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May 31, 2001
Contacts:
Shiyoko Cothren (313) 577-7917, scothren@med.wayne.edu
Andrea Gresko (313) 577-1872, agresko@med.wayne.edu
University Psychiatric
Centers Launch Two New Programs
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
April 11, 2001 University Psychiatric Centers (UPC) has launched two new
programs to add to its array of growing clinical services.
The
Conflict/Anger Management Program -- launched April 10 -- and the Learning
Enhancement Addictions Program (LEAP) -- started in late 2000 were both
created by UPC clinician John Vetrano, M.A., C.S.W., L.P.C., as a way to fill
needs he saw reflected in the community.
We
seem to have a need for [an anger management group.] We get a number of calls
from employee assistance programs, employers, supervisors, and other community
resources asking for this service. LEAP began as an intensive outpatient program
and was revised to meet current patient needs and the population, Vetrano
said.
Vetrano,
who has been with UPC for two years, said that the programs stand out among
other substance-abuse and conflict management groups in the area because of the
use of cognitive behavioral therapy.
For
LEAP, we focus on abstinence-based treatment, but we also use a cognitive
behavioral therapy approach and really emphasize that the individual focus on
changing their thoughts, feelings and behaviors as part of the lifestyle
changing process. In the conflict
management
group, we also teach a cognitive behavioral approach to understanding feelings
of anger, connecting it to thinking and then to behaviors. Actual hands-on
skills are taught for individuals to use outside of the group, he said.
UPC
is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Wayne State University
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. It has been providing
mental health and substance abuse treatment services throughout the Detroit
metropolitan area since 1994.
For
more information on the Conflict/Anger Management Program, the LEAP Program, or
any of UPCs clinical services, please call (888) 362-7792.
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