Prevention Blog

After finally seeing a decrease in opioid-related deaths in Anne Arundel County in 2019, the reports for the first quarter of 2020 show an increase from the same time last year. While the ongoing [...]

Recovery Month is an international observance held each September to celebrate the millions of people in recovery from mental health and substance use. The purpose of Recovery Month is to spread the message [...]

Make a Commitment to #BETHERE. During these unprecedented times suicide continues to be the 2nd leading cause of death among youth and young adults ages 10-24 in the United States. ‘The Trends in [...]

Vulnerability to disasters, crises, such as the unforeseeable pandemic we are facing, social isolation, among others, causes an impact on the physical and mental health of its people. According to scholars, human beings [...]

International Overdose Awareness Day. It's held every August 31st to remember all the lives lost to an overdose. It's also the start of Recovery Month. IOAD is the one day that we remember all the [...]

As August 31st and 2020 International Overdose Awareness Day approaches, I hope that you will all join me with the message that overdose death is a preventable misfortune that continues to plague our community. [...]

Do to COVID-19, I noticed from the faith community that there was a need to focus on messages dealing with fear, anxiety, worry, sickness, lack of finance and death. As a Pastor I [...]

A responsive community works to read and interpret the signals of stress in children, their parents, and other caregivers. These signals might be very different from family to family depending on the upbringing [...]

It’s hard to watch someone you love struggle with drug abuse. You want them to overcome the addiction. You want their struggle to end. You want to see them take control of their [...]

Last year, there was an article in the Washington Post about how the loss of school-year routines, increased screen time, overscheduled activities- and boredom in between, travel stress, and changes in eating and [...]