Teen addicts sought for program

Chatham Daily News (Canada)

Health-care professionals in Chatham-Kent are turning to a model developed in California to treat local youth battling addictions. Starting Jan. 28, a team comprised of registered social workers, an addiction counsellor, a child and youth worker and the youth programs co-ordinator at the Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres (CKCHC) will launch Teen Matrix for youth aged 14 to 17. "It's an intensive outpatient active addiction treatment program for youth," CKCHC addictions counsellor Cynthia Perritt told The Chatham Daily News. The 16-week program comprises of an adolescent social activity group, an early recovery group, a relapse prevention group, as well as separate adolescent and parent education groups.

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