Gosnold News
Gosnold Offers $1,000 Scholarship
Gosnold on Cape Cod, the Cape's largest provider of
addiction and mental health services, is offering a
$1,000 scholarship to a graduating Cape Cod senior who
has been accepted and is entering college in the Fall
of 2008. The student must plan to major in psychology,
social work or another field of study that is relevant
to addiction and/or mental health.
Interested applicants must complete an application
and submit an essay of at least 1,000 words that responds
to a specific issue about addiction. Essay details are
included in the application form.
Applications may be obtained by request via mail to
Gosnold on Cape Cod Scholarship Committee, 200 Ter Heun
Drive, Falmouth, MA 02540 or via e-mail from pames@gosnold.org.
Applications are due no later than April 30, 2008.
The award will be announced and the recipient will be
notified by May 30, 2008.
Posted March 27, 2008
Gosnold Welcomes New Psychiatrist
Gosnold on Cape Cod is pleased to announce the hiring
of David M. Dranetz, M.D. who has joined their pyschiatric
staff.
Dr. Dranetz is a Cape Cod native, graduate of Harvard
College, and Tufts University School of Medicine. He
is Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board
of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Dranetz comes to Gosnold
with 15 years of experience in outpatient psychotherapy
and psychiatric medication management and has worked
in multiple settings including private practice, community
mental health centers, psychiatric and general medical
hospitals, and military service.
Dr. Dranetz completed his residency training at Tripler
Army Medical Center in Honolulu in 1992, and served
as Division Psychiatrist and later Chief of Community
Mental Health Services at Fort Riley, Kansas until 1995.
He then combined private practice with community mental
health center work first in Kansas and then in Texas.
More recently, Dr. Dranetz had served on the psychiatric
staff at Cape Cod Hospital from 2005-2007.
Gosnold C.E.O. Raymond V. Tamasi said, "We are
very pleased that Dr. Dranetz has joined our staff.
We are acutely aware of the shortage of psychiatrists
on Cape Cod, particularly with the recent departure
of two Upper Cape doctors. We are confident that Dr.
Dranetz will help fill that need."
Dr. Dranetz is currently accepting patients at Gosnold's
Centerville, Mashpee, and Falmouth locations, and treats
a broad range of psychiatric conditions in adults of
all ages.
Appointments can be made by calling 800-444-1554, option
2.
Posted March 27, 2008
Rocky's Gym and Gosnold Partner for Addiction
Recovery
Treadmills, ab crunches, group therapy and counseling.
What do they have in common? Plenty it seems, as Gosnold
and Rocky's Gym are discovering. We've heard countless
times that exercise and fitness can reduce anxiety,
lower blood pressure and improve our outlook on life.
Rocky Rodrigues, founder and owner of Rocky's Gym in
East Falmouth decided to make it a possibility for patients
from Gosnold's residential treatment program--The Miller
House. He offered free one month gym memberships to
the patients to get them started and those who wanted
to remain after the first month got discounted memberships.
Open about his own alcohol addiction and his recovery,
Rocky is a source of inspiration to the men. "Life
isn't what has happened to you; it is what you choose
to make it." "If I can do it--stay sober,
said Rocky, anyone can if they are willing to work for
it." Rocky knows that being fit and staying with
an exercise program improves attitude and fosters the
positive addictions--an important stage in recovery.
About ten men have taken Rocky up on his offer and
they attend the gym daily. "It really helps me,"
said one of the men. "Isleep better at night; I
feel calmer during the day and it helps lessen the anxiety
that comes when you first stop using alcohol and other
drugs."
Rocky and Gosnold hope to continue the program and
expand it to include more patients who are in treatment.
Posted March 27, 2008
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NEWS ARCHIVES |
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RECOVERY
HIGHSCHOOL CONSIDERED FOR CAPE,
Falmouth Enterprise, Feb 27, 2007 |
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HEROIN
ADDICTIVE SOWING DEATH,
Cape Cod Times, Sunday Edition, Jan. 28, 2007 |
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RECOVERY
ISN'T JUST ABOUT WILLPOWER,
by Ray Tamasi, Falmouth Enterprise, Jan 12, 2007 |
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ALCOHOLISM
AND DRUG ABUSE WEEKLY - NEWSLETTER,
Jan 15, 2007 |
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EMERSON
HOUSE COOKBOOK |
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