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June 17, 2020

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Viewing illness as a teacher Counselor Magazine John Newport writes: Decades ago, I attended a holistic health conference in San Diego, during which one of the speakers offered the following advice: “The royal path to enjoying robust health is to develop a chronic disease and learn how to care for it.” There is a great deal of wisdom in that statement, as illness often serves as an important warning sign regarding imbalances in our lives. If we wholeheartedly listen to our bodies and embrace a holistic approach to healing, illnesses can indeed serve as valuable teachers. READ MORE

Transformational education and recovery Counselor Magazine A person’s recovery from substance use and abuse is not lifelong and all-powerful; rather, it is something that individuals with proper support networks can manage. Having a supportive community network can help many people find additional strength, hope and motivation to pursue a path of health and growth that will put their behavioral health challenges into a more manageable life process, resulting in less stress and anxiety (Peele, 1992; Peele & Brodsky, 1992). READ MORE

TOP NEWS

Addiction Thrives on Isolation CCAPP Prior to February 2020, Californians faced a deadly force killing thousands of citizens each year:the opioid epidemic. Regardless of race, education, wealth, or social standing, the disease ofaddiction has ravaged this state and the nation. Pre-COVID-19, deaths from alcohol, drugs andsuicide were on track to break records in the number of victims in our state this year. Those whosurvive this year will face a second wave of death due to tobacco related diseases and or relapseto drug of choice unless tobacco is routinely treated in Substance Use Disorder. Sadly, thepandemic we now face portends an upward spike in deaths from untreated addiction that mayrival deaths from COVID-19. READ MORE

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Safer in Treatment and Recovery CCAPP At this time, the substance use disorder treatment system in California faces an extremelyprecarious future. Simultaneously, its capacity will soon be called upon to expand as rates ofaddiction are expected to skyrocket due to unemployment, environmental stressors and despairthat a worsening economy portends. READ MORE

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HEADLINES FROM THE FIELD

Pandemic presents new hurdles, and hope, for people struggling with addiction The Fix Before Philadelphia shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Ed had a routine: most mornings he would head to a nearby McDonald’s to brush his teeth, wash his face and — when he had the money — buy a cup of coffee. He would bounce between homeless shelters and try to get a shower. But since businesses closed and many shelters stopped taking new admissions, Ed has been mostly shut off from that routine.He’s still living on the streets. READ MORE

Chester Bennington trending on Twitter as fans recall most impactful celebrity deaths LoudWire Linkin Park's Chester Bennington was recently trending on Twitter along with Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, but it took a little digging to discover why. It looks to have all started with a tweet asking for the celebrity death that hit the hardest during your lifetime.There were a number of high profile deaths included in the responses, including the tragic murder of John Lennon, actor/comedian Robin Williams' suicide and the more recent death of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. However, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Soundgarden's Chris Cornell 2017 deaths is what has both musicians trending. READ MORE

Depression and anxiety spiked among black Americans after George Floyd's death The Washington Post Americans were already struggling with historic levels of mental health problems amid the coronavirus pandemic. Then came the video of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police.Within a week, anxiety and depression among African Americans shot to higher rates than experienced by any other racial or ethnic group, with 41% screening positive for at least one of those symptoms, data from the Census Bureau shows. READ MORE

Report: Students facing insecurity, anxiety due to pandemic Inside Higher Ed The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice and Believe in Students have released a report covering the results of a survey on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on current college students.Nearly 60% of student survey respondents said they experienced insecurity of basic needs in the 30 days prior to taking the survey. Broken down by race, 71% of black students, 65% of Hispanic students and 52% of white students said they were experiencing basic-needs insecurity. READ MORE

Why do celebrity deaths affect us so much? VICE Dhvani Solani writes: Last night, when my friend Vineeta Raman heard that Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput had been found dead in his room in Mumbai, she couldn’t help but cry uncontrollably for an hour. The news of his suicide instantly sent shockwaves through the country. But although Raman only knew Singh Rajput in the way we “know” actors through their films, she believes the grief she felt was similar to what she’s previously felt when close family and friends have passed away. READ MORE

The millennial mental-health crisis The Atlantic Many millennials who had their careers crippled by the 2008 recession are being flung into yet another economic downturn, just as they’re supposed to be hitting their career peak. Because of social-distancing restrictions meant to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, young people who hoped to find a partner haven’t been able to date in person for months. And still more outbreaks of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, might occur this year. As David Grusky, the director of the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, put it to me, millennials are “the bad-luck cohort.” READ MORE

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