Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton has hired a longtime mental health professional to oversee its Behavioral Health Services.
Ryan Fields has over 17 years of leadership experience in behavioral health services, including at East Orange General Hospital and Atlanticare Regional Medical Center. He is an Approved …
People struggling to overcome opioid addiction are more vulnerable to the coronavirus because of its impact on respiratory and pulmonary health. At the same time, they’re more likely to experience homelessness or incarceration, which puts them at higher risk of catching and transmitting the virus.
That’s …
The New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies will honor two Catholic Charities employees next week as leaders in the mental health field.
Crystal Smith (pictured, right), director of our PACT teams, will receive a Frontline Leadership Recognition Award.
Susan Loughery (pictured, below), our Director …
A Catholic Charities mental health program that serves people with serious mental illness will relocate this summer into a bigger, more modern space in Hamilton.
The Program for Assertive Community Treatment’s Team 1 (pictured, right) will relocate to the Ibis Plaza office complex at 3525 Quakerbridge …
May is Mental Health Month! It may be eye-opening to learn that mental illnesses are common in the United States, with nearly one in five adults living with a mental health disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Fewer than half ever get treatment. …
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton has been awarded $4 million in federal funding to expand mental health services and addiction treatment.
The funds – granted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – are intended to support the agency’s CCBHC work over the …
Moving around the world can be stressful. Moving around the world with a husband whose health begins failing to a place where you know no one else?
“Reeeeeeally stressful,” said Rose Ashley (pictured, left), who found herself in exactly that situation in 2017.
So when Rose saw …
There was a time when the sounds of anger filled Teresa’s house. Her boyfriend let his fists and foul language fly so much that she, their two sons, and her daughter lived in fear.
Teresa thought therapy could change him, and for a while, it seemed …
Next week, advocates for New Jersey’s homeless population – including a team from Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton – will hit the streets to count a demographic whose whereabouts can seem as hard to pin down as the Loch Ness Monster’s.
The federal government requires people …
On the continuum of crime, stalking might strike some as not a big deal. Maybe they think stalkers are creepy men hiding behind a tree – more a bother than a peril, someone to ignore and they will eventually go away.
But that misconception is miles …
