The Youth Center at the Recovery Research Institute

The Youth Center at the Recovery Research Institute National Center on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery: Addressing a public health imperative.

Attention all JMYPTR 2026 proposal submitters, we are extending the submission deadline! New deadline: Wednesday, Octobe...
10/08/2025

Attention all JMYPTR 2026 proposal submitters, we are extending the submission deadline!

New deadline: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025!

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/87xVYGL |

10/01/2025

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Reminder: The deadline to submit your proposal for the 2026 JMYPTR conference is just two weeks away!Please submit by Oc...
10/01/2025

Reminder: The deadline to submit your proposal for the 2026 JMYPTR conference is just two weeks away!

Please submit by October 15th, 2025

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/87xVYGL |

Social connection is a key driver of resilience in youth recovery. Teens in recovery high schools spend more time with p...
09/30/2025

Social connection is a key driver of resilience in youth recovery. Teens in recovery high schools spend more time with peers who don’t use substances, and community peer groups offer support. Both of these connections help youth in their recovery journey (Hennessy, 2024) (Hennessy, 2025).

"Even though many youth discontinue AA ⁄ NA over time, attendees appear to benefit, and more severely substance-involved...
09/29/2025

"Even though many youth discontinue AA ⁄ NA over time, attendees appear to benefit, and more severely substance-involved youth attend most. Successful early post treatment engagement of youth in abstinence-supportive social contexts, such as AA ⁄ NA, can have long-term positive impacts for alcohol and drug involvement into young adulthood" (Kelly, 2008).

Ask young people how they want to talk about their experience stopping drug use. Young people often have little control ...
09/27/2025

Ask young people how they want to talk about their experience stopping drug use. Young people often have little control over when or how they disclose experiences of stopping drug use, but they have important opinions on how these conversations unfold and the language that should be used (Blyth, 2024) (Blyth, 2023).

Did you know there are evidence-based schools designed for youth in recovery or seeking to reduce their substance use? T...
09/24/2025

Did you know there are evidence-based schools designed for youth in recovery or seeking to reduce their substance use? These are called recovery high schools: where academics are combined with recovery support... (Finch, 2017) (Nash, 2019).

Join us today, Wednesday, September 24th, at 12:00pm EST for the latest session in the Opioid Response Network webinar s...
09/24/2025

Join us today, Wednesday, September 24th, at 12:00pm EST for the latest session in the Opioid Response Network webinar series, featuring Emily Hennessy on "Adolescent Recovery as a Social Process: Examining and Fostering Social Network Change”.

Register for free: https://buff.ly/jlg4ngW

Call for Proposals: “Meet the Authors” SessionShowcase your recently published book at the “Meet the Authors” session fo...
09/23/2025

Call for Proposals: “Meet the Authors” Session

Showcase your recently published book at the “Meet the Authors” session for the 2026 Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment and Recovery. The book should align with the overarching 2026 conference mission, “From risk to resilience: Transforming youth substance use care.”

Submission deadline: October 20, 2025
Learn more here: https://buff.ly/7oanPDb
Submit here: https://buff.ly/SDZtzNr

“Irrespective of current age, duration of recovery, and clinical markers of impairment, entering recovery as a young, ve...
09/21/2025

“Irrespective of current age, duration of recovery, and clinical markers of impairment, entering recovery as a young, versus older, adult, is associated with better subsequent quality of life - an advantage that appears even more discernible early in recovery” (Kelly, 2021).

Connecting youth to 12-step groups and peer support boosts recovery and mental health after treatment (Kelly, 2016) (Kel...
09/20/2025

Connecting youth to 12-step groups and peer support boosts recovery and mental health after treatment (Kelly, 2016) (Kelly, 2017).

Age matters: During early post-treatment, young people with substance use disorder become more engaged and have better s...
09/18/2025

Age matters: During early post-treatment, young people with substance use disorder become more engaged and have better substance use outcomes if they attend mutual-help meetings where other youth are present (Kelly, 2008).

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