April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a time to educate individuals about alcohol use disorder (AUD), and remind them that recovery is possible and treatment is available. [...]
If you are planning to attend a holiday gathering with family, friends, or colleagues from work, make a plan now to stay sober. Knowing in advance how you are going to manage thoughts of substance abuse is important to your success. [...]
As we enter the graduation season, it is important that parents reinforce expectations with their child, especially surrounding alcohol and drug use. [...]
Jasmine Guerrero-Wiggs, operations manager for St. Peter's Addiction Recovery Center in Albany, speaks to the Albany Times Union about efforts to address the growing opioid crisis in New York state. [...]
Jason Kirby, D.O., medical director for St. Peter's Addiction Recovery Center and Chief of Behavioral Health for SPHP, discusses changes to addiction treatment wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the dramatic increase in overdose deaths during an appearance on WTEN/News10. [...]
WNYT interviewed Jason Kirby, DO, medical director of addition services for St. Peter's Health Partners, for its special series on addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic.. [...]
The Prescription for Progress coalition, of which St. Peter's Health Partners is a member of, wrote a letter to citizens of the Capital Region concerning a likely settlement with the opioid industry. The letter calls for appropriate allocation of settlement funds to benefit those struggling from opioid use disorder. [...]
Jason Kirby, DO, MBA, medical director of addiction services for St. Peter's Health Partners, appeared on WNYT's Health Beat to discuss the opioid crisis in New York state and the Capital Region [...]