State senators urged to provide funds for alcohol, drug treatment
In 2001, the Legislature established the Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund, which was meant to steadily fund alcohol and drug prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services. Administered by the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and …
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The Cabin Chiang Mai Alcohol and Drug Rehab to Participate in UKESAD …
Alastair Mordey, the Programme Director of the Cabin Chiang Mai drug and alcohol rehab in Thailand will be joining over 60 of the world's top addiction treatment specialists at the UK/European Symposium on Addictive Disorders (UKESAD) – the UK's …
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Psychiatric patient in Colorado: Help me
In 1955, there were over 300 inpatient psychiatric beds per 100,000 people in the United States. Today, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center, there are 14.1 beds per 100,000 people — the same number as in 1850. In 2009, Colorado had the fewest …
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Treatment, recovery centers show hiring demand
There are two clinical settings in which substance abuse can be treated: inpatient, where the patient remains in a facility, and outpatient, where patients maintain their regular routines while being treated. Clear Lake Recovery Centers offers …
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Synthetic marijuana: A legal high that has far-reaching effects
Fox was able to get inpatient treatment for nine days at Roxbury Treatment Center, Shippensburg, but said he was told he was fortunate to get that because most people are not accepted. A spokesperson for Roxbury said she could not comment. Most people …
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ASU's Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy receives .5 million …
The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy within the College of Public Programs has received a $ 3.5 million federal grant to continue research on substance abuse treatment. Grant co-director Michael Shafer said the grant will help with evidence …
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Treatment, recovery centers show hiring demand
Jiammatteo said, without a doubt, the treatment of substance abuse continues to be needed in the greater Houston area, and he sees a definite demand, something Ann Walker, spokeswoman for Memorial Hermann Prevention and Recovery Center (MH …
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Intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse and addiction
Jennifer Benaim is a licensed psychotherapist, allowing her to diagnose and treat all mental-health issues and disorders. Please call (561) 745-8889 for help with any problem. She has extensive experience treating drug and alcohol abuse and dependence.
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
And Oregonians are much more likely to receive intensive treatment; for example, 10 percent of treatment admissions were to long-term, residential facilities, compared with 1.1 percent in Kentucky. Drug overdose death rates in 2008, the most recent …
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New substance abuse center to offer adolescent program in Tucson
TUCSON – Southern Arizona adolescents will no longer have to travel to Phoenix to get residential care for substance dependency: a new drug abuse treatment facility is opening in midtown Tucson this afternoon. The Haven is holding a grand opening for …
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Prominence Treatment Center Promotes Recovery through Luxury Rehab
Medical experts at Malibu-based Prominence Treatment Center have developed an unconventional approach to treating substance abuse. The facility's innovative approach marks a transition from impersonal hospital environments and one-size-fits-all …
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A new prescription to treat prescription drug abuse
The prescription trial was announced last month, and is being funded by the National Institutes for Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. Another trial is already underway to determine whether Ibudilast would be helpful in …
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Treating addiction as a public health issue, not a crime
The drugs of choice for an increasing number of Americans are prescription painkillers. Nowhere is the problem more apparent than Houston, where the renowned medical center area has become “a national hotspot for prescription drug abuse,” according to …
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Promising new treatment for cocaine addiction adds stimulant drugs
Cocaine dependence is a devilishly difficult addiction to break, owing to the drug's unique chemical ability both to reward users and to disrupt their impulse-control mechanisms. But a surprising drug combination may offer an equally clever way to …
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