Responding to the Unique Treatment Needs of Older Adults | Conference Highlight 2021

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In this conference highlight, Kate Mahoney covers addressing unresolved loss during treatment. This clips is taken from the presentation “Responding to the Unique Treatment Needs of Older Adults”.
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Katie Mahoney, LCSW has more than 30 years of experience in substance use disorder treatment. Kate’s contributions to the field have been acknowledged by colleagues at the local and national level. In 2013, Kate was awarded the prestigious national Nyswander/Dole award from the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence for her leadership in addressing the opioid epidemic.
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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 1 H79 TI083272-01.