Drug addicts: Warning signs and help that's available
Luke Nasta, executive director of Camelot Counseling Service, an inpatient facility in Port Richmond, compared the Island's current heroin epidemic to that of the 1960s and 70s, when opiate addiction ravaged middle class Staten Island. The situation is … Read more on SILive.com

AAC Holdings Acquires One of the Largest Online Publishers of Drug Treatment …
American Addiction Centers is a leading provider of inpatient substance abuse treatment services. We treat adults as well as adolescents who are struggling with drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and co-occurring mental/behavioral health issues. We … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

Workplace Trouble: Survey Reveals Sharp Escalation in Restaurant/Food Service …
Novus Medical Detox Center is a Joint Commission Accredited inpatient medical detox facility that offers safe, effective alcohol and drug treatment programs in a home-like residential setting. Located on 3.25 tree-lined acres in New Port Richey, Fla … Read more on Benzinga

Punjab to set up 22 rehabilitation centers for drug addicts
Badal directed the health department officials to remove various bottlenecks hindering the smooth treatment facilities. He said the state government was providing free medicine for the treatment of drug addicts besides other facilities for the indoor … Read more on Times of India

No Rehab for Russia's Drug Addicts
Marat Aginyan, a psychiatrist specializing in drug addiction at Moscow's Center for Healthy Youth who also works with the National Anti-Drugs Union for Rehabilitating Addicts, was upbeat about Ivanov's plans to build communes, but expressed concern … Read more on The Moscow Times

11 punished after drug addicts escape from rehab center
Three officials at the rehab center in Xingye County and five assistant police officers were fired over the incident in which the detained drug addicts dug a tunnel with bed boards to escape, the report said. Three policemen were suspended over the … Read more on ecns

What Does Drug Rehab Accreditation Really Mean?
Of the 13,339 addiction treatment programs that voluntarily responded to The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, 21.8 percent were accredited by CARF, 19.2 percent were accredited by the Joint Commission and 56.9 percent were not … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

Hoffman's Death Raises New Questions about Addiction Treatment Drug
They use Suboxone to control their withdrawal symptoms, but continue to use heroin to maintain their addiction,” says Percy Menzies, who is president of Assisted Recovery Centers of America, which operates four addiction treatment centers in the St … Read more on American News Report

Rockdale Medical certified as stroke treatment center
Rockdale Medical Center recently earned a high certification for stroke treatment from The Joint Commission, the organization that accredits hospitals. “In achieving Joint Commission advanced certification, Rockdale Medical Center has demonstrated its … Read more on Rockdale News

Sleep Apnea Can Be Cured with Sleep Apnea Treatment Centers of America's …
“Ten years ago, RFA was performed in a hospital setting,” said Jeffrey L. Silveria, MD, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sleep Apnea Treatment Centers of America (SATCOA), “but since 2013, this sleep apnea cure has been available at SATCOA as a … Read more on PR Web (press release)