In the episode “Rehab” of the “Deadly Pill” podcast on iHeart Radio, Team Supervisor Prue Cooper, director of paraprofessional/SUD training & innovation, talks about the opioid epidemic, the (up to) 75 percent of people with co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders, and the effectiveness of certain treatments and medications. She also discusses the top reasons people become addicted, the problematic “rehab shuffle” phenomenon, and the shame and stigma that still exists with both disorders. Ultimately, she says, “there needs to be integrated care.”
40 Years of Impact: Honoring Pacific Clinics Asian Pacific Family Center’s People, History and Future
October 30, 2026
When Pacific Clinics Asian Pacific Family Center opened in 1986, it was a first of its kind, introducing culturally responsive, in-language mental health services to API communities in the San Gabriel Valley. Forty years later; that commitment continues.
