RWJBH using federal grant to bring mental health first-aid to active-military, veterans and their families in Ocean County

Thanks to a $600,000 grant from the federal government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, RWJBarnabas Health will be bringing mental health first-aid training programs to Ocean County, including ones to help military service members, veterans and their families. “We have been doing mental health first-aid for four or five years,” Brian Preiser, manager […]

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Leaders Awarded For Drug Prevention, Mental Health Advocacy

TOMS RIVER – The DART Prevention Coalition of Ocean County marked its 15th anniversary last month with a celebration recognizing individuals and communities dedicated to substance abuse prevention. DART, a program under RWJBarnabas Health’s Institute for Prevention and Recovery, works to reduce underage drinking, prescription drug abuse, and the illegal use of marijuana and […]

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