Improving the delivery of behavioral health services to vulnerable, under-served and high risk populations.
Improving the delivery of behavioral health services to vulnerable, under-served and high risk populations.
BHLI Creates Two Ground Breaking Videos About Stigma
Articles and Research about BHLI Project Connections
Behavioral Health Leadership Institute. (2016, September 16). Project Connections Buprenorphine Program: Program and Client Summary 2010-2017. Behavioral Health Leadership Institute, Inc.
Daniels A, Salisbury-Afshar E, Hochberg A, Agus D, Fingerhood M. A novel community-based buprenorphine program: Client description and initial outcomes. Journal of Addiction Medicine. J Addict Med Volume 8, Number 1, January/February 2014
Mendelson, T., Dariotis, J. K. and Agus, D. (2013), Psychosoial Strengths and Needs of Low-Income Substance Abusers in Recovery. J. Community Psychol., 41: 19–34. doi: 10.1002/jcop.21507
Mauro, P.M., Agus, D., Fingerhood, M. (2014, November 17). Reaching in to reach out: Unique program locates Buprenorphine treatment in two Baltimore City grassroots recovery programs. Poster session at the 2014 American Public Health Association annual conference in New Orleans, LA.
N. Krawczyk. T. Negron M. Nieto, D. Agus, M. Fingerhood. Overcoming medication stigma in peer recovery: a new paradigm [Accepted, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, October 2017]
N. Krawczyk. T. Negron M. Nieto, D. Agus, M. Fingerhood. Overcoming medication stigma in peer recovery: a new paradigm. American Public Health Association 2017 Annual Meeting & Expo. Nov. 4 - Nov. 8. Atlanta, Georgia.
OP-Ed
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0208-addiction-principles-20190207-story.html
Opioid crisis continues unabated in Md. and elsewhere; here's a plan of action
February 8, 2019|By Deborah Agus
Baltimore Sun, Op-Ed
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-addiction-20130814,0,1656887.story
Bringing addicts in from the streets
Creative and flexible programs are needed to address the scourge of drug addiction
August 14, 2013|By Deborah Agus
Baltimore Sun, Op-Ed
Poster:
Fingerhood, M., Mauro, P.M., Agus, D., Chaudhry, A.A. (2013, June 20) Community-based buprenorphine treatment program in Baltimore City: Reaching an underserved population. Poster session at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence annual conference in San Diego, California
Article about training program for clinicians to treat children and adolescents with sexual behavior problems:
Gill, R., Raphel, S. (2009) “New Hope and Help for Forgotten Youth”. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Volume 22, Issue 2, pages 57–62
Daniels A, Salisbury-Afshar E, Hochberg A, Agus D, Fingerhood M. A novel community-based buprenorphine program: Client description and initial outcomes. Journal of Addiction Medicine. J Addict Med Volume 8, Number 1, January/February 2014
Mendelson, T., Dariotis, J. K. and Agus, D. (2013), Psychosoial Strengths and Needs of Low-Income Substance Abusers in Recovery. J. Community Psychol., 41: 19–34. doi: 10.1002/jcop.21507
Mauro, P.M., Agus, D., Fingerhood, M. (2014, November 17). Reaching in to reach out: Unique program locates Buprenorphine treatment in two Baltimore City grassroots recovery programs. Poster session at the 2014 American Public Health Association annual conference in New Orleans, LA.
N. Krawczyk. T. Negron M. Nieto, D. Agus, M. Fingerhood. Overcoming medication stigma in peer recovery: a new paradigm [Accepted, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, October 2017]
N. Krawczyk. T. Negron M. Nieto, D. Agus, M. Fingerhood. Overcoming medication stigma in peer recovery: a new paradigm. American Public Health Association 2017 Annual Meeting & Expo. Nov. 4 - Nov. 8. Atlanta, Georgia.
