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RIT behavioral health researchers expand opioid addiction treatment


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Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) - RIT’s Behavioral Health program is expanding with a clinic on campus and federal funding to deliver addiction treatment in rural communities in upstate New York and rural New Hampshire.

The program was funded in 2018 by the U.S. Department of the Health and Humans Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration to fill a shortage of mental health professionals, especially with addiction expertise, in the Rochester area.

The RIT Priority Behavioral Health clinic gives therapy interns experience conducting in-person and telehealth sessions and assessment services under the supervision of licensed clinical psychologists.

The training clinic is open to anyone at RIT and in the wider community, and services are free of charge.

“Right now, people are dealing with grief and loss, social isolation, and health anxiety. We will take clients who just need somebody to talk to," said Professor of Biomedical Sciences Caroline Easton.

The Priority Behavioral Health clinic is located in the Clinical Health Sciences Building at the north end of the RIT campus.


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