With Gambling Addiction Soaring, Providers Struggle to Launch Sustainable Treatment Programs

For years, the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center in Portland, Oregon, had helped a small group of patients dealing with gambling addiction. “We could offer someone an appointment the same or next business day,” Frankie DiFerdinando, director of Lewis & Clark’s problem gambling service, told Addiction Treatment Business. Then came the gambling apps, which […]

Pipeline: Acadia’s New Suicide Prevention Centers; New SUD Locations

Acadia partners with suicide prevention organization to open new centers Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) has opened 15 community resource centers in partnership with a leading suicide awareness organization to help young individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). The centers are located in four states across the country within Acadia’s Comprehensive Treatment Centers (CTC), which provide […]

RWJBarnabas Hires SVP of Behavioral Health, Addiction Treatment

West Orange, New Jersey-based RWJBarnabas Health, which operates a number of independent health care providers throughout the state, has named Frank Ghinassi as senior vice president of its behavioral health and addictions service line.  Ghinassi comes to the position from Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), where he has been president and CEO since 2016. […]