuse disorders in rural Maine

MaineHealth Community Health Farmington, which includes MaineHealth Franklin Hospital, offers health and wellness services and education focused on disease prevention to communities in rural Franklin County.
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Hospital connects opiate-dependent individuals with treatment, resources

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital’s Connecticut Mental Health Center has a certified opiate addiction counselor that helps individuals who are dependent on opiates connect with resources throughout the region.
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SHINE on: How Vanderbilt expanded its integrated care model for opioid-exposed infants

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is growing its integrated, multidisciplinary care for infants and children who have been exposed to opioids while in utero.
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Telling the Hospital Story: New Addiction Center Innovates Care for Substance Use Disorders

Treating substance use disorder is complicated, requiring a combination of behavioral and physical health care that differs from substance to substance and person to person. The new Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine opened June 14 and aims to be at the forefront of addiction research and treatment.
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People Matter, Words Matter

The AHA, together with behavioral health and language experts from member hospitals and partner organizations, will release a series of downloadable posters to help your employees adopt patient-centered, respectful language.
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By speaking a common language – addiction – peers are aiding patients with SUD

Peer recovery specialists at Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital in Massachusetts help patients overcome substance use disorders.
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Behavioral Health Update: September 2018 Cover Note

Update on Key Issues in the Behavioral Health Care Field: September 2018 Psychiatric Hospital CEO Joins the AHA Board
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Avera partners with Emily’s Hope to offer free naloxone

Avera is partnering with Emily’s Hope to make free naloxone, also known as Narcan, available at numerous Avera sites across South Dakota.