Posts Tagged ‘Mental health’
Methadone Detox: Drug Issue Needs Honest Discussion – Cecil Whig
Drug issue needs honest discussion – Cecil Whig
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Drug issue needs honest discussion
Cecil Whig We still do not have a detox facility nearby. Union Hospital does not have a Behavioral and Mental Health Unit. There is a six-week waiting list for mental health counselors. There is a long line at the methadone clinic every day, which is just another … |
Cases of newborns with addictions soaring – Boston Globe
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Cases of newborns with addictions soaring
Boston Globe At Boston Medical Center, which treated 106 children last year who suffered drug withdrawal, about 85 percent return to their parents, he said. Most of them were exposed in utero to methadone or buprenorphine, drugs commonly prescribed for those in … |
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RI Addiction Center Opens for Women
RI addiction center opens for women – RI addiction center opens for women.
The Ripple Effect Of Heroin In New Hamphire
According to the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, heroin use has doubled amongst people 12 and older between 2007 and 2012. Quinn says the increase in the use of the powder form of the drug in the past few years …
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Health Foundation Grants .2 million to Area Nonprofits
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council for the Concho Valley was awarded $ 1,000,000 toward construction of a $ 4.9 million residential treatment facility and Detox Center. Organized in 1960, the Council provides residential substance abuse treatment services to …
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For Addiction Help, Dallas Turns to Us.
For addiction help, Dallas turns to us. – If you are in Dallas, watch this informative video on addiction help. Our dual diagnosis program handles mental health problems and gives addiction help. Del…
The Phoenix Recovery Center Opens a New Outpatient Drug and Alcohol …
The Phoenix Recovery Center, providers of individualized rehab treatment programs for individuals struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, announced the grand opening of their newest outpatient rehab facility located in Draper Utah . The new center …
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Report on Expanding Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in U.S. Criminal Justice System
Report on Expanding Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in U.S. Criminal Justice System – Harold Pollack, co-director at the University of Chicago Crime Lab, talking about the opportunity to expand mental health and substance abuse treatment in th…
Hazelden plans expansion of Betty Ford Centers in the west
The Affordable Care Act requires insurance coverage for drug and alcohol abuse treatment. The story noted that such mergers represent a national trend in health care in which organizations join forces to expand the areas that they cover and serve.
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Former Navy recruit Aaron Frazer denied abuse-related PTSD treatment by …
A former Defence force recruit is being refused treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder despite the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (DART) acknowledging he was raped at a Navy recruit school. Aaron Frazer says the DVA should provide treatment for …
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Painkiller Addiction (Mental Health Guru)
Painkiller Addiction (Mental Health Guru) – While useful as medication, prescription painkillers have also come to be recreationally used and abused. http://mental.healthguru.com/
Report: Many factors stoke heroin, opiate addiction crisis in New Jersey
The report, peppered with photographs and stories of young residents who have died from heroin and painkiller overdoses, paints a picture of a deepening epidemic of opiate addiction in New Jersey. In 2012, the report notes, there were more than 8,300 …
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Can snail venom be the new painkiller?
Snail Venom An experimental drug made from snail venom has shown early signs of promise in numbing pain, raising hopes in the hunt for new, non-addictive medications, researchers said on Sunday. The drug, which has not been tested yet on humans, …
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CTN Webinar: Developing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Protocols
CTN Webinar: Developing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Protocols – This one-hour presentation examined design and implementation issues related to medication assisted treatment protocols, masking strategies, and regulatory c…
NJ Panel Issues Recommendations To Combat 'Skyrocketing' Heroin Use
The report also recommends expanding mental health and substance abuse programs in county jails, and reviewing insurance practices to make it easier to get mental health and substance abuse treatment. Connecticut lawmakers also … “Addiction to heroin …
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Irsay checks into rehab as defense strategy develops
This in-patient treatment would mark at least the second time Irsay has checked himself into rehab to battle a prescription pain-killer addiction that has dogged him since back surgery in the mid-1990s. … “The spike in heroin overdoses is in a large …
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