Authorities grapple with substance abuse solutions
MOREHEAD CITY — The issue of substance abuse is one viewed from many sides as area authorities deal with the latest trends and local communities reach out to help those seeking treatment. Jacksonville has counseling services, a methadone clinic and …
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Mental Health Law Increases Access To Substance Abuse Treatment, But Costs …
A law that makes it easier for Americans to gain access to mental health and substance abuse services is working to get patients hospital care, but rapidly rising out-of-pocket costs could deter many from treatment, new research indicates. A new study …
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Culturally sensitive addiction treatment
“Support for the National American Indian and Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center marks a major milestone in mobilizing the best addictions treatment for a population facing disproportionately high rates of substance abuse,” says Skinstad.
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Authorities grapple with substance abuse solutions
Jacksonville has counseling services, a methadone clinic and a crisis center available. However, there is no local inpatient treatment facility for those with substance abuse issues. “We do a lot of recommendations to the Wilmington treatment centers …
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Camden property scouted for substance abuse treatment facility
… Mass., which deals with alcohol and co-occurring substance abuse issues. According to Levendusky and Gibbons, the proposed Fox Hill facility would offer a similar private-pay treatment program that might cost $ 50,000 to 60,000 for a stay of …
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Can Qigong Reduce Cocaine Cravings in Early Addiction Recovery?
Individuals undergoing residential substance abuse treatment who received qigong therapy, compared to a similar duration of sham treatment, reported significantly reduced cravings for cocaine in response to viewing and handling items related to cocaine …
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Melanie's Story of Addiction and Recovery
… about her struggles that may help others avoid what she's been through. There are a series of FREE seminars called Addiction Answers that will begin in the Blair County area next week and are open to those seeking answers and/or all interested people.
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McLean Hospital looks to Camden's Fox Hill for alcohol, drug rehab center
CAMDEN — McLean Hospital, associated with Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is considering acquiring Fox Hill in Camden to operate a high-end, 30-day, inhouse alcohol and substance abuse rehabilitation facility. The center …
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Passages Malibu Recognizes National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and …
February 24-March 2 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, an annual event put on by the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) of America and supported by Passages drug and alcohol treatment centers. Share on Twitter Share on …
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Substance abuse treatment program for women to open
Bridges of Iowa currently only provides long-term substance abuse treatment programs for men, and it saw a need to have a similar program in Des Moines for women. A ribbon cutting will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on March 12 at the facility, located at …
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Insurance companies frustrate NJ families seeking addiction treatment
Horizon Blue Cross “follows evidence-based clinical protocols for substance abuse treatment prescribed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine,” according to Thomas Vincz, a spokesman for that company. There are conflicts because what the …
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Effective Addiction Treatment
A groundbreaking report published last year by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University concluded that “the vast majority of people in need of addiction treatment do not receive anything that approximates …
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Drug abuse treatment key in prison debate
CHARLESTON — State lawmakers representing Cabell and Wayne counties were hoping to hear more about easing prison overcrowding and strengthening substance abuse treatment programs during Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's State of the State address, but …
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Effective Addiction Treatment
Of the 23.5 million teenagers and adults addicted to alcohol or drugs, only about 1 in 10 gets treatment, which too often fails to keep them drug-free. Many of these programs fail to use proven methods to deal with the factors that underlie addiction …
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Round table discussion focuses on prescription drug abuse
Rahall decided to organize the roundtable after introducing the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the House companion measure to the Senate bill authored by Rockefeller. The bills would promote both physician and consumer education …
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