The Rockford Register Star‘s Greg Stanley wrote today about a partnership between Rosecrance and Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato in the South Beloit School District. In South Beloit, Stanley writes, the number of students from low-income families reached a new high 63 percent of the student body in 2011 — up from 45 percent … Continued
The Lancet, a leading world medical journal, has released a three-part series examining addiction from a global perspective. The series’ authors, Louisa Degenhardt and Wayne Hall, estimate that 200 million people worldwide use illicit drugs each year. Their first paper is the series examines the adverse health effects of dependence on different drugs, and compare … Continued
Rosecrance is co-sponsoring the clinician’s conference “Freud Meets Buddha: Mindfulness As a Therapeutic Tool for Healing Trauma” from March 8-10 in Chicago. Rosecrance Chief Medical Officer Dr. Thomas Wright will be speaking at the conference. His session, titled, “Non-Suicidal Self Injury (Cutters) in Substance Abuse Treatment,” is scheduled on Friday, March 9, at 3:45. The … Continued
Rosecrance’s James Nachampassack was featured in the Rockford Register Star‘s daily “Get to Know Me” feature. Nachampassack, who works at the Berry Campus, is a Rockford native. He is a specialist with the United States Army Reserve, coaches youth basketball at the YMCA and wants to become a registered nurse. Read more about James here.
The Rockford Register Star‘s Melissa Westphal wrote about Rosecrance’s partnership with Community Crusader Health in today’s paper. The partnership provides a licensed clinical social worker on site at Crusader’s West State Street office to allow for immediate response for behavioral health issues. From Westphal’s article: Will Holm, a licensed clinical social worker with Rosecrance, is … Continued
Earlier this month, the University of Michigan released its annual “Monitoring the Future” report. The report surveys young people anonymously about the drugs they use and the frequency at which they use them. Rosecrance admission trends mirrored results from the report. Click play on the video below to see a short interview about the study … Continued
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WIFR-23 in Rockford spoke to Rosecrance about the recent rise in marijuana and synthetic drug use. From the article: The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports more teens use marijuana each year. Rehab counselors at Rosecrance say they are seeing the same thing here in the Stateline. Among the teens admitted for treatment last year, … Continued
Claudia Evenson is hosting a new weekly parent support group at Rosecrance’s Naperville Satellite Office, 608 S. Washington St., Suite 21, in Naperville. The support group is for parents who suspect their children are experimenting with drugs or alcohol, or are concerned their children may have relapsed after previous treatment. The group meets on Tuesdays … Continued
The December edition of the Rosecrance enewsletter is now available. This issue features information on how a national report about teen drug use mirrors Rosecrance admission trends, highlights from the Project SAFE program’s December graduation, a study on adolescent sleeping patterns and more. Click here to read the newsletter. Click here to subscribe by email.