Former NBA Star Shares Personal Story of Addiction Recovery at Event Co …
Elements Behavioral Health is a family of behavioral health care programs that includes Promises Treatment Centers, The Ranch, The Recovery Place, Lucida Treatment Center, Clarity Way, Journey Healing Centers, the Sexual Recovery Institute and Right …
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Chapters Capistrano Addresses Rise in Baby Boomer Alcoholism with Flexible …
Recently, this comprehensive detox and rehab facility has focused on the increasing gap between men and women seeking treatment for addiction recovery. However, Chapters is also working to raise awareness about the spike in alcoholism rates among …
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Rob Kardashian Reuters
The 26-year-old has reportedly checked himself into rehab at The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center in Arizona. According to reports, Kardashian has gained weight due to smoking marijuana, drinking alcohol and prescription cough syrup.
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Rob Kardashian is reportedly seeking help for depression and substance abuse …
Rob Kardashian is reportedly seeking help for depression and substance abuse issues at an Arizona rehab facility, Star reports. The reality star has been at The Meadows trauma and addiction center for the last month, and sources say he's taking to the …
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New screening program to become routine part of exams
To commemorate Alcohol Awareness Month in April, Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority (NARBHA) announced its Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) program, which has implemented substance use screening …
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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Bain paid $ 58 million to acquire the for-profit centers through CRC Health Corp., a California company it has owned since 2006. CRC Health is the biggest provider of substance abuse treatment and behavioral health services in the country. This foray …
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Substance Abuse Tx Problematic Despite ACA
Similarly, the vast majority of the substance abuse treatment in Colorado is located in centers with more than 16 beds, said Arthur Schut, chief executive officer of Denver-based Arapahoe House. There are ongoing conversations among treatment providers …
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Disgraced Illinois judge awaits decision on where he'll serve 2-year term in …
LOUIS — A disgraced former Illinois drug court judge at the center of a courthouse drug scandal is getting time to square away things before serving a two-year sentence on heroin and gun convictions. But exactly where Michael Cook … "The court …
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The future is Alzheimer's
Florida Hospital's 17-bed senior behavioral health unit in Lake Placid cared for more than 400 patients last year. "I am very worried about this growing mismatch between health care needs and health care providers," said State Rep. Cary Pigman. He is …
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Timeline: US school violence since 1927
September 15, 2009 – Coral Gables Senior High School, Coral Gables, Florida. 17-year-old …. Osmanson is sent to a private residential treatment center. February …. After time in a psychiatric hospital, Christian attends high school in the Dallas …
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Paradigm Malibu Wins Second Consecutive Award for Teen Mental Health …
For the second year running, mental health treatment center Paradigm Malibu received recognition as the Best Residential Treatment Program for Adolescents. Awarded by not-for-profit organization Teen Help Alliance, the distinction singles out that …
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New Website For Summit Behavioral Health As They Launch New Facilities And …
Depending on a patient's addiction severity, or lack of it, Summit Behavioral Health's staffs may recommend residential treatment in the detoxification facility, intensive outpatient programs or sessions in and out of the treatment facility. The …
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Support groups in the area are ready to help in various ways
FRIENDS & FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP: Big Stone Gap, Va., Behavioral Health Services, behind Powell Valley High School, hosted by Frontier Health; offers tools, friends and families needs to assist people with addiction, move toward recovery; Tuesdays, 6:30 …
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The High Life
“If street drugs like heroin could be decriminalized, regulated, controlled and distributed in a medical context along with serious addiction treatment protocols, those who choose to abuse the drug would, at the very least, be able to count on …
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