News | Peter G. Dodge Foundation

November 19, 2016

PGDF Director to Speak at David Lynch Foundation Summit

PGDF’s Executive Director, Elizabeth Cairns, will appear as a panelist at a national summit presented by the David Lynch Foundation, Exploring the Science of Meditation on Trauma, Stress, and the Brain. The summit will be held at the United States ...

November 17, 2016

Surgeon General Issues First Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health

For the first time ever, a U.S. Surgeon General has dedicated a report to substance misuse and related disorders. The report finds alcohol and drug misuse and severe substance use disorders, commonly called addiction, to be one of America’s most ...

November 11, 2016

Study: Telephone intervention helps veterans with AUD

A research study using telephone-based intervention has shown promise in helping members of the military to combat alcohol use disorder (AUD). While illicit drug use is lower among United States military personnel than among civilians, heavy alcohol and tobacco use, ...

October 31, 2016

Parity laws have been in effect since 2008. Are they being implemented?

One of the tenets of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is that mental health and substance use disorders must be covered by health insurance equivalent to any other condition as part of general medical care. This concept is commonly referred ...

October 26, 2016

PGDF Announces 2016 Mission Grant Recipients

The Peter G. Dodge Foundation (PGDF) is pleased to announce our 2016 Mission Grant recipients. Mission Grants fund work that aligns with our primary objective: helping people lead lives free from the effects of alcohol addiction. Pinhead Institute* PGDF renews ...

October 15, 2016

Grantee Profile: Faces & Voices of Recovery

Faces & Voices of Recovery is a national non-profit organization dedicated to uniting and mobilizing Americans in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction into recovery community organizations and networks. Along with their families, friends and allies, they promote the right ...

October 5, 2016

Alcohol use disorder is undertreated, medications underused

Public health officials are encouraging doctors to consider an often-overlooked option when treating alcohol use disorders: medication. Many experts in the field agree that clinicians should include medications on the list of treatment options for alcohol use disorder (AUD), yet ...

September 30, 2016

Grantee Profile: Baltimore Clayworks

Baltimore Clayworks is a non-profit ceramic art center and a hub for an artist-centered community that provides artistic, educational, and collaborative programs and resources. Founded in 1980 by nine potters and ceramic sculptors, Baltimore Clayworks offers studio space, equipment, and ...

September 15, 2016

Dr. Scott Kellogg: Addiction Treatment as Liberation

Addiction psychologist Scott Kellogg, PhD, discusses the idea of addiction as slavery and treatment as a work of liberation in a recent article in The Influence. Entitled, “Addiction Treatment Should Be the Work of Liberation—But What Does Such a Model ...