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  • Children of Alcoholics Week
    An estimated 28.6 million Americans are children of alcoholics; nearly 11 million of them are under the age of 20.  Every second week in February is observed as Children of Alcoholics Week.  Here’s an online factsheet about Children of Alcoholics Week.  You can learn more about children of alcoholics by visiting www.nacoa.net/impfacts.htm.

  • Peers & Family Members Share Their Thoughts About Integrated Care
    Peers and family members would like an integrated behavioral health and physical health “system of care” in which: The administration and providers really LISTEN to them. They have VOICE in planning, implementing, and evaluating their own healthcare. They are treated with RESPECT and not stigmatized for having a mental illness in either the behavioral health or the [...]

  • New Report Regarding Integrated Healthcare
    A new report was published recently summarizing feedback from behavioral health and acute care providers regarding the design of the next Maricopa County RBHA with Health Home Services, Recovery Through Whole Health.  The report title is: Behavioral Health & Acute Care Provider Input Summary regarding the planned Integrated Healthcare System for Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses and can be found [...]

  • New Look for Recovery WORKS!
    I’m excited to share with you that our Recovery WORKS electronic newsletter has a new look—see for yourself.  It also has several new columns or sections, check them out: New Regional Round Up Section, New Healthy Living Section, New Dimensions of Wellness Section, New Recovery in Action Section, etc…please feel free to provide feedback or comments [...]

  • Arizona Takes on Prescription Drug Abuse
    At the January 5, 2012 Arizona Substance Abuse Partnership (ASAP) meeting, the scope and severity of the national and local prescription drug abuse problem was discussed in depth.  Presentations from Shelly Mowrey (National Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Arizona Chapter), Shana Malone and Karen Ziegler (Arizona Criminal Justice Commission), and Richard Rosky (High Intensity Drug [...]