by Teri Sumbry | Feb 6, 2025 | Mental Health, Resources
🚨SCOUT Responds to Over 800 Calls The Summit County Outreach Team (SCOUT) is close to celebrating its first year in operation. This team, comprised of paramedics, police officers, and behavioral health specialists from Portage Path, has been responding to calls in...
by Teri Sumbry | Jan 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Portage Path Behavioral Health Receives $10,000 Health & Human Services Grant from Akron Community Foundation to Support Co-Occurring Treatment Program [January 16, 2025, Akron, OH] — Portage Path Behavioral Health is proud to announce that...
by Teri Sumbry | Oct 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Summit County, Ohio — Portage Path Behavioral Health (PPBH) is excited to announce the launch of a transformative new program, funded by a generous grant from OneOhio Recovery Foundation, aimed at supporting pregnant women grappling with the dual challenges of opioid...
by Teri Sumbry | Aug 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Social media is one of the best ways to remain in contact with friends and family regardless of distance. It has proved to be one of the greatest innovations in communication in the past 10 years. But with all good things comes major drawbacks. Studies have found that...
by Teri Sumbry | Jul 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Exercise is an important aspect of any healthy lifestyle for people of all ages. Exercise not only promotes a healthy body but did you know it can also be an important part of your mental health routine? A meta-analysis study completed in 2021 found that of all...
by Teri Sumbry | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
What does Co-Occurring mean? Co-occurring disorder refers to having a co-existing mental illness and substance use disorder. Roughly 50% of people with a severe mental illness are affected by substance abuse at some point in their life. The combination of these two...
by Teri Sumbry | Jun 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
On June 23rd, Portage Path said goodbye to its Medical Director of nine years, Jeffrey Moore, MD. Dr. Moore spent 30 years in various leadership roles at Cleveland Clinic Akron General and added his role at Portage Path to the mix in 2013. “The president of PPBH at...
by Teri Sumbry | May 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
On May, 21st, 2022, Portage Path Behavioral Health (PPBH) celebrated 50 years with a celebration at Greystone in Akron. This celebration included 200 guests showing their support for the organization, some with monetary contributions through our auction, find-a-need,...
by Teri Sumbry | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
April 5, 2022 (Akron, Ohio)– Portage Path Behavioral Health is proud to celebrate 50 years of providing behavioral health care services to the people of Summit County. As Portage Path celebrates this milestone, the non-profit that serves 10,000 people a year...
by Teri Sumbry | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Portage Path clinician Matt Ragan, LPCC, LICDC sat down with PPBH friend and musician Marc Lee Shannon for a deep dive into Dual Diagnosis treatment. What does it mean? What do we look for? How can family members help? Listen to find out! Recovery Talks; The Podcast...
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