>> They serve our community by providing medical services but you might not know much about
this organization so joining us
now to give you an explainer
and to talk about a truly an
epidemic not just in our area
but all across the country.
River region human services we
have Jacqueline dowdy
Christian Smith on the end and
doctor Biden co car, thank you
so much all 3 of you for coming
on and on. River region has
been around in northeast
Florida for a very long time
nearly 50 years.
>> Yes, that is true.
River region has been a very
viable part of the community in
Jacksonville. We have this
serving families in that
community in the Northeast
floor, Florida and are
excited about where we’re
heading in especially as we
address the opioid epidemic.
We are made
to see that is accredited back
off which is to Commission
on accreditation. Of
rehabilitation facilities.
We’re licensed by samsa which
is the substance abuse and
mental health. Us Association
as well as the C F
we have a number of programs so
we’re very excited
about and how we are leveraging
those programs to help people
in their time
of recovery. But about the coal
car in Krista Smith to first
dot the we’ll talk about a
medication
assisted treatment and Chris is
going to give you an overview
of those services and the
programs that we have to the
doctor.
>> Medication ul is a lot of
times the the answer for such a
difficult thing to overcome.
Afternoon tea. I think the
opioid crisis and the addiction
of opioid is a disease process.
Now this disease processes the
same day as we look at diabetes
mellitus so it is not just
somebody who just wants to
abuse medications or
abused opioids so what we often
have trouble reading is not
even the support but also
medications to help that that
addiction. We have medications
and that are
there are different the door
fast as in other brain and how
their work is somebody complex
network of those New York asked
better than we have medications
that goes that go to the
bureaucrats matters and how
persons 2
have not those that money
cravings for their that one of
those opioids and alcohol
so the offers to box on the
offer method on the also have
no tracks on and move it on all
these are the names of the
medication that could help an
individual to make sure that
this question is able to get
off from that addiction.
You can have a healthy
simple life at the Norman
individual is treatment like
that expensive.
After region, you know we’ve
tried to accommodate.
>> All.
>> All the patients, you know
we have programs we have
special funding, these
medications are expensive but
at Riverview can be do every
possible effort to make sure
that become what it off over
clients.
>> Kristen I want to talk to
there are so many people who
have loved ones, dealing with
opioid addiction and they don’t know how to address that how do
you get your your your mother your father, your spouse, your brother, your sister, your
friend to go and get that much
needed help.
Well.
>> And River region first think
it’s courage, you know it does
take courage to come forward to
say I do have a problem and I
need some help
a river region. We target a
variety of different therapies
we provide outpatient therapy,
mental health counseling
along with the medication
assisted treatment we do
individual counseling and
group therapy and we also had a
treatment inside the county
jail card day and night the
matrix House program
so we have a wide variety of
programs to help serve anyone
that needs help. We also added
a beyond piece that is
really good for the client to
not only address the substance
use disorder.
And they’re meant to help but
as well to help them recover
and be in recovery. We provide
different classes about a
sponge meant clear your record
because a lot of times though
the things they handed them are
may keep them in addiction a
lot longer. Yeah they’re not
they’re not able to get good
jobs and opportunities in the
future absolutely.
>> Finally Jacqueline if people
want to learn more if they want
to you know either get help
themselves or get help for a
loved one what do they do.
>> Well all they have to do is
you can go on our website at
www dot R 8 S dot org. You can
get a ride information
about the insurance carriers
that we do a Sept and about
some of the funding sources
that we have
and you can also call our
offices along be happy to help
you
with that.
>> OK well thank you to all 3
of you for what you’re doing
and the idea of having a fully
saving lives here in the yes
absolutely best in your
future endeavors and for more
information we’re going to post
a link to their website and