Culture, Stigma & Silence: How Substance Use Impacts Families
by Karina Gertsikov, CLAS Champion Ambassador, Palm Ave Detox As a Horizon Services CLAS Champion, I want to shed light on a deeply personal issue: the impact of addiction on the loved ones of those struggling with it, particularly within minority cultures. Individuals immersed in addiction often become disconnected from their families, either isolating themselves […]
A Day in the Life: A Project Eden SUD Prevention Specialist
Paul helps youth explore and identify behavior and attitudes towards substance use through active listening and reflective questions. Paul, a Prevention Specialist (PS) with Horizon Services’ Project Eden, pulls into the high school parking lot early Monday morning. Among his tools are his skills; trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing; and various training, like Be Sensitive, Be […]
Palm Avenue Detox: Patient Experience
In the realm of healthcare services, client satisfaction plays a pivotal role in assessing the effectiveness and quality of care provided. A comprehensive client survey system serves as a valuable tool for evaluating various aspects of service delivery and identifying areas for improvement. The recent analysis of client survey data from Horizon Treatment Services sheds […]
Examining the utility of sobering centers: Analyses of police and sobering centers across five jurisdictions.
Article Summary by Shannon Smith-Bernardin, Ph.D, RN, CNL – Director of Sobering Program Design A recent evaluation by the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development found a 66.7% increase in emergency department visits for acute alcohol intoxication. [SS1] The number of non-fatal ED visits for opioids and for amphetamines increased nearly 60% (2019 […]
Better Outcomes? Yes, please!
Horizon Treatment Services partners with Vista Research on Measurement Based Care (MBC) By Jaime Campos, CEO Who’s on board with maximizing our client outcomes? We are!! Allow us to introduce to you measurement-based care (MBC), a practice of basing clinical care on client data collected during treatment. MBC is an established evidence-based framework that provides […]
Early OxyContin Marketing Linked to Long-Term Spread Of Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use
California is 25 years into the opioid epidemic and the end is nowhere in sight. Last year alone, 6,959 Californians died from an opioid overdose[1] and this past August, San Francisco saw its highest number of opioid-related overdose deaths since the city started tracking the fatalities in early 2020.[2] As policymakers and local communities seek […]