Mi Vida, Mi Historia

Phone: (617) 445-1123 | Email: [email protected]

What is Mi Vida, Mi Historia?

Mi Vida, Mi Historia (My Life, My Story) is a five-session substance use and HIV/STI prevention intervention that uses storytelling for empowerment to educate young people about health risks.

What is Storytelling for Empowerment?

Storytelling for Empowerment is an evidence-based model that utilizes cognitive decision-making, positive cultural identity (cultural empowerment), and resiliency models to educate young people about prevention and its conceptual underpinnings.

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Consulta Externa Familias Unidas

Call: (617) 445-1123 | Email: familiasoutpatient@casaesperanza.org

Familias Unidas Outpatient Services, is a licensed, CARF-accredited mental health clinic that that offers a range of client-centered, integrated services to support the long-term needs of people with co-occurring disorders, including: individual, group and family psychotherapy; psychiatric services; medication-assisted therapies; recovery services; and co-located primary care through a partnership with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.

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Programa Residencial Latinas y Niños

Phone: (617) 445-1123 | Email: [email protected]

Located on our Roxbury Campus:
263 Eustis Street
Roxbury, MA 02119

Latinas y Niños is a 6- to 12-month addiction treatment program. Latinas y Niños focuses on the unique cultural and social needs of Latina women in recovery and their children. Children under the age of 10 may live with a parent or guardian who is in recovery at Latinas y Niños. Our goal is to offer ...

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Conexiones Servicios de Estabilización Clínica

Call: (339) 212-7988 | Email: [email protected]

Located at Tewksbury Hospital
365 East Street
Tewksbury, MA 01876

Conexiones Clinical Stabilization Services (CSS) is the first bilingual/bicultural CSS to offer services in Spanish and English in Massachusetts. Conexiones offers evidence-based integrated treatment and stabilization services for individuals struggling with alcohol or substance misuse. Our goal at Conexiones is to help patients successfully transition to services that will support their continued recovery. 

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El Programa para Hombres de Casa

Phone: (617) 445-1123 | Email: [email protected]

Located on our Roxbury Campus:
291 Eustis Street
Roxbury, MA 02119

Casa Esperanza’s Men’s Program is a 6- to 9-month addiction treatment program. The program offers integrated behavioral health services in Spanish and English. Patients receive evidence-based treatment for addiction and support for co-occurring mental health disorders. Patients learn life skills, set recovery goals, and work to transition back into the community. Our goal is to help our patients achieve ...

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La historia de la PROMESA del abuelo

Through the Community PROMISE intervention strategy, we are reaching out to Latinx peers and role models to share inspiring stories and educate the community on STD/HIV prevention, risky sexual behaviors, substance use, and the importance of social supports.

Check out Abuelo’s story about addiction, crime, and how his decision to make a change saved his relationship with his family and life.

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Consejo de Proveedores Destaca Liderazgo y “Atención que Prioriza el Empoderamiento Cultural” de Casa Esperanza

Casa’s approach is a wraparound, time-unlimited approach that emphasizes working flexibly to build the internal and external resources clients need to live a self-directed life and work toward their full potential. Casa’s treatment model places the client at the center of care beginning with the development of a Person-Centered Care Plan that identifies medical, ...

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Resultados positivos de la herramienta de prevención de teléfonos inteligentes CASA-CHESS para hispanohablantes latinos en recuperación

Background: Hispanic/Latinx persons with alcohol and other drug disorders (AOD) have limited access to culturally competent continuity of care. To address this, the evidence-based smartphone recovery application Addiction-Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (A-CHESS) was translated and adapted for Latinx Spanish-speakers with AOD, developing CASA-CHESS. 

Objectives: This study examined the AOD and mental health outcomes for Latinx Spanish-speaking clients using the CASA-CHESS smartphone tool over a 6-month period, post-residential treatment. This single group, pre-post study design included seventy-nine male and female Spanish-speaking Latinx clients, ...

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Los latinos se ven especialmente afectados por la crisis de los opiáceos en Mass. ¿Pero por qué?

Los latinos se ven especialmente afectados por la crisis de los opiáceos en Mass. WBUR nos preguntó por qué:

El hombre alto y desgarbado gira un cono de papel en sus manos mientras brotan historias de casi 30 años de adicción: el robo que lo llevó a prisión a los 17; nunca obtener su GED; pasando por los horrores de la desintoxicación, tal vez 40 veces, incluida esta última, que terminó hace dos semanas. el esta ahora ...

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Los latinos se ven especialmente afectados por la crisis de los opiáceos en Mass. ¿Pero por qué?

Los latinos se ven especialmente afectados por la crisis de los opiáceos en Mass. WBUR nos preguntó por qué:

El hombre alto y desgarbado gira un cono de papel en sus manos mientras brotan historias de casi 30 años de adicción: el robo que lo llevó a prisión a los 17; nunca obtener su GED; pasando por los horrores de la desintoxicación, tal vez 40 veces, incluida esta última, que terminó hace dos semanas. el ahora en ...

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Desarrollamos una aplicación de recuperación para teléfonos inteligentes para ayudar a los latinos de habla hispana en la recuperación del tratamiento posterior a la residencia

Objective: Addressing alcohol and other drug disorders and other mental disorders among adult Hispanics/Latinos is of critical concern, as they are one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups with a disproportionate rate of disease, mental disorders, and poverty. Although improvement in outcomes is associated with sustained participation in ongoing treatment for co-occurring alcohol and other drug disorders/mental disorders, continuing care is rare for these chronic conditions, especially for Latinos with more limited access to culturally and linguistically competent services. 

Methods: The evidence-based ...

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