Backlog of behavioral health patients constrains Concord Hospital Emergency Department
By ELLA NILSEN Concord Monitor Saturday, February 25, 2017 On a Concord Hospital Emergency Department wall, two large computer screens flash with brightly colored bar graphs, tracking
N.H. struggling to solve a psychiatric problem that’s been years in the making
By ALLIE MORRIS Concord Monitor Saturday, February 25, 2017 Four years ago, mental health workers called a press conference to ring the alarm. On any given day, nine
Treating the Whole Patient
By Autumn Heisler ADVANCE FOR NURSING – January 2017 Concord Hospital integrates behavioral health model into care WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT mental, behavioral, physical and social factors affect a
‘Choices’ Program Aims to Help Teens Overcome Addiction Early in Lives
NHPR Wednesday, January 4, 2017 By RICK GANLEY & MICHAEL BRINDLEY A new treatment program for adolescents battling drug and alcohol addiction opens in Concord Wednesday. The program is called Choices, and
New treatment programs focus on underserved populations
By ELLA NILSEN Monitor staff Tuesday, January 03, 2017 As state health officials scramble to help open more drug and alcohol treatment programs and sober houses, certain segments
UNH and New Futures Develop Guide to Accessing Addiction and Mental Health Services
DURHAM, N.H. – Recognizing there is a growing need to educate consumers with health insurance coverage in New Hampshire about how to navigate addiction and mental health care
By the numbers: Concord High shifts focus on drug and alcohol education
By ELLA NILSEN, Monitor Staff Published Concord Monitor 5/08/2016 Anti-drug and alcohol presentations today don’t look like the ones shown to high school students 10 to 20 years ago. Think
My Turn: A pivotal moment in opioid crisis
By JEFFREY A. MEYERS, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Published Concord Monitor 5/04/2016 The scope of the opioid epidemic in New Hampshire is