Crossroads for Women Gains National Attention for Innovative Residential Treatment Program that Unbundles Services

Addiction, News, Research, Treatment

Crossroads for Women recently presented at the NIATx Summit and SAAS National Conference in Boston. Along with The Recovery Center at Mercy Hospital and Youth Alternatives Ingraham, Crossroads presented “Residential Treatment Redesign: Lessons from the Portland, Maine Residential Services Consortium Project.” Budget pressures in the state of Maine left treatment providers wondering if residential treatment…

Current Research on Women and Substance Abuse

Addiction, Drugs, Mental Health, News, Research, Substance Use, Treatment, Women's Issues

Hazelden recently released a two-page report entitled Women and Substance Abuse (April 2011) through the Butler Center for Research. The Research Update illustrates some of the physiological and psychological differences women experience when it comes to substance use. Physiological Differences The report notes that research has shown us that women differ from men when it…

Women, Addiction and Prison: An Interview with Dr. Stephanie Covington

Addiction, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, Treatment, Women's Issues

Stephanie Covington, Ph.D., author of Hazelden Publishing books, A Woman’s Way Through The Twelve Steps, Women and Addiction: A Gender-Responsive Approach and Beyond Trauma, is currently being featured in the new OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network docu-series, “Breaking Down the Bars,” which premiered on Tuesday, February 15. The original seven-episode series follows the journey women prisoners…

HRASM Helps Halfway House Clients Reshape Their Employment Outlook

Addiction, News, Recovery, Substance Use, Women's Issues, Workplace

Last month, the clients of our halfway house program were visited by a few caring human resources professionals involved with the Human Resources Association of Southern Maine (HRASM). They came in without judgment and ready to work. Women from various Portland area companies, including Unum, Portland Public Library, Maine Eye Center and RM Davis, shared…

Windham Counseling Center is Crossroads for Women’s Newest Outpatient Office

Addiction, Friends & Family, Mental Health, Substance Use, Treatment

This past Monday, Crossroads for Women opened its newest satellite outpatient office, Windham Counseling Center. The new outpatient office is located at 120 Main Street in Windham Maine and gives women and their families in the Lakes Region area a convenient option for counseling services. Windham Counseling Center addresses women’s substance abuse and emotional health…

Innovative residential services model receives grant in Portland, ME area

Addiction, Giving, News, Substance Use, Treatment

A new and innovative residential substance abuse treatment program model was announced this week at The Recovery Center at Mercy Hospital in Westbrook, Maine. Mercy, along with its consortium partners Youth Alternatives Ingraham and Crossroads for Women, were awarded a grant of $1,000,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental  health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to carry…