Mount Saint Mary College’s Center for Adolescent Research and Development (CARD) will present “Substance Abuse: What works, What Doesn't” by social worker Justin Sangeorge, LMSW on Tuesday, April 2 at 4 p.m.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the college’s Dominican Center. Mount Saint Mary College is located at 330 Powell Ave., Newburgh, N.Y.
The Mount’s CARD is a clearinghouse for research initiatives. These include the psychological, social, cultural, educational, and health-related issues endemic to contemporary adolescents and young adults.
Sangeorge, a 2004 graduate of the Mount, currently serves as the clinical director of a behavioral health outpatient clinic. In 2011, he received a master’s degree in social work from Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare.
“It was during my second-year internship where I worked with Substance Use Disorder (SUD), and realized this was the population I was meant to serve,” said Sangeorge.
Since becoming a social worker, Sangeorge has worked with people who experienced challenges with substance use, mental health, homelessness, incarceration, trauma, and abuse.
“My work has extended into the community, where I have had the opportunity to work with elected officials, state and city organizations, and community-based organizations, which all work together to assist the communities we serve,” he said. “This work is extremely important, and is my purpose that I have identified for my life and career."