Community Conversations about Recovery
On today’s show, Dr. Porter talks with Lindsay Cassada of the Chesterfield Domestic and Sexual Violence Resource Center.
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On today’s show, Dr. Porter talks with local activists working to expand HIV Outreach and Testing.
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On today’s show, Carol introduces a new co-host: Dr. Angela Porter. Together they talk with Dr. John Lindstrom, CEO and Kelly Furgurson, Director of Assessment and Emergency Services from Richmond Behavioral Health about the Crisis Intervention Training Program and collaboration with police, the development of the Marcus Alert and how crisis response is fairing during COVID.
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On today’s show, Carol talks with local mental health providers on how Covid is impacting mental health access and services. Guests today are: Dr. Angela Porter and Juno Fraser.
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On today’s show, representatives from SAARA of Virginia – Substance Abuse Addiction and Recovery Alliance – about their new youth outreach program along with their other programs.
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This interview was previously aired on Women and Politics
Today co-hosts Sheri Shannon and Carol Olson bring on guests: Stephanie Lynch, councilwomen of the 5th district; Rachelle Hunley, Manager of Bridging the Gap at VCU; and LaToya S. Gray, creator of Planned Destruction to talk about housing issues in Richmond. Discussion centers on the issues of homelessness in the city and the impact of red-lining and it’s contribution to the poverty and homelessness of the African-American community most specifically. Stephanie Lynch brings her experience in working within city government to attempt to make change, Rachelle and Carol bring their experience in working with victims of violence in our city and how violence and homelessness intersect, and LaToya describes her work on examining the history of land ownership, valuation and development in the City of Richmond and the maps used to destroy black communities.
Today’s show is part 1 with part 2 to air next week.
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Today Diana Ortiz, CEO of Doorways Shelter joins Carol to talk about how domestic violence shelters have navigated the pandemic and their plans for prevention.
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On today’s show, we are re-playing the last in a series on women and addiction. Today’s show we focus on local community service boards in Hanover, Henrico, and Richmond. Tune in to hear what options they provide.
This show was recorded live at the International Perspectives on Women and Substance Abuse with the VCU Humphrey Fellows.
Following the show is a Peer 2 Ear with DJ Sammy Styles.
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On today’s show, Melvina and Carol host Alethea Lambert and Mary McQuown from Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to talk about peer recovery support and specialists.
“A peer support specialist is a person with “lived experience” who has been trained to support those who struggle with mental health, psychological trauma, or substance use. Their personal experience of these challenges provide peer support specialists with expertise that professional training cannot replicate.”
Following the show is a Peer 2 Ear with DJ Sammy Styles.
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We continue our series on women and addiction recovery and visit two local community services board to hear about how they serve women. Henrico County Mental Health and Richmond Behavioral Health Authority speak at the Symposium on International Perspectives on Women and Addiction.
Gender Differences & Drug Addiction
Compared with men, women:
► Initiate alcohol/other substance use at an
earlier age than in previous generations, and
at approximately the same age as men.
► Show increased prevalence in past two
decades of alcohol and drug use with lower
levels of abstaining and higher levels of use
disorders.
► At treatment entry, with fewer years of use,
exhibit more medical, psychiatric, and
adverse social consequences. (Compton et al, 2007; Grucza et al, 2008; Randall et al., 1999; Hernandez-Avila et
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