Shasta County mental health resources
Outpatient alcohol and drug programs: 225-5200. Programs treat alcohol and drug abuse and provide counseling, substance abuse education and crisis intervention. Youth mental health services: 225-5200. Outpatient counseling, assessments, case … Read more on Redding Record Searchlight

Dr. Arturo Taca, Jr., St. Louis Psychiatrist, Elected Midwest Chapter …
INSynergy Treatment Center is the premier alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility in St. Louis, Mo. Patients at INSynergy are treated using a modern-day approach combining medical pharmaceutical therapy with counseling. To learn more, please visit … Read more on STLtoday.com

Talking about mental health: Locals say Elko needs more services
His treatment center focuses specifically on addiction treatment, and cannot diagnose mental health concerns. The only psychiatrist practicing in Elko, Ron Zedek, comes from out of town and holds office hours one day a month at … She believes drug … Read more on Elko Daily Free Press

Local heroes rewarded for efforts
As will David Benton, the clinic director of Hanmer Clinic Tauranga, which provides outpatient alcohol and drug addiction treatment, and co-chairman of the Midlands Addiction Advisory Forum. The award ceremony of all the Kiwibank Bay of Plenty Local … Read more on New Zealand Herald

Medications to treat opioid use disorders — new guideline from the American …
September 24, 2015 – Medications play an important role in managing patients with opioid use disorders, but there are not enough physicians with the knowledge and ability to use these often-complex treatments. New evidence-based recommendations on … Read more on EurekAlert (press release)

The Importance of Addressing Core Psychological Issues in Drug Addiction Treatment
There are many ways to go about addressing these core psychological issues, one way is with behavior therapy. Behavior therapy can assist patients to engage in the treatment procedure, help change their attitudes and behaviors that are drug related … Read more on Digital Journal

Recovering addicts pack the State House for expanded treatment
Some addicts can't afford the cost of treatment programs. Beginning in October, private health insurance companies will be required to cover detox and up to two weeks of in-patient treatment. State lawmakers are also considering drug screenings for … Read more on wwlp.com

Collins, King back increased access to treatment for opioid addiction
Collins and King said the federal DHHS has the authority under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 to increase the caps so physicians would be allowed to treat more patients. The letter didn't specify what would be an appropriate cap. MAT … Read more on Press Herald

22 Arrested in Newburgh Drug Sweep
Patients who were being treated at the clinic were being accosted by drug dealers trying to sell them drugs as they left the clinic. The sweep was conducted by the Orange County Drug Task Force which is run under … Some of the drugs sold to the … Read more on Hudson Valley News Network

Soap Lake woman sentenced to prison, drug treatment for carrying meth
“It was clear from her prior record, and the confessions she made to the arresting (Moses Lake police) officers that she was addicted to methamphetamine,” he stated. A Moses Lake police officer tried to stop a Honda Accord driven by Cushman on April 3. Read more on iFIBER One News

EXCLUSIVE: Cincinnati drug treatment center to build second facility
The Center for Addiction Treatment plans to build a $ 3.7 million outpatient facility on its campus in the West End. The project would create up to 36 full-time jobs, boosting the staff of 66 by nearly 55 percent. And it might increase the number of … Read more on Cincinnati Business Courier

Recovering Utahns rally for health care, drug addiction treatment
Vincent, a Heber City resident, told Maline Hairup's story Friday to a crowd of more than 200 people who packed into the Capitol rotunda in support of legislation that would increase Utahns' access to substance abuse and mental illness treatment, as … Read more on Deseret News

Bancroft Hopes To Sell Haddonfield, NJ Property To Drug Treatment Company
“Many of RCA's patients will be good people who just went down a wrong path, but we also must acknowledge the correlation between drug abuse and crime, and that some of the patients will be prone to criminal activity,” he tells KYW Newsradio … Read more on CBS Local

'Unmask Addiction' campaign tackles user misconceptions
Women can be a gateway into drug abuse for men, and there's not an "ethnic bias," she said –– in Somerset County, the vast majority of those seeking treatment are white. "No one is immune," she said. Raffish described the ad campaign, which has four … Read more on Delmarva Daily Times

Granite Falls Inpatient treatment program for gambling addiction is one of …
Minnesota may have bounteous options for chemical dependency treatment, but when it comes to treatment for gambling addiction, options in the state are much more limited. “We are the only inpatient gambling-addiction program in Minnesota,” said Sheryl … Read more on MinnPost

Coworker Pays It 4ward to electrician who rewired South Valley drug treatment …
It's not much to look at, but an old building in the South Valley in Albuquerque can be a refuge from the storm. Kelsey Bjork says the Victory Outreach Drug Addiction Treatment Center saved her from heroin addiction – now, she's its director. She says … Read more on KOB.com

Mesa drug-detox business owner seeks rezone near homes; P&Z recommends …
Phillip Westbrooks has owned and operated a substance-abuse and detoxification-treatment center in downtown Mesa since 2003. He plans to construct a building to replace an adjacent home that he owns to move 10 beds there for patients. His plans were … Read more on newszap.com

New, radical Prop. 47 reforms criminal sentencing. Attorneys fear it will …
That money gets divvied up for mental health and drug abuse treatment, victim services and truancy reduction programs. The changes came into effect Nov. 5. Anyone who's been previously convicted under one of 10 drug and theft statutes like burglary of … Read more on Monterey County Weekly

Victorians facing long delays for drug addiction treatment under new scheme …
VAADA executive director Sam Biondo said resources have been put towards the establishment of the new system at the expense of drug treatment programs. "That has, in some ways, debilitated the resources for that face-to-face contact and counselling … Read more on ABC Online

The White House wants to throw big money behind drug treatment programs
Heroin and prescription-drug abuse — and deaths associated with the two drugs — have continued to soar upward in recent years. And some of the biggest effects have been felt by young people. According to 2013 research from the National Institute on … Read more on Fusion

Drug testing of welfare applicants yields few positives
"We support the need to combat drug addiction, but if the state truly wants to combat addiction, they should use their resources to fund drug treatment programs rather than blocking access to public benefit applicants, because we're talking about … Read more on WBIR-TV