Lincoln Hospital Detox Program

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The Lincoln Hospital Detox Program was a pioneering, community-based drug treatment initiative in the Bronx that became known for its use of acupuncture and its role in radical health activism during the 1970s.

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instanceOf addiction treatment program ⓘ
community health program ⓘ
drug treatment program ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
aim challenge mainstream medical approaches to addiction ⓘ
provide accessible detox services to low-income residents ⓘ
approach holistic health care ⓘ
non-pharmaceutical treatment for addiction ⓘ
associatedWith Lincoln Hospital Collective ⓘ
radical health workers ⓘ
basedOn community control of health care principles ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
focus drug detoxification ⓘ
substance use disorder treatment ⓘ
healthDisparityAddressed limited access to drug treatment for marginalized communities ⓘ
ideology community self-determination in health care ⓘ
health care as a human right ⓘ
influenced later acupuncture-based addiction treatment models ⓘ
influencedBy community organizing traditions in the Bronx ⓘ
knownFor community-based approach to addiction treatment ⓘ
role in radical health activism ⓘ
use of acupuncture in drug treatment ⓘ
locatedIn Bronx, New York City ⓘ
linked to: The Bronx

Lincoln Hospital ⓘ
methodCharacteristic group-based acupuncture sessions ⓘ
integration of political education with treatment ⓘ
politicalContext post–civil rights era urban activism ⓘ
radical health movement of the 1970s ⓘ
servedCommunity Black and Latino communities in the South Bronx ⓘ
treatmentSetting community clinic ⓘ
outpatient ⓘ
usedTreatmentMethod acupuncture ⓘ

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