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A Family Finds Hope at WestBridge

A family member’s perspective on treatment at WestBridge When I first contacted WestBridge, I was at my wit’s end. I knew we had to do something different this time. My son’s life was at stake. The admissions counselors were patient …

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Encore: Parental Resistance in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

Ruchama Clapman founded MASK 19 years ago in response to the problems of substance abuse and mental health as she and others experienced them in the Brooklyn, NY Jewish community. She and her staff work tirelessly to make sure families in crises are di…

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Danger in your Doctor’s Office: Prescribing Abuse

Over the last 10 years, an epidemic of abuse and addiction to opiates, stimulants, tranquilizers, sleep medication and non-opiate pain medication has occurred. In 2009, 16 million Americans age 12 and older took a prescription pain reliever, tranquilizer, stimulant or …

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Engaging Participants with a Community Integration Program

In the early 1970s a new method of providing services to individuals living with serious mental illness was developed: Assertive Community Treatment. ACT has been extensively researched and and proved to have the best results for helping individuals engage in …

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Stepping onto the Stage(s) of Recovery

Mental illness and substance use disorders are chronic medical conditions needing lifelong attention and treatment. Both require major lifestyle changes and, as with diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, compliance to treatment may wax and wane. At WestBridge, we base our treatment on …

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At WestBridge, we work with adult men and families from around the country and, in some cases, the world. One of the unique features of our model is our virtual Meet & Greet service which allows us to deepen our assessment and begin building trust and engaging participants  in the pre-admission process.