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A recent report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University shows that a new intensive case management approach to help drug-addicted women on poverty provides better outcomes for sobriety and employment than the current employment-first approach. The new approach views addiction as a chronic disease vs. a temporary problem.…
Your quick online votes will help our agency receive as much as $5,000 in a Bangor Savings Bank Community Matters More contribution. We are asking for your help! In early March, Bangor Savings Bank Foundation will give a total of $100,000 to local non-profit organizations. We’re looking to friends of Crossroads for Women to help…
A recent study showed that brief interventions in the doctor’s office can reduce alcohol use in postpartum women. In the study, 8,706 women were screened at their 6-week postpartum doctor visit. The women were given either “usual care,” defined as “receipt of a booklet on general health issues but no specific counseling,” or brief intervention.…