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Alcohol Awareness Month
With news media focused on the opioid epidemic, many don’t realize the high numbers of patients in treatment with an addiction to alcohol. We have seen an uptick in alcohol misuse among our treatment center admissions in Maryland and Delaware. Ask and many will tell...
Hudson Promotes Leah Evans to Director of Compliance & Quality Assurance ; Mecca Earns Certification
Rita Mecca Earns Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Certification Salisbury, Md. – April 20, 2022 – Hudson Behavioral Health has promoted Director of Administration Leah Evans to the position of Director of Compliance and Quality Assurance. Evans has been with...
A Conversation With…Alexis Bell
At age 23, Alexis Bell, Hudson’s Residential Counselor at Chestnut House in Salisbury, has accomplished a tremendous amount in a short window of time. Now she is “using everything I have learned up until now in this job” to help residents of the Treatment House she...
Secret Lives of Social Workers
What You Probably Don't Know about Hudson's Amazing Social Work Team Clinical Treatment Manager Michele Sterling, LCSW-C, oversees the daily operations of our residential campus, leading a team of seven professionals. She spent a few minutes of her hectic day with...
Hudson Awarded ‘Non-Profit of the Year’ by Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce
Pictured left to right: Leslie Brown, CEO of Hudson Behavioral Health, Lachelle Scarlato, Executive Director of OC Chamber, and Stephanie Meehan, OC Chamber Board of Directors Salisbury, Md. – March 7, 2022 – At the 2022 Annual Awards Celebration on February 25,...
A Conversation With…Veron Johnson
Veron Johnson joined Hudson in mid-2021 to work with patients, many of whom fight an often-silent battle with mental health which can spur addiction and complicate recovery efforts. His resume includes serving as a Mental Health Professional Counselor at the Md. Dept....
Hudson Promotes Rita Mecca to Chief Financial Officer
Salisbury, Md. – January 6, 2022 – Hudson Behavioral Health has promoted Director of Accounting Rita Mecca to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mecca joined the organization in 2021 and has a diverse accounting background spanning more than twenty years. In her...
Santa Paws Provides Cute, Very Valuable, Pauses
We’ve spoken in the past about the value of dogs in recovery, but cats play a fun and furry role at Hudson, too. These two, Momma and Baby, live and love at Poplar House, one of our level 3.1 treatment houses in Maryland. Getting them dressed up for this photo shoot –...
Hudson Promotes Joshua Pippin to Program Manager, Maryland Housing
Salisbury, Md. – December 13, 2021 – Hudson Behavioral Health today announced it has promoted Joshua Pippin to serve as Program Manager, Maryland Housing. In this new role he will help oversee recovery services in Hudson’s five Maryland Level 3.1 treatment homes....
Hudson’s Housing Offers Unique Opportunities to Help Assure Success
When we speak about Hudson, most people immediately think of the challenges of detoxification and the very early steps of recovery. Yet recovery has so many different pieces that all work together – especially at Hudson. Our Step-Down Treatment Program readies...
Hudson Opens Renovated Treatment House to Expand Recovery & Mental Health Services
Union House Ribbon Cutting Creates More Opportunity for Success Salisbury, Md. – November 10, 2021 – With the slice of an oversized pair of scissors, Hudson Behavioral Health’s CEO Leslie Brown reopened Union House, one of several of Hudson’s treatment houses in...
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Home Is Where the Heart Is On the quiet streets of the Lower Eastern Shore, Hudson operates five treatment houses and two sober living homes. All the neighborhoods look different. Some have large houses, some small; many are made from wood while others from brick....