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WNYT: Forum 13 — Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
Rachel Handler, executive director of behavioral health at SPHP, appears on WNYT’s Forum 13 to discuss “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes”. […]
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“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” to Fight Against Sexual Assault
The Sexual Assault and Crime Victims Assistance Program at St. Peter’s Health Partners will host the 12th annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” from 10a.m. to 12p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at Riverfront Park in Troy. […]
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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. […]
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Samaritan Hospital Receives Federal Funding for Suicide Prevention
Samaritan Hospital is receiving $250,000 as part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) first-ever Zero Suicide grant. […]
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WNYT NewsChannel 13: Treatment Options Often Lacking for Opioid Addicts
WNYT NewsChannel 13 aired a story on the growing opioid epidemic in the Capital Region. The report featured an interview with Dr. Melissa Weimer, Chief of Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine at St. Peter’s Hospital. […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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. […]