• On Saturday, July 7, 2007, Matt Green, Clinical Director of Sameem Associates, was featured on WEZE Radio 590 Boston on Talking about Health to discuss adolescent drug abuse.  The 30-minute show covered issues from why teens abuse drugs to what parents need to know about their teen’s behavior.  This informative program follows other appearances Matt Green has made including The Jordan Rich Show on WBZ Radio Boston.

• Sameem Associates has recently added “The Path” newsletter.  This quarterly information page updates the community on issues that are important within the therapeutic milieu as well as highlighting profiles/ideas of Sameem's seasoned staff.
  
  Sue Green, Practice Coordinator for Sameem Associates, created “The Path”.
  She serves as the editor and publisher of this periodical.
  
  For more information or to be added to our mailing list, please contact us.

FYI – FOR YOUR INFORMATION
For the past 5 years, Sameem Associates has been offering an ambulatory detoxification (detox) and maintenance program otherwise known as the Suboxone Program.  This highly successful detox and intensive outpatient program offers services to patients with opiate dependence (heroin and other pain medicines).  Patients are obligated to commit to an initial period of 3 months, coming in for individual, group and family therapy as well as drug testing and medication (Suboxone and other psychiatric medicines) management.  In the first phase of treatment, patients generally come in 3-4 times per week for counseling in addition to attending 12-step (Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous) meetings.  Adults are able to maintain full time employment while in the program and students have been able to attend classes or have taken a medical leave from school.  Following the initial 3 month phase of treatment, patients who want to continue therapy may do so, and if they want to continue with their medicine in a maintenance phase they may do so with the additional support of therapy at least once weekly.  This program has been very successful with patients both young and old.  This program is part of several research studies in the Boston area that assess the effectiveness of Suboxone medication.