HEALTH/SUPPORT: May 28
Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with more than 33,500 weekly meetings in over 116 countries worldwide. Narcotics Anonymous sprang from …. Plymouth AIDS Support Services offers referrals … Read more on Wicked Local Plymouth

The Cabin Chiang Mai Alcohol and Drug Rehab Expert to Speak at Australian …
The Cabin Chiang Mai – Asia's leading substance and process addiction centre, also believes in the high efficacy of the 12 Steps and incorporates the programme in the rehab's progressive addiction treatment model – along with three other evidence-based … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Heroin epidemic: Two states, same problem, different responses
The two states face similar challenges. Both have reported an eightfold increase in demand for opiate-addiction treatment at state-licensed facilities in the past decade, along with a doubling in overdose deaths involving heroin and a rise in crime and … Read more on The Saratogian

?Alcoholism in Women; Risks and Treatment Options
Before another alcoholic binge moves a loved one closer to cardiac arrest and liver failure, take heart from the promise of the BioCorRx (OTCQB: BICX). Start Fresh Program, currently licensed to a groundswell of alcohol rehab centers around the nation. Read more on SmallCap Network

Club News
The goal for a rehab center is to help a patient who is being discharged from acute care to regain the necessary functions and skills to return home. Medicare …. Al-Anon believes that alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid … Read more on Sanford Herald (registration)

Community Services for May 25
“THAT'S NOT A WORD,” a game designed to increase focus, critical skills and vocabulary, will be offered to players at several sites throughout Etowah County: 10 a.m. to noon Mondays at the Gadsden Senior Activity Center; 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesdays at … Read more on Gadsden Times

Women's Treatment Centre Earns Accreditation
Premier and National Security Minister Michael Dunkley today [May 23] revealed that the Women's Treatment Centre has received CARF Accreditation in the categories of Community Housing: Alcohol and Other Drugs/Addictions [Adult] and Residential … Read more on Bernews

Court Conversations: Raleigh Day Report Center offers service, correction …
For example, if the criminal charge is related to alcohol or drug use, or if the assessment indicates substance abuse or dependence, the defendant will be afforded substance abuse treatment. The Day Report Center will administer randomly scheduled drug … Read more on Beckley Register-Herald

Addiction is a complex disease
A recent study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse indicated that there are 2.3 million inmates in American prisons; 65 percent meet the standard criteria for drug and alcohol addiction and abuse. The study further indicated that … Read more on Port Times Record

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford photographed at rehab facility; clinic confirms he's in …
New photos show the confessed crack-smoking mayor walking around the grounds of GreeneStone Clinic Muskoka, an Ontario residential facility that specializes in drug and alcohol addiction treatment. On Friday, GreeneStone confirmed that Ford was a … Read more on New York Daily News

Addicts and Alcoholics Can Improve Their Recovery With the Vibroacoustic …
Our Solutions, an outpatient counseling program in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has recently added the Vibroacoustic Program to their counseling services for the treatment of recovering addicts and alcoholics. Addicts and alcoholics in Fort Lauderdale now … Read more on Intercooler

Reckitt Benckiser Adds to Growing Addiction Treatment Pipeline
The current treatment approach is predominantly psychosocial support and is largely non-medicalised. The majority of healthcare professionals feel underequipped to manage patients with substance abuse – including alcoholism – based on currently … Read more on Drug Discovery & Development

Study: Addiction Treatment Stops Family Fighting
Dad.Alcoholic I'm an addict in recovery. I speak freely about it and without shame. I'm not the man I was before treatment. I am the self I was always meant to be. A huge part of my change was due to my kids. What happens when an alcoholic parent gets … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

Leon Valley Alcoholism Treatment Helpline Offers Guidance to Drug and Alcohol …
LIGHTNING RELEASES 04/21/14 –The people of Leon Valley, TX who struggle with drug and alcohol substance abuse are often unsure of where they can go to get real help. Teenagers are even more problematic because they have even less resources at … Read more on Ticker Report

Hassan speaks at substance abuse forum
That, according to experts, is a better term and is much less of a stigma for those battling addiction. “Substance Misuse Treatment and Trends” was the theme of a conference yesterday at the Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy. Center for Life … Read more on Eagle-Tribune

Gambling Addiction Treatment Sparse As Mass. Gears Up For Casinos
This is a very complicated disorder that's very interconnected to both mental health and substance abuse,” Ortiz explains. He and Dot Duda from Mt. Auburn Hospital say people in the throes of addiction need easy access to treatment. “If they're driving … Read more on WBUR

Anti-craving drug and counseling lower alcohol harm in homeless, without …
"Abstinence-based alcohol treatment has not been effective for or desirable to many homeless people with alcohol dependence ," said Susan Collins of the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is the lead … Read more on EurekAlert (press release)

Stigma, treatment focus of drug abuse forum
Jenny Salimbene, clinical director of Lexington Center for Recovery, a rehabilitation center in Dutchess, said there have been improvements in her field, including motivational interviewing and teaching young addicts values. "Why would anyone give up … Read more on Poughkeepsie Journal

Iran's secret drug addicts
But the modest facility here, a substance-abuse rehabilitation centre for women, is one sign that attitudes are slowly changing as Iran begins to confront an uncomfortable problem that long went ignored. The bulk of Afghan opium passes through Iran … Read more on Toronto Star

Why Didn't Drug Rehab Work? 5 Wrongs That Don't Make a Right
Not all drug rehab centers offer the type of evidence-based treatment that we know works. In fact, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University recently reported that only one in 10 people in need of addiction treatment … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

Galloway, NJ Welcomes New Drug Treatment Center: Addiction Treatment …
To provide the most personalized care, Addiction Treatment Services International offers a variety of evidence-based programs for individuals struggling with addiction. Clinical staff members treat a range of drug and alcohol addictions and each … Read more on PR Web (press release)