What's On Thursday
6:30 P.M. (Showtime 2) CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE (2012) For Ms. Channing, “the safest place in the world to be is center stage.” And that's where she was determined to stand from childhood, when, delivering The Christian Science Monitor to San …
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What's happening today in the north valley
Chico Toastmasters: 7 p.m. Enloe Rehab Center conference room, 340 W. East Ave. Larry, 893-4464. Weekly. Health … Celebrate Recovery Christian 12-Step Program: 6:30-9 p.m. East Avenue Community Church, 1184 East Ave., Chico. 342-1806. Weekly.
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Pfeifer sets sights on graduation, college
He was transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha where he underwent surgery the following day to repair his C6 vertebra. The first four days of his seven-day stay there were spent in the intensive … Also, Isaac said he will be …
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Judith Brinks, 70
Judith F. Brinks, age 70, of East Saugatuck, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Providence Health and Rehabilitation Center of Zeeland. She was a member of East Saugatuck Christian Reformed Church and the …
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Substance abuse treatment advocates use videos to lobby Senate
With alcohol abuse alone costing the state $ 1.15 billion annually, “I am relatively confident that there is not another use of state resources that would have such a profound impact on the state's economy as to fund prevention and treatment of …
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Group seeks more substance abuse treatment funding – NECN.com
Individuals who created the videos will share their experiences at the news conference, which also will feature representatives from Child Health Services and the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment.
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A Rising Tide of Substance Abuse
They are also bringing into their golden years an epidemic of drug and alcohol abuse and mental illness that has yet to be recognized, according to a recent Institute of Medicine report. The notion … You cannot treat either problem in isolation …
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New Report Connects Risky Behavior to Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Wins …
A Forever Recovery Battle Creek MI-based drug and rehabilitation center, has always held an open-ended approach to addressing problems with addiction. The facility notes that for a successful recovery, clients must be able to address every issue …
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Aiding Sobriety, a Chord at a Time
Mr. Clapton's fund-raising also supports two halfway houses for recovering addicts, one on Antigua for local residents, and a second in Delray Beach, Fla. The charities Mr. Clapton has set up in … Hans Smit, a jeweler and philanthropist in Antigua …
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Milton Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Drug Used to Treat Opiate …
In order to maintain his large practice, Ng allegedly knowingly prescribed Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addiction, to nine of his patients that according to their urine drug screens were not taking the drug and continued to use illegal street …
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Stress & Addiction: Research Identifies How Stress Triggers Drug Relapse
Recent research from Brown University could pave the way for new methods of treatment for those recovering from addiction. Researchers identified an exact brain region in rats where the neural steps leading to drug relapse take place, allowing them to …
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Downside of Drug Courts
There is no silver bullet for the complex problems posed by drug addiction, and there is no substitute for nuanced, comprehensive and evidence-based drug treatment, however tempting drug court programs may appear to be. THESHIA NAIDOO Senior Staff …
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Gulf Coast Drug Rehab Sees Success with New After Care Program
Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment has now followed suit with its own after care program that offers the elements and tools to help prevent relapse once people return to their communities. Vital components of an after care program include continued contact …
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Picking Addiction Help
“Treatment is not a prerequisite to surviving addiction.” This bold statement opens the treatment chapter in a helpful new book, “Now What? An Insider's Guide to Addiction and Recovery,” by William Cope Moyers, a man who nonetheless needed “four …
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Effective Addiction Treatment
Countless people addicted to drugs, alcohol or both have managed to get clean and stay clean with the help of organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous or the thousands of residential and outpatient clinics devoted to treating addiction. But if you have …
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Study: Substance-abuse treatment still costs patients more
The HCCI expressed concern about the differences given that the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was supposed to eliminate them for substance-abuse treatments. According to the report, substance-abuse admissions rose by about 20 …
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Evidence-Based Addiction Treatments Offer High Probability of Success
11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — "I want people to recover from addiction without the suffering I endured," said Richard Taite , CEO and founder of Cliffside Malibu Treatment Center. "That's why I went to the evidence-base before we opened our doors in 2005.
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