• 15: A Conversation About Intervention and Prevention with Margarita Leahy

  • Oct 31 2022
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
  • Podcast

15: A Conversation About Intervention and Prevention with Margarita Leahy

  • Summary

  • ⚠️ WARNING: This episode discusses topics relating to drug and alcohol use. Please listen with care. ⚠️

    On this episode I chat with fellow Rider University alumna, Margarita Leahy, Ed.S., NCC, LPC, LCADC, ACS. She recently became the Executive Director of the Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. Margarita explains the difference between intervention and prevention, as well as what an intervention looks like in real life. We also discuss the impact the pandemic had on drug and alcohol use, as well as the increase in suicidal ideation.

    Learn more about the Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction here.

    Margarita mentions author Allie Brosh and her graphic novels. You can check out those novels here.

    Margarita also mentions the Colombia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) if you are interested to reading the scale you can do so here.

    Learn about Recovery Advocates of American here.

    If you or someone you know is in a crisis call 988 for help. 

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