Learn how Acadia Healthcare is helping college students struggling with mental health and co-existing disorders get the right treatment they need. By Patti Zielinski College is a time of transition, with emerging adults experiencing newfound freedoms —and their corresponding responsibilities. They are now in charge of their lives as they never have been before, forging […]

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Sharing the experience of building a CRC at Washington and Lee Joshua Gross, PRSS; Graham Pergande ’20; Katie Evans ’22; Kirk Luder, MD, University Psychiatrist In recent years, collegiate recovery communities (CRCs) have developed rapidly across the United States as higher education institutions recognize the need to support students in recovery from substance use problems. […]

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SAVE THE DATE: APRIL 29, 2020 Missouri State: The Impact Summit: College Student Mental Health Conference will be a day-long conference consisting of keynotes and educational break-out sessions focused on topics pertaining to college student mental health. Through educational dialogue, the conference will add to the community conversation surrounding mental health and assist in destigmatizing […]

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Late last fall, The University of Mississippi William Magee Center and College Recovery Community (CRC) held it’s annual “Telling Oxford” Event. This annual fundraising evening has been organized by Erin Cromeans and her team for several years. It brings awareness to collegiate recovery and fundraising for the CRC’s scholarship program. This year’s event was held […]

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People suffering from opioid addiction and chronic pain may have fewer cravings and less pain if they use both mindfulness techniques and medication for opioid dependence, according to Rutgers and other researchers. The study, published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, examined the effects of mindfulness and methadone therapy on 30 patients with opioid addiction […]

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Delaware County Community College student Frederick “Freddie” Shegog of Drexel Hill participated in a panel discussion during the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The panel, which was chaired by Delaware County Community College Communication Studies Professor Dr. Danamarie Gallagher, was titled, “Teaching the Students We Have, Not the Students We Wish We Had.” […]

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