WPIX 11 interviewed Dr. Lawrence S. Brown Jr, MD, CEO of START Treatment & Recovery Centers on July 14, 2021.
Dr. Brown discussed the government’s report that US drug overdoses rose nearly 30% last year, reflecting the pandemic’s toll on efforts to halt the nation’s opioid crisis and the spread of fentanyl.
Latest News:
Dr. Brown's Testimony Before the Standing Committees on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, NYS Assembly on The Impact on Opiate Use and Covid-19 in a NYC Medication-Assisted Treatment Program (9/15/20)
Click here for Dr. Brown's Testimony Before the Mental Health Committee, NYS Assembly: The Trifecta of Racial Discrimination, Mental Health Disorders, and Covid-19 (9/8/20)
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Vaccine Booster Update - NYC DOHMH (11/23/21)
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Vaccine Booster Shots - CDC (8/26/21)
COVID-19-Increased Risk for Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019: (5/13/21)
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/guidance-people-severe-covid19.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html (7/16/21
https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-testing
OMH Vaccine Fact Sheet (1/5/21)
COVID-People with HIV Guidance: (6/23/20)
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-guidance-for-people-with-hiv.pdf
COVID-19-People-Use-Drugs-Guidance: (7/7/20)
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-people-use-drugs-guidance.pdf
Our Services:
Treatment of Substance Use Disorders:
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Behavioral Individual & Group Counseling
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Pharmacotherapy
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Vocational Training
Other Services for Adults
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Primary Medical Care
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HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis
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Medical Case Management
Medication Assisted Treatment Programs:
Medication Administration
Monday- Friday 6:45 - 11:45 am
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday 6:45 am - 3:30 pm
REACH
Monday- Friday 7 am - 3 pm
Adolescent Mental Health Care:
Teen START
Monday - Friday 3 pm - 9 pm
Saturday - 9 -5 pm
For a list of all our clinic locations, click here.
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