Adult Outpatient
Teen Outpatient
January 21, 2021
A recent federal government announcement loosening requirements for the prescription of medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) removes barriers…
December 18, 2020
With Connecticut on track to exceed the number of overdose deaths in 2019, lawmakers and other state advocates at a…
November 12, 2020
For many people, the end of Daylight Saving Time marks the beginning of seasonal affective disorder and its annual pattern…
October 02, 2020
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the mental health impact of COVID-19 is…
October 01, 2020
Women have been turning to alcohol for relief from the COVID-19 pandemic at alarming rates, with a 41 percent increase…
September 02, 2020
While Connecticut’s opioid overdose statistics seemed somewhat hopeful in 2018, widespread introduction of fentanyl reversed the trend last year and…
September 01, 2020
In 2018, 48,344 Americans died by suicide — more than the number of traffic fatalities and almost double the number…
August 27, 2020
Opioid overdose deaths jumped more than 18 percent in the first six months of this year in Connecticut, lending truth to earlier assertions by Hartford HealthCare experts that the COVID-19 pandemic would result in more use and related problems. Dr. J. Craig Allen, medical director of Rushford in the system’s…
August 26, 2020
It’s challenging enough to deliver academic lessons in virtual classrooms, but without the nuances of human interaction that come with…
August 07, 2020
An emerging fatal opioid combination, known as Gray Death, has become a potential threat in Connecticut and has the Behavioral Health Network (BHN) clinicians on alert. Called Gray Death due to its color and concrete-like material, it is a deadly combination of various synthetic opioids including carfentanil, U-47700, 4-ANPP and…
Get the latest healthcare news directly in your inbox.
Sign up for text alerts / Text MoreLife to 31996.