Second Signal
In July 2021, this company was founded to help people in addiction recovery by using AI/ML to predict and prevent relapses.
What is Second Signal?
This drug comes from a tree that grows naturally in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. Its leaves have traditionally been used as medicine, but is now being used as a recreational drug.
What is kratom?
This structure in the brain is responsible for the processing and regulation of emotions such as anxiety, fear, anger, and sadness. It also plays a role in controlling aggression.
What is the amygdala?
A type of therapy which provides mental health services and support via virtual platforms.
What is telehealth?
The founders of Second Signal
Who are Grace Ann Aldridge & Lauren Brown?
An activity sent via a survey to potential users of Second Signal to capture their contact information and behaviors
What is a trigger inventory?
What are inhalants?
The continued, compulsive use of substances or behaviors despite harmful consequences.
What is addiction?
This is a public health philosophy and intervention that seeks to reduce the harms associated with drug use and ineffective drug policies.
What is harm reduction?
This person is responsible for front-end development
Who is Drew Vena?
Second Signal is structured as this type of company
What is an LLC? or What is a for-profit organization?
Suboxone is a dissolvable medication that is an opioid prescription drug used to treat opioid dependence. It is a combination of these two drugs:
What is buprenorphone and nalaxone?
This is a word for a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.
What is a stigma?
This program was designed for elementary and junior-high learners and the curriculum focused on preventative education and strategies that could be used to resist peer pressure. It told learners that they should “just say no” when confronted with a difficult situation.
What is the DARE program?
Inspired by her story of experience, strength, and hope. This person is Second Signal's muse.
Who is Vera Aldridge?
The term used to describe a person who supports a person in recovery at Second Signal. This can be a loved one, sponsor, friend, or family member.
What is an advocate?
This class stimulates the reward pathway in the same way the addictive substance does, which alleviates withdrawal and craving by restoring a level balance.
What is an agonist?
This is the only process addiction recognized in the DSM IV
What is gambling?
This type of therapy is influenced by the philosophical perspective balancing opposites. The therapist consistently works with the individual to find ways to hold two seemingly opposite perspectives at once, promoting balance and avoiding black and white—the all-or-nothing styles of thinking.
This is technically Second Signals first paid employee
This the % of revenue-share given to partnering treatment centers for their client referrals
a synthetic opioid, approved for treating severe pain, typically advanced cancer pain.1 It is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. It is prescribed in the form of transdermal patches or lozenges and can be diverted for misuse and abuse in the United States.
What is fentanyl?
This type of intervention is supported by evidence to be more effective than any other treatment, such as CBT, for increasing abstinence from alcohol use disorder.
What is AA or TSF (Twelve Step Facilitation)?
An illegal practice used by some rehab facilities to pay a third party to procure patients for them. When at their most vulnerable, addicted people and their families are talked into believing the facility is acting in their best interests, when in reality, they're in it for financial gain.
What is body brokering? or What is patient brokering?
The first (& only) investor for Second Signal