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Raritan Bay Recovery Center Recognized By Newsweek As Best In America

The South Amboy location of Recovery Centers of America was named by Newsweek magazine as one of America's best addiction treatment centers.

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SOUTH AMBOY, NJ — The South Amboy location of Recovery Centers of America was named by Newsweek magazine this August as one of America’s best addiction treatment centers for 2022.

Recovery Centers of America Raritan Bay is located in South Amboy.

This is the third consecutive year that Recovery Centers of America facilities have received the prestigious Newsweek designation. You can read Newsweek's ranking here: https://www.newsweek.com/ranki...

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The addiction treatment center has locations across the United States, including in Massachusetts, Maryland and Indiana.

Patients often come to Recovery Centers of America with mental illness, such as depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder, as well as substance use. That's why Recovery Centers of America says it has greatly expanded its mental health services to meet this growing demand. Drug and alcohol use is often closely related to mental illness.

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Dr. Peter Vernig, a renowned psychologist with decades in the mental health field, joined Recovery Centers of America to grow the company’s mental health strategy.

“When people come to us, they are suffering,” said Dr. Vernig. “We want them to find relief. In a lot of the same ways that substance use disorder impacts the community, mental health disorders do as well.”

Recovery Centers of America now offers mental health treatment with or without a substance use disorder to meet the growing need for services. Outpatient hubs to treat mental illness are being established to serve each state. The newest site, servicing all of Pennsylvania, is in Malvern, PA.


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