Video: William White on reconnecting treatment and recovery

Footnotes

1) Paper: A Recovery Revolution in Philadelphia [W.White 2007]

A Recovery Revolution in Philadelphia [W.White 2007]

…Transforming behavioral health care systems involves revolutionary changes in

four areas: core values and concepts, constituency relationships, service practices, and

funding and regulatory policies. Here is how changes in these areas unfolded and

continue to unfold in the City of Philadelphia…

[Faces and Voices of Recovery website]

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William White on reconnecting treatment and recovery