Richmond, Va. – Evidenced-based practices for substance use disorder monitoring are essential to helping clients develop coping and refusal skills to new substance use, as well as supporting better, more informed treatment and supervision decisions. Substance use monitoring, provided by Averhealth, incorporates evidenced-based practices. This includes daily engagement; random selection; same gender, directly observed sample […]
Read MorePrinciples of Community-Based Behavioral Health Services
Richmond, Va. – In March 2019, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a guide for community-based behavioral health services for justice-involved individuals. This guideline is meant to promote a quality, evidence- and community-based behavioral health treatment system that is responsive to all individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. Individuals […]
Read MoreWays to Improve Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Richmond, Va. – The devastating effects of substance use disorders (SUD) on our communities and our citizens is in the news every day. It has affected every corner of our society and is a top priority issue for health care providers and payers as well as first responders, schools, the criminal justice system, employers, and […]
Read MoreUrine Sample Adulteration and How Averhealth Can Help
Richmond, Va. – Clients will do just about anything to try to “beat” a drug test, including adding things to their urine sample and even swapping out their urine sample entirely. In fact, the USDA estimates at least 10% of all urine samples could be tampered with. Luckily, you can count on Averhealth’s evidence-based protocols […]
Read MoreMarijuana Use Disorder Should Be Taken Seriously
4 million people. That’s the number of Americans abusing or dependent on marijuana according to a 2016 report. With today’s increased access, this number continues to climb. Compare that to prescription drug users and cocaine users and you’re looking at two to three times the amount of dependency.
Read MoreHow fentanyl and synthetic opioids impact the opioid crisis
Opioid overdose kills tens of thousands of Americans every year. Things have gotten so bad, and the dangers of synthetic opioids in particular are so high, that last year the federal government declared opioids a public health emergency.
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