Daniel H. Angres, M.D. - Member, RiverMend Health Scientific Advisory Board for Addiction & Psychiatry Medical Director, Presence Behavioral Health Addiction Services Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Daniel Angres addressed the RiverMend Health Scientific Advisory Board on the evolution and current state of the recovery facilities in Illinois. Click to watch lecture :http://vimeo.com/107661891 For more information visit: http://www.rivermendhealth.com/scientific-advisory-board-addiction.html

1. Physician Recovery in Illinois
Daniel H. Angres M.D.
Medical Director, Presence Behavioral Health Addiction Services
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

2. Evolution of Professional’s Program in Illinois
1984 - SAFE
Ave nture with Dr. Do ug las Talbo tt and Be n Unde rwo o d (Ge o rg ia) and Dr.
Ro g e r Go e tz (So uth Caro lina)
Office-based day hospitals with Independent Living
1987 – SAFE Chicago acquired by Parkside
1993 – Parkside acquired by Rush University and becomes Rush
Behavioral Health
2007 – Rush Behavioral Health acquired by Presence (Resurrection)
Health
*Average census 20 patients, all professionals, half physicians
*Healthcare professionals from across the country, now mostly Midwest
*Largest and oldest professional’s program in Illinois and one of the first in
the U.S.
*Treated over 4000 professionals (2/3 healthcare professionals)

3. Professional’s Program at
Presence Behavioral Health
(Based on the Talbott Model)
4 phases:
1) Residential and/or Inpatient detox (when needed)
2) - Partial Hospital with Independent Living Program
3) – The “Mirror Image Phase”
4) - Two year aftercare (Caduceus Groups)

4. Component of the Program
– Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Program
(MAP) Fitness for Duty, 2 to 3 days
• Physicians & Other Healthcare Professionals
• Attorneys
• Clergy
• Business Executives

5. Illinois Physicians
•Over physicians 50k in Illinois
•Illinois Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation (IDFPR), supportive
entity
•Illinois Professional Health Program separate
from IDFPR-some support from Illinois State
Medical Society
•Chicago Medical Society (CMS) with
increasing interest in physician wellness and
culture of safety

7. Guidebook
• Facilitates communication between patients, and
between staff and patients; provides a “common
language”
• Assists patients in internalizing key concepts of
recovery
• Improves self-awareness
• Use of self-reports increases opportunities for
research
• Improves treatment outcomes as measured by
abstinence rates & perceived well-being

8. Opportunities in Chicago
• Need for “high end” residential program
• Include treatment of obesity&/or
compulsive/addictive eating patterns
using addiction model
• Expand existing Professional’s Program
• Expand sober living for professionals
• Partner with Northwestern