OP-Ed
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0208-addiction-principles-20190207-story.html
Opioid crisis continues unabated in Md. and elsewhere; here's a plan of action
February 8, 2019|By Deborah Agus
Baltimore Sun, Op-Ed
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-addiction-20130814,0,1656887.story
Bringing addicts in from the streets
Creative and flexible programs are needed to address the scourge of drug addiction
August 14, 2013|By Deborah Agus
Baltimore Sun, Op-Ed
Poster:
Fingerhood, M., Mauro, P.M., Agus, D., Chaudhry, A.A. (2013, June 20) Community-based buprenorphine treatment program in Baltimore City: Reaching an underserved population. Poster session at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence annual conference in San Diego, California
Article about training program for clinicians to treat children and adolescents with sexual behavior problems:
Gill, R., Raphel, S. (2009) “New Hope and Help for Forgotten Youth”. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Volume 22, Issue 2, pages 57–62
Other Publications by Staff:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460317301818
Predictors of buprenorphine treatment success of opioid dependence in two Baltimore City grassroots recovery programs
Addictive Behaviors, Volume null, Issue null, Page null
April Joy Damian, Tamar Mendelson, Deborah Agus
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/05/05/opioid-fight-threatened-healthcare-reform-589143.html
BHLI featured in Newsweek Article
"Right-Wing Relapse? How the Opioid Fight is Threatened by Healthcare Reform:
By Emily Cadei, April 25, 2017
Articles about Baltimore Capitation Project: A creative financing model
Baron, S. T., Agus, D., Osher, F., & Brown, D. (1998). The city of Baltimore, USA: The Baltimore experience. In D. Goldberg & G. Thornicroft (Eds.), Maudsley Monograph 42: Mental Health in our Future Cities (pp. 57–76). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Agus, D., Blum, S., & Baron, S. (1995). Building a capacitated public mental health service for seriously mentally ill adults: The Baltimore experience. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 22, 262–271.
Agus, D. (2012). Mental Health and the Law. In W.W. Eaton (Ed.), Public Mental Health (pp. 351–380). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.
Predictors of buprenorphine treatment success of opioid dependence in two Baltimore City grassroots recovery programs
Addictive Behaviors, Volume null, Issue null, Page null
April Joy Damian, Tamar Mendelson, Deborah Agus
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/05/05/opioid-fight-threatened-healthcare-reform-589143.html
BHLI featured in Newsweek Article
"Right-Wing Relapse? How the Opioid Fight is Threatened by Healthcare Reform:
By Emily Cadei, April 25, 2017
Articles about Baltimore Capitation Project: A creative financing model
Baron, S. T., Agus, D., Osher, F., & Brown, D. (1998). The city of Baltimore, USA: The Baltimore experience. In D. Goldberg & G. Thornicroft (Eds.), Maudsley Monograph 42: Mental Health in our Future Cities (pp. 57–76). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Agus, D., Blum, S., & Baron, S. (1995). Building a capacitated public mental health service for seriously mentally ill adults: The Baltimore experience. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 22, 262–271.
Agus, D. (2012). Mental Health and the Law. In W.W. Eaton (Ed.), Public Mental Health (pp. 351–380). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.
State Action Limits Opioid Addiction Treatments
Op-ed: State action restricts treatment, increases potential for overdose deaths and targets the poor. Why are they taking this action now?
By: Deborah Agus, Leonard Feldman, Scott Nolen
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Additional Information:
Baltimore Sun Article
By: Meredith Cohn and Jean Marbella, Contact Reporters, The Baltimore Sun
NPR Podcast
July 19, 20163:20 PM ET | Heard on All Things Considered
Letter to Editor About Addiction Treatment Funding
By: Deborah Agus, Executive Director, BHLI
By: Deborah Agus, Leonard Feldman, Scott Nolen
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Additional Information:
Baltimore Sun Article
By: Meredith Cohn and Jean Marbella, Contact Reporters, The Baltimore Sun
NPR Podcast
July 19, 20163:20 PM ET | Heard on All Things Considered
Letter to Editor About Addiction Treatment Funding
By: Deborah Agus, Executive Director, BHLI