It’s not just drug users who are scared to call but also family members who fear their brother, sister, son, or daughter could get arrested. It’s that hesitation that could cost the user his or her life. The law protects the person overdosing as well as the witness from being charged or arrested for being […]
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Partnership with Summit Counseling focuses on prevention It is a win-win partnership for Fulton County students, and one that recently captured the attention of former NFL player Terry Bradshaw. For three years, Fulton County School’s partnership with the Summit Counseling Center has offered critical mental health services to students, making therapists available on the spot at several […]
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New initiative to reduce stigma and increase help-seeking in the community Johns Creek, GA. – October 27, 2016 – Summit Counseling Center in partnership with the Will To Live Foundation, today announced that it unveiled a mental health kiosk in North Fulton county. The kiosk is part of the Summit’s Check-Up from the Neck Up […]
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A Heroin and Opioid Prevention Education Workshop The Summit Counseling Center will host a heroin and opioid prevention education workshop for the community on Saturday, September 24th from 9:00am-12:00pm at their main office located at 2750 Old Alabama Rd., Johns Creek, GA. This workshop is free of charge, but registration is required by calling 678-893-5300 […]
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Use, overdoses of drug rise rapidly NORTH FULTON, Ga. — President Barack Obama announced Feb. 2 that he would ask Congress for $1.1 billion over the next two years to fight what he called a growing heroin problem. According to a new report from the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, the problem isn’t just growing […]
Read MoreIf you are someone who is trying to figure out how to use your health coverage provided by your employer to pay for your mental health or substance use services – this sheet is for you. Your health plan or health coverage is sometimes called health insurance. Parity of mental health and substance use benefits […]
Read MoreHazeldon Betty Ford Foundation Feb. 3, 2016 – A new, landmark study conducted by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs reveals substantial and widespread levels of problem drinking and other behavioral health problems in the U.S. legal profession. Posted online this week in the Journal of Addiction […]
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Addiction actually changes the brain. Huffington Post (1/28) Experts who research addiction have long argued that it is a disease of the brain. Now, in a new paper, they present a model of addiction, broken down into three key stages, to illustrate how the condition changes human neurobiology. Essentially, each of these three phases affects […]
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This week, Linda Rosenberg, President and CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health published a Huffington Post article calling for an end to the incarceration of people with serious mental illness and substance abuse disorders. In “Stop Locking up People with Mental Illnesses,” Ms. Rosenberg affirms what those of us who work in the […]
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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) refers specifically to violence and aggression between intimate partners. IPV can include physical, sexual or psychological abuse or stalking. In the United States, about 1 in 4 women (or 27%) and 1 in 10 men (or 11%) report having been harmed by sexual or physical violence, or by stalking by an […]
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