How to manage anxiety: A few basic tips
May is national Mental Health Awareness Month, and all month long, we’ll be publishing a special series of tips, ideas, new research, and fresh thoughts on how we can break down the stigma around treating mental illness and embrace a brighter, happier future. An estimated 40 million Americans live with an anxiety disorder. Yet, according to …
What It Really Takes to be a Nurse
By Melissa Callahan, Corporate Director of Nursing May 6-12 marks National Nurses Week, a week-long celebration of the contributions nurses make to healthcare. At Retreat Behavioral Health, our leading nursing team is a critical component of our medical operation, and the way we provide care for our patients. Here, our Corporate Director of Nursing shares …
What does sober living really entail?
Talk show host Wendy Williams recently confessed on her show that she had been living in a recovery house. Her brave admission came as a surprise to many, but raised an important question: What happens in sober living, and why is it so valuable to people newly entering recovery? To find out, we asked two members …
Wendy Williams Opened Up About Her Life in a Recovery Home. Here’s How You Can Be Honest Too.
“I have been living in a recovery home,” the talk show host admitted to millions of viewers on her show this week. Wendy Williams is owning her truth. On Tuesday, Williams, 54 — a controversial talk show host is known for her no-holds-barred approach to addressing delicate subjects in front of the camera — revealed …
#SECONDCHANCES: This Thanksgiving, I’m free of the alcohol and the painkillers. That’s a lot to be thankful for
Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on gratitude. Retreat asked three alumni to author a collection of original columns explaining why our leading substance abuse treatment gave them a second chance at life. The result is our special series, #SecondChances. By Celeste W., 44, a former Retreat patient in Lancaster County, PA This Thanksgiving, I …
Retreat Premier Addiction Treatment Centers Transitions to Retreat Behavioral Health, with Expanded Mental Health Services
Retreat Premier Addiction Treatment Centers, the highly-respected industry leader in substance abuse treatment, today announced a corporate transition to Retreat Behavioral Health, a comprehensive provider of substance abuse and mental health treatment services. Under the auspices of Retreat Behavioral Health, the organization will continue to spearhead its standard-setting substance abuse services, while adding on new …
PA’s top health official: “Addiction is a medical illness — not a moral failing.”
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine tells Retreat why battling the state’s substance abuse crisis is her no. 1 priority By Reed Alexander Pennsylvania’s top public health official has her work cut out for her. Dr. Rachel Levine has had a long and celebrated career in medicine. A graduate of Harvard University and …
Opioids killed almost 9000 kids and teens from 1999-2016, study says
Most of the deaths were unintentional, the report found — speaking to how dangerous these addictive substances can be. By Reed Alexander Nearly 9000 children and teens in the US died as a result of opioid poisoning from 1999 to 2016, says a new report published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical …
Fentanyl is now the no. 1 killer among illicit drugs: CDC report
Almost one in three deaths caused by a drug overdose in 2016 involved the lethal opioid, says a recent government report By Reed Alexander The synthetic opioid fentanyl was the drug involved in the greatest number of overdose-related deaths in the years from 2011 to 2016, according to a report published by the Centers …
#SECONDCHANCES: After 20 years of alcoholism, Retreat gave me my life and my marriage back
Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on gratitude. Retreat asked three alumni to author a collection of original columns explaining why our leading substance abuse treatment gave them a second chance at life. The result is our special series, #SecondChances. By Michael W., 48 former Retreat patient at Lancaster County, PA Second Chances Back in …
