SPHP in the News
WNYT: Health Beat – Alcoholism
Frank Babich, PA, with St. Peter’s Addiction Recovery Center, appeared on WNYT’s Health Beat with Benita Zahn to discuss alcohol use and abuse. […]
Addiction
Wellness
LiveSmart: Alcohol Use and the Tolerance Connection – How Much is Too Much?
April is Alcohol Awareness Month to increase awareness and understanding to those who struggle with alcoholism. It’s a good time to examine your own use and ask the question: How much is too much? […]
Wellness
LiveSmart: Addiction – Don’t Let the Holidays Derail Your Recovery Efforts
The holiday season can be a difficult one for individuals recovering from an addiction or struggling with an active addiction. You don’t have to fight the battle alone; St. Peter’s Health Partners can help. […]
Wellness
For National Physical Therapy Month, Consider PT Instead of Opioids for Pain Management
In many cases, physical therapy is considered safer and more effective than opioids for managing chronic pain, joint pain, lower back pain, and other conditions. […]
SPHP in the News
WRGB CBS6 News: A Second Career: A Local Man Helping People Fight Addiction
Kelly Benjamin, a behavioral health counselor at St. Peter’s Hospital, talks to WRGB CBS6 News about his decision to start a second career, helping people battling addiction. […]
SPHP in the News
Times Union: Her Son Needed Help. It Never Came.
The Times Union published an article in its ongoing series on the growing opioid epidemic. Dr. Melissa Weimer and Patrick Carrese were interviewed about the crisis and barriers to treatment. […]
SPHP in the News
Times Union: Opioids – The Epidemic that Won’t Slow Down
The Times Union published a new story as part of its continuing coverage on the growing opioid epidemic in the Capital Region. Dr. Melissa Weimer, Chief of Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine at St. Peter’s Hospital, was interviewed as part of the story: The newest medical approach may be at St. Peter’s Health Partners, where drug users addicted to heroin, fentanyl and other opioids can now walk into outpatient locations in Albany, Troy and Cohoes or emergency departments at Samaritan, Albany Memorial and St. Peter’s hospitals and promptly be evaluated to get buprenorphine to help them through withdrawal, or more intense detox services if needed. The program has served more than 300 people since it opened last September. “When the person feels, I am able to change in this moment, we are ready to treat them in this moment,” said Dr. Melissa Weimer, medical director of the SPHP Addiction Recovery Center. “We’re trying to make it so there’s no closed door.” To view the article, which also includes a video of Dr. Weimer discussing the […]
News
St. Peter’s Health Partners Joins Coalition to Fight Opioid Addiction
St. Peter’s Health Partners has joined a new coalition to help fight opioid addiction. As part of the effort, SPHP has teamed up with WNYT for a special one-hour program on the epidemic. The program will air at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 13. […]
SPHP in the News
Times Union: Capital Region Coalition Forms to Fight Growing Opioid Epidemic
The Times Union published a story about a new region-wide consortium launching this week aimed at addressing the growing opioid epidemic. St. Peter’s Health Partners is proud to be a part of the “Prescription for Progress: United Against Opioid addiction” coalition. […]
Inside SPHP
St. Peter’s Health Partners Welcomes Dr. Melissa Weimer
Melissa Weimer, DO, MCR, has joined St. Peter’s Health Partners as chief of behavioral health and addiction medicine for the system’s Acute Care Albany division. […]