Peer Recovery Support Services in New York Opioid Intervention Courts: Essential Elements and Processes for Effective Integration.

MENTORING; MENTAL health services; GOVERNMENT policy; COMMUNITY health workers; GROUP problem solving; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation

The court does notsanction participants for positive drugtests; rather the results of the toxicologytest are used to make adjustments tothe participant's treatment plan, suchas increasing treatment intensity orchanging medications, and to help thecourt recognize when a participant is indanger. While a defendant is participatingin the Buffalo Opioid Court, theprosecutor's office suspends prosecutionof the case. Adding Peer Recovery Support Servicesto Treatment and Recovery Courts In theory, adding PRSS to TRCs is a simpleundertaking: Just add peer recovery supportersto the existing multidisciplinary teamscomposed of judges, prosecutors, defenseattorneys, court administrators, behavioralhealth clinicians, social workers, and othercourt staff. The menu should include one-on-onesupports (e.g., recovery capital assessment,recovery planning, recovery coaching) andgroup supports (e.g., classes from which allparticipants can benefit, groups that furtherthe recovery process, group social activities)and should also include a consideration ofwhere supports will be offered. Successful strategiesinclude: hosting meetings that mix treatmentproviders, allied professionals, individuals andfamily members in recovery, and grassrootscommunity organizations; conducting ongoingfocus groups, town meetings, and otherlistening forums; hosting recovery celebrationevents and recovery conferences; visiblypromoting community recovery successes;mapping recovery capital by zip code; conductingrecovery prevalence surveys; andestablishing recovery-focused performancebenchmarks (Evans, Lamb, & White, 2013). [Extracted from the article]

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