Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif …
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Four beds ready to treat Internet addicts
(CNN) — High above the frozen Potomac River in the nation's capitol, Ryan Van Cleave stood on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, contemplating his life. It was New Year's Eve 2007, and the married father of two asked himself, "Is this really something I'm …
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Nerd, interrupted: Inside a smartphone addiction treatment center
Cash is the cofounder of the Restart Internet Addiction Recovery Center in Fall City, Washington, just 15 miles east of Microsoft's main campus. She treats patients with a variety of tech addictions, and believes that nomophobia and addiction go hand …
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New treatment center helps shed misconceptions about Internet addiction
The nation's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opened this month in Bradford, Pennsylvania. It's a ten-day program that involves a thorough search for internet connected devices, a three-day quarantine, and hopefully a cure …
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Nerd, interrupted: Inside a smartphone addiction treatment center
September 17, 2013, 1:23 PM — Ashley loved her fiancé, Dave, but he was committed to another–his phone. Sharing her story with an online support group for cell phone addicts, she explained that their problems started out innocently enough. (Names …
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Penn's Center for Studies of Addiction: Henry R. Kranzler
The Center for Studies of Addiction, which was established in 1971 as a clinical research and treatment center for addictive disorders, consists of a multidisciplinary group of faculty and staff that conducts research on the etiology and pathogenesis …
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Nerd, interrupted: Inside a smartphone addiction treatment center
September 17, 2013, 1:23 PM — Ashley loved her fiancé, Dave, but he was committed to another–his phone. Sharing her story with an online support group for cell phone addicts, she explained that their problems started out innocently enough. (Names …
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Suboxone, an addiction treatment drug, seeps into Ohio prisons as contraband
In Greater Cleveland, for instance, users "reported Suboxone to be available by prescription, through treatment centers, the Internet, drug dealers and friends who use heroin. Heroin users reported it was common to reserve Suboxone for times when …
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Addicted to the Internet? There's a Hospital-based Treatment for That
America's first hospital-based “internet addiction” rehab program opened over Labor Day weekend at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania, and while that debut highlights the pervasiveness of the net in our everyday lives, experts are still …
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Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for …
Treatment facilities have sprung up in recent years, but a psychiatric hospital in central Pennsylvania is now set to become the country's first facility of its kind to offer an inpatient treatment program for people it diagnoses with severe Internet …
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Do You Need a Digital Detox? First In-Patient Rehab Facility for Internet …
However, the country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opened this week at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Designed to house up to four patients at one time, the program aims to provide a 72-hour digital detox …
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Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for …
Ten years ago, Kevin Roberts suffered from an addiction that took over his life. Roberts, now 44 years old, would sit eight to 12 hours a day in front of the pale blue glow of his computer, playing a videogame. During holidays, he "binged," spending …
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Four beds ready to treat Internet addicts
That sentiment could change on Monday, when the country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opens at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. "I've been studying Internet addiction since 1994," says Dr. Kimberly Young, …
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Four beds ready to treat Internet addicts
That sentiment could change on Monday, when the country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opens at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. "I've been studying Internet addiction since 1994," says Dr. Kimberly Young, …
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Nation's First Inpatient Treatment Center For Internet Addiction Launches In Pa.
At Bradford Regional Medical Center, the treatment consists of “an intensive 10-day digital treatment and stabilization program” complete with a multidisciplinary medical team. The program is intended for those 18 and over. “BRMC is proud to launch the …
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Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for …
Ten years ago, Kevin Roberts suffered from an addiction that took over his life. Roberts, now 44 years old, would sit eight to 12 hours a day in front of the pale blue glow of his computer, playing a videogame. During holidays, he "binged," spending …
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