Author Archives: Ivy Ingle

The Helping to End Addiction Long-termSM Initiative, or NIH HEAL InitiativeSM, is an aggressive, trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis. Hendrée Jones, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in the development and examination of both behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for pregnant women...

Hendrée Jones, PhD, was one of the distinguished keynote speakers at the American Psychological Association’s 2020 virtual convention in August. Dr. Jones delivered a talk entitled “Trading Pills for Skills: Effective Maternal Addiction Treatment and Recovery.

Dr. Hendrée Jones received The R. Brinkley Smithers Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) at their virtual conference in April 2020. According to ASAM, “The award was established in 1995 as a lasting tribute to R. Brinkley Smithers who influenced American alcoholism policy, theory and...

Dr. Hendrée Jones received the prestigious Marian W. Fischman Lectureship Award at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) in June 2019 in San Antonio, Texas. The award honors the late Marian W. Fischman, a respected pioneer in drug abuse research and an outstanding scientist,...

The well being of the infants and children of participating mothers is a special focus for Horizons.

Horizons offers perinatal, residential, and outpatient services for individuals who meet the admission criteria.

Excerpts from interviews with two graduates of the residential program

When Dr. John Thorp founded UNC Horizons, the program had two employees. Now, the program has 80 employees, residential treatment, two outpatient programs, a child care center and 25 apartments.

I learned that recovery is more than just not using drugs- it is a way of living in an honest and real way. I learned to feel all of my emotions and to sit and really feel the anger, sadness and joy. Horizons taught me to be independent and know...