Behavioral Health in the New Normal

Will Bonnette: The Rise of the Opioid Crisis in D.C.

– Behavioral Health in the New Normal Episode 012 with Will Bonnette

Will Bonnette, President of Prestige Community Resources, has dedicated his career to improving healthcare services within our communities.

In the discussion they explored the rise of the opioid crisis in D.C.

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

• How many people use drugs and drug dealing as a means to an end.
• Why long-term treatment can be helpful for people who abuse substances.
• How recovery is a long process that shouldn’t be shortened for requirements.
• How the opioid crisis is not a new phenomenon for the D.C. community.
• How NARCAN saves people in hospitals or at home from opioid overdoses.

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Myles Wright: Effects of COVID: Millennial Edition

– Behavioral Health in the New Normal Episode 011 with Myles Wright

In the discussion they explored the effects of COVID on millennials.

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

• How COVID put people in situations they never expected to be in.
• How social media allows for people to be less isolated during the pandemic.
• How the pandemic has showed many people who their true friends are.
• How COVID-19 has increased drug use amongst younger adults.
• How young adults are using meme culture and sarcasm as a way to cope.

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Keffney Harvin: Our New Normal: Grief and Loss

– Behavioral Health in the New Normal Episode 010 with Keffney Harvin

In the discussion they explored grief and loss in our new normal.

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

• How losing someone during the pandemic changes everything.
• How many don’t get to be with their dying loved ones at this time.
• How COVID-19 has forced funeral services to change.
• How people can go downhill quickly when they have COVID.
• Why prayer can be comforting during times like these.

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Shayla Voss: The Impact of COVID-19 on Mother’s & Families

– Behavioral Health in the New Normal Episode 009 with Shayla Voss

In the discussion they explored the impact of COVID-19 on mothers and families.

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

• How many children want to go back to school to see their friends.
• Why it’s been a struggle to get children adjusted to living in a pandemic.
• How mothers have to take care of themselves in order to care for their children.
• Why many families had to cut back on spending during the pandemic.
• How, even though things are bad, people have to look for the smallest bits of hope.

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Essential Frontline Workers: Assertive Community Treatment

– Behavioral Health in the New Normal Episode 008 with Michele Mba

Michele Mba has served as a clinical nurse with Prestige Healthcare Resources for over 7 years. She has worked as a hospice nurse in both inpatient and home care settings, a clinic nurse providing patient education and medication administration/management, a med-surgical nurse in the hospital setting, and as a home care nurse. She now serves as the clinical manager for the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program at prestige where she caters to the needs of the consumers and provides services in settings most convenient and comfortable for each consumer. 

In the discussion they explored assertive community treatment (ACT).

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

• Assertive community treatment is for people with severe mental illness.
• Patients participating in ACT have different behaviors and abilities.
• ACT uses a hands-on approach to make sure the patients stay on track.
• All ACT cases are worked on as a team with an interdisciplinary approach.

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Tanea McQueen: Housing Solutions in the COVID-19 Pandemic

– Behavioral Health in the New Normal Episode 007 with Tanea McQueen

Tanea McQueen is responsible for the development, implementation, and management of Prestige’s Housing Programs. A large portion of Ms. McQueen’s passion has been working with homeless and previously homeless individuals and families. She has a holistic perspective of successful service delivery.

In the discussion they explored housing solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

• Why D.C. needs subsidized housing instead of affordable housing.
• How we put people in housing but don’t teach them how to stay in it.
• Why men have a higher need for housing services than women.
• How the goal is to find people housing and keep them mentally stable.
• How COVID-19 has impacted the development of occupancies.

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Dr. Nancy Butler

Behavioral Health in the New Normal with Paul Wells Sr. Episode 007 with Dr. Nancy Butler

Dr. Nancy Butler is currently working part time as the Director of the Catholic Charities Institute, Professional Counseling Education Program (PCEP). Dr. Butler has been with Catholic Charities since 2000 where she was responsible for the Family Centers in the District of Columbia. Previously, from 1986 to 1997, she was Program Director for the Department of Psychiatry at the Washington Hospital Center. She also founded the Therapeutic Recreation Department at the WHC Department of Psychiatry in 1980.

Dr. Butler has held part time and full-time teaching posts at The George Washington University, The University of Maryland, West Virginia Wesleyan College and Prince Georges Community College. She has also consulted with several mental health and substance abuse treatment organizations. Throughout her career, Dr. Butler wrote and administered grants for adult education, substance abuse, parenting and therapeutic recreation.

In their discussion they explored certification for addiction counselors. 

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

How recreational therapy is very important for people in recovery.

Why you therapists and doctors have to start where their patient is.

How being engaged in treatment longer leads to longer lasting sobriety.

Why becoming an addiction counselor requires more education than it used to.

How long it takes to complete the addiction counseling courses.

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LaMonica Jeffrey: Surviving COVID-19: Peer Support Edition

– Behavioral Health in the New Normal Episode 006 with LaMonica Jeffrey

LaMonica is the founder of Revise Inc. and a Family Peer Support Specialist certified by the DC Department of Behavioral Health, a Recovery Coach. wellness, overall health & wellness and overcoming barriers to housing and employment.  

In our discussion we explored surviving the pandemic with peer support.

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

• How our home environment as children shows us how to act and treat people.
• Why a peer support specialist can help individuals on their recovery journey.
• How people can’t start their life over, but they can begin to rewrite it.
• How peer support specialists help people in recovery develop resources.
• Why pain and trauma lead some people to abuse substances.

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Jen Jackson: Meaningful Healthcare Solutions

– Behavioral Health in the New Normal Episode 005 with Jen Jackson

Jen Jackson is an experienced Capacity Building Manager with a demonstrated history of working in Public Health for over twenty years.

In the discussion they explored meaningful healthcare solutions.

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

• How COVID-19 and the BLM protests have affected syringe exchange programs.
• Why many people in DIS are doing pandemic work and contact tracing right now.
• How COVID-19 has impacted the HIV and AIDs communities across the country.
• How the pandemic made providers change the services they offer in recovery.
• Why those in recovery may be suffering quarantine depression at higher rates.

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Dr. Edwin Chapman: MAT Services in SUD

– Behavioral Health in the New Normal Episode 004 with Dr. Edwin Chapman

In the discussion they explored MAT services in SUD.

Here are some of the other beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

• How good health is such an important factor when people are in recovery.
• Why many people in active addiction don’t go to see doctors when they should.
• How neurobiology has provided so much objective knowledge about addiction. 
• Why the war on drugs is really a war on black bodies and their autonomy.
• How mental health has become more prevalent in addiction and recovery.

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