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Naloxone Training
Naloxone Training From TN Department of Health
Recovery Videos
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Johnson City Recovery Center Stigma Documentary
Dr. Dottie Greene
About SMART Recovery (Self-Management And Recovery Training)
SMART Recovery is the leading evidence-based addiction recovery program. Join a free meeting today and begin experiencing a Life Beyond Addiction
National Service Recovery Forum – Keynote and National Service Recovery Forum
Dr. John Kelly on Addiction Recovery: Neuroscience and Research on Support Services.
Peer Recovery Center of Excellence
Recovery community organizations (RCOs) make addiction recovery visible and accessible.
All About Recovery Coaching
Recovery Coaching is a service where peer recovery coaches with their own lived experience with addiction and recovery provide support and mentorship to people with substance use problems.
Does Alcoholics Anonymous Work?
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international peer-led, mutual aid fellowship meeting online and in-person dedicated to abstinence-based recovery through its 12 step program
Recovery Answers
Recovery Research Institute
Recovery Research Institute
Recovery Research Institute presents scientific based evidence about addiction treatment and recovery
Filling a Gap in the Recovery Ecosystem
From ETSU Online, Dottie Greene, PhD’s presentation on Filling a Gap in the Recovery Ecosystem
Recovery Podcasts
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Recovery Community Centers Are Changing Everything
SMART Initiative with Dottie Greene and Bettina Hoeppner
In this episode, we discuss the ins and outs of recovery community centers and how they fill crucial gaps in the care continuum, as well as how attitudes towards recovery have changed dramatically over the last decade.
Dr. Dottie Greene Talks About JCRC
WHISKEY AIN’T WORKIN’ ANYMORE Episode 32: Dr. Dottie Greene
How Johnson City Recovery Center fills the gap in recovery support in the community.
Recovery Research Articles
Examining the Recovery Community Center model and preliminary findings
Ashford, R. D., Brown, A., Canode, B., Sledd, A., Potter, J. S., & Bergman, B. G. (2021). Peer-based recovery support services delivered at recovery community organizations: Predictors of improvements in individual recovery capital. Addictive Behaviors, 119, 106945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106945
Ashford, R. D., Brown, A. M., McDaniel, J., Neasbitt, J., Sobora, C., Riley, R., Weinstein, L., Laxton, A., Kunzelman, J., Kampman, K., & Curtis, B. (2019). Responding to the opioid and overdose crisis with innovative services: The recovery community center office-based opioid treatment (RCC-OBOT) model. Addictive Behaviors, 98, 106031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106031
Ashford, R.D., Curtis, B. & Brown, A.M. Peer-delivered harm reduction and recovery support services: initial evaluation from a hybrid recovery community drop-in center and syringe exchange program. Harm Reduction Journal, 15, 52 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0258-2
Haberle, B. J., Conway, S., Valentine, P., Evans, A. C., White, W. L., & Davidson, L. (2014). The recovery community center: A new model for volunteer peer support to promote recovery. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 9(3), 257-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035x.2014.940769 https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.940769
Hoeppner, Bettina B. PhD, MS; Simpson, Hazel V. BA; Weerts, Catherine BA; Riggs, Marion J. PhD; Williamson, Alivia C. BA; Finley-Abboud, Diadora BS; Hoffman, Lauren A. PhD; Rutherford, Philip X. BS; McCarthy, Patty MS; Ojeda, Julia MEd; Mericle, Amy A. PhD; Rao, Vinod MD, PhD; Bergman, Brandon G. PhD; Dankwah, Akosua B. DrPH, MPH; Kelly, John F. PhD. A Nationwide Survey Study of Recovery Community Centers Supporting People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorder. Journal of Addiction Medicine ():10.1097/ADM.0000000000001285, March 1, 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001285. https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/fulltext/9900/a_nationwide_survey_study_of_recovery_community.290.aspx
Hoffman, L. A., Vilsaint, C. L., & Kelly, J. F. (2021). Attitudes toward opioid use disorder pharmacotherapy among recovery community center attendees. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 131, N.PAG. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108464
Kelly, J. F., Fallah-Sohy, N., Cristello, J., Stout, R. L., Jason, L. A., & Hoeppner, B. B. (2021). Recovery community centers: Characteristics of new attendees and longitudinal investigation of the predictors and effects of participation. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 124, 108287. https://www.jsatjournal.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0740-5472%2821%2900013-1
Kelly, J. F., Fallah-Sohy, N., Vilsaint, C., Hoffman, L. A., Jason, L. A., Stout, R. L., Cristello, J. V., & Hoeppner, B. B. (2020). New kid on the block: An investigation of the physical, operational, personnel, and service characteristics of recovery community centers in the United States. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 111, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2019.12.009
Kelly, J. F., Stout, R. L., Jason, L. A., Fallah, S. N., Hoffman, L. A., & Hoeppner, B. B. (2020). One‐stop shopping for recovery: An investigation of participant characteristics and benefits derived from US recovery community centers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 44(3), 711–721. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14281
Owens, M. D., Banta-Green, C. J., Newman, A., Marren, R., & Takushi, R. (2023). Insights into a recovery community center model: Results from qualitative interviews with staff and member facilitators from recovery cafe in Seattle, Washington. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 41(1), 62–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2022.2088323
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