PPACA may steer 40 million to drug, alcohol programs
The other day it was 37 million — the number of people a Stanford Medical School study suggested might bolt their employer health plan for exchange coverage. Now, we hearing that 40 million folks may enter drug and/or alcohol rehab programs once the …
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Bangor conference sheds light on drug, alcohol addiction treatment differences …
BANGOR, Maine — When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, there are differences between men and women, and that means treatment programs need to be different, local substance abuse providers learned Friday at a conference about addiction and …
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Intensive Substance-Abuse Treatment Fails to Deliver Better Results: Study
17 (HealthDay News) — Treating drug and alcohol addiction with a concentrated approach called chronic care management may be no more effective than a single medical appointment and addiction referral, according to a new study. Results of the year-long …
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Millions more to get coverage for addiction, alcoholism treatment, but can the …
In the coming years, treatment programs and medical colleges will face pressure to ramp up to create a larger system. But until then, addiction treatment may represent an extreme example of one of the Affordable Care Act's challenges: actually …
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Letter: Wanted: more substance abuse treatment programs
Frankly I was disgusted at what some cities came up with for the supposed eradication of homelessness. Making it illegal to sit on a sidewalk?! Or is it just illegal if you appear to be homeless? What it boils down to is that most people don't want to …
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Intensive Substance–Abuse Treatment Fails to Deliver Better Results: Study
These included motivational therapy, relapse-prevention counseling, addiction and psychiatric treatment, social work assistance, and referrals to drug- or alcohol-abuse programs. Addiction drugs also were prescribed if appropriate. Patients received …
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Funding cuts to drug treatment centers mean addicts get turned away
The new state budget sliced funding to three state-run alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers by about $ 4.9 million each year for the next two years – a 12 percent reduction per year to each facility's budget. The three – Walter B. Jones Alcohol and …
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Bangor conference sheds light on drug, alcohol addiction treatment differences …
BANGOR, Maine — When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, there are differences between men and women, and that means treatment programs need to be different, local substance abuse providers learned Friday at a conference about addiction and …
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Unpacking Shirley v. Precision Castparts Corp.: when do drug rehab programs …
Current users in rehab are not absolutely protected from termination. The employee had used drugs illegally in the weeks preceding the termination and had failed to complete the rehab program a second time, so the employer had good reason to believe …
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Yabba Dabba Doo 5K a hit for drug treatment awareness
We have effective programs that work and people do recover and we want to make sure that the community understands that just because somebody suffers from addiction, doesn't mean that they can't recover and lead productive and successful lives.” …
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Pot tax would pay for addiction treatment
The unlikely answer is an ambitious initiative to reform the way the state incarcerates drug addicts by putting them into intensive treatment programs rather than jail cells. The program could be funded by millions of dollars in anticipated revenue if …
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PPACA may steer 40 million to drug, alcohol programs
The other day it was 37 million — the number of people a Stanford Medical School study suggested might bolt their employer health plan for exchange coverage. Now, we hearing that 40 million folks may enter drug and/or alcohol rehab programs once the …
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Valiant Recovery Introduces Executive Program to Its Rehabilitation Center
COM) Kelowna, British Colombia – Alcohol and drug treatment center Valiant Recovery recently announced its new program to help executives or other people in positions of power to overcome addiction. The program is designed to specifically address how …
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Bangor conference sheds light on drug, alcohol addiction treatment differences …
BANGOR, Maine — When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, there are differences between men and women, and that means treatment programs need to be different, local substance abuse providers learned Friday at a conference about addiction and …
Read more on Bangor Daily News

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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Bangor conference sheds light on drug, alcohol addiction treatment differences …
BANGOR, Maine — When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, there are differences between men and women, and that means treatment programs need to be different, local substance abuse providers learned Friday at a conference about addiction and …
Read more on Bangor Daily News

Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for …
The program was organized by experts in the field and cognitive specialists with backgrounds in treating more familiar addictions like drug and alcohol abuse. "[Internet addiction] is a problem in this country that can be more pervasive than alcoholism …
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Now There's A Hospital-Based Treatment Facility for Internet Addicts
These "digital detox" programs often help patients with therapy and coping mechanisms, but they don't medicate patients or diagnose and treat the underlying problems that often accompany addiction, like depression or anxiety disorders. In that sense …
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