How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan
“Quality Counts,” reads a headline on the homepage. “Find the Best Treatment.” Visitors can answer a few questions, and be shown only programs with the qualities they're likely to need. Or they can enter their zip code, and scroll through programs by …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment across US
NEW YORK — As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for …
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In Defense Of 12 Steps: What Science Really Tells Us About Addiction
The chips AA members receive to mark sobriety. (Randy Heinitz/Flickr). Last week, Radio Boston featured an interview with Dr. Lance Dodes, author of “The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry. … The …
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Question by kober_gurl: is there already a research conducted about “freindster addiction?”?

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Answer by ANSWERMAN
I can’t seem to find it but, On Thursday December 1st, The New York Times had a lead story in the ThursdayStyles section on internet addiction. The article comes from Redmond, Wash. (home, of course, of Microsoft) and focuses on a therapist who runs “Internet/Computer Addiction Services”.

The therapist specializes in internet addiction disorder, treating people she refers to as “onlineaholics”. And she estimated that approximately 6-10% of the approximately 190,000,000 internet users in this country suffer from this affliction. I must admit that I drink my morning coffee while sitting in front of a computer reading the email that has arrived overnight. But I see the computer just a substitute for the newspaper that I used to read with my coffee twenty years ago.

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Yankees and Mets have big question marks as Opening Day nears
Michigan State against Virginia late Friday night and into Saturday morning at the Garden looked like a rock fight. I'm just … -Good for baseball for tightening up its drug policy even more, which means 80 games for a first offense and a full season …
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How long does cialis last for
In this sense, Suchindran CM, so agree to put that how long does cialis last for awhile and get how long does cialis last for, Plumbing and Sustainable design for the new Performing Arts Center at City College of San Francisco, my jerking got better …
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Leading Addiction Specialist to Meet with Addiction Treatment Professionals in …
Clinical Programme Director Alastair Mordey of The Cabin Chiang Mai, Asia's leading inpatient rehab centre, will be visiting Beijing and Shanghai from the 16-24th April to offer insights into the latest addiction treatment methods practised. Share on …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
NEW YORK (AP) — As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for …
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Club drug "Special K" could help people with suicidal depression: study
A 2013 study led by researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, involving 72 patients with treatment-resistant depression, found almost 64 percent of patients showed improvements in symptoms within 24 hours, and 46 percent had improved …
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Ketamine, or "Special K," effectively treats severe depression in study
A 2013 study led by researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, involving 72 patients with treatment-resistant depression, found almost 64 percent of patients showed improvements in symptoms within 24 hours, and 46 percent had improved …
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Fort Hood Officials Focus on Shooting Suspect's Mental Health
The soldier accused of Wednesday's deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas was undergoing treatment for a combination of depression, anxiety and insomnia, but no evidence has emerged linking his mental condition to his deployments overseas …
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Mobile app may help people recovering from alcohol abuse: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A mobile app aimed at keeping people recovering from alcohol abuse sober appears to cut down on the number of days they drink, according to a new study. More recovering alcohol abusers also reported total abstinence from …
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Elgin's Renz Center urging alcohol-free weekend
ELGIN — April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and Renz Addiction Counseling Center is encouraging residents to participate in a community-wide three day Alcohol-Free Weekend, April 4-6. This weekend is aimed at raising public awareness about the use of …
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