For adolescents with substance use disorders, recovery support models integrate peer supports and continuing care to promote sustained recovery. These models aim to build recovery capital (RC), the personal, social, and environmental resources required to sustain recovery. The Recovery Capital for Adolescents Model (RCAM) is a proposed framework focusing on the identification of assets that enhance recovery, as well as an exploration of barriers to recovery.
In this webinar from the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)’s Opioid Response Network (ORN) and the Recovery Research Institute (RRI) at Mass General Hospital, Emily Hennessy, PhD, Associate Director of Biostatistics at RRI, discusses adolescent substance use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery, specifically focusing on the importance of building social recovery capital.
The Opioid Response Network (ORN) Partnership
In partnership with the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)’s Opioid Response Network (ORN), the Recovery Research Institute (RRI) has received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide training and technical assistance that will enhance the application of evidence-based practices in addiction treatment, prevention, and recovery.
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI083343 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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Best D, Hennessy EA. The science of recovery capital: where do we go from here? Addiction. 2022 04; 117(4):1139-1145.
Hennessy EA, Jurinsky J, Simpson H, Nash A. Parenting to provide social recovery capital: A qualitative study. Addict Res Theory. 2022; 30(5):368-374.
Jurinsky J, Cowie K, Blyth S, Hennessy EA. “A lot better than it used to be”: A qualitative study of adolescents’ dynamic social recovery capital. Addict Res Theory. 2023;31(2):77-83.
Emily Hennessy, PhD is the Associate Director of Biostatistics at the Recovery Research Institute at Mass General Hosptial and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hennessy was a Fulbright Scholar to Norway where she completed an M.Phil. in Health Promotion and focused on adolescent well-being. Dr. Hennessy’s research examines factors associated with health behavior change among adolescents in the context of adolescent substance use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery.
