Posts Tagged ‘drug and alcohol treatment’
Heartbeats: Hospital to hold dedication
The nearly three-year-long project has included the construction of one of the largest pediatric emergency departments in New Jersey — opened in 2013 — special treatment bays for women's health, acute-care and rapid-treatment patients, a redesigned … Read more on MyCentralJersey.com
Drug Use Is Criminal?
Disregarding medical advancements in drug and alcohol treatment, the court must provide society with a newly abstinent individual. Those that cannot graduate with an abstinence diploma from the court-forced medical care are left to finish their … Read more on Huffington Post
9 Things You Need to Know About Vertigo
“And severe use of alcohol can affect balance permanently,” she says. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, women face greater health risks if they drink three or more drinks daily, and men if they drink four or more … Read more on Hornell Evening Tribune
Detoxes and cleanses: Are they a science or a scam?
Detoxification and Toxins. The term 'detox' is a medical term that refers to the safe discontinuation from a substance, usually dangerous levels of drugs, alcohol or poisons, which usually takes between a few days and a few weeks to complete in a … Read more on Irish Independent
Questions raised about turning sheriff's office into treatment center
In addition, the move would allow McKinley Hall, a drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation facility in Springfield, to establish Clark County's only women's residential drug treatment center. It would also result in the sheriff's detectives and … Read more on Springfield News Sun
Ex-addict: Region is facing a drug crisis
What the region desperately needs, she said, is a 14-month program to help heroin and opiate addicts recover. “Chenango County doesn't really have a lot to offering the way of treatment,” she said, adding that the county's drug and alcohol treatment … Read more on Oneonta Daily Star
Father, son who ran NY drug treatment centers face fraud charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A father and son who ran New York City substance abuse clinics were accused on Wednesday of stealing tax money meant to treat addicts and using it to fund a lavish lifestyle that included luxury cars. Alan Brand and his son, Jason … Read more on WHTC
Ex-soldier returns to fight substance abuse in military
After getting clean, the student sought help from Greenagel, who placed him in the Rutgers Recovery House he managed. That story, Greenagel said, is "horrible and all too common." Prescription drug abuse is higher in the military than among civilians … Read more on USA TODAY
UTEP awarded grant to train students in substance abuse, HIV, Hepatitis C …
UTEP will form a partnership for integrated substance abuse, HIV and Hepatitis C virus prevention with Aliviane Inc., an agency that provides drug and alcohol treatment and other behavioral health services, and International AIDS Empowerment, … Read more on Newspaper Tree
UTHealth Opens New Substance Abuse Clinic
Headed by its professor and medical director, Dr. Michael Weaver, the center is committed to providing its patients the latest evidence-based substance abuse treatments available. At the center, patients can receive medications to control their … Read more on BioNews Texas
'Shaming' Letters Aim to Boost Voter Turnout
Letters from an unknown group calling itself the Alaska State Voter Project are appearing in Alaska mailboxes. They purport to be aimed at boosting voter turnout by listing the voting history of the addressee – along with that of other community members. Read more on Alaska Public Radio Network
Horse therapy program offers hope to addicts
An equine therapy program for people with alcohol or drug addiction is yielding remarkable results, according to staff at Rocky Mountain Treatment Center, where the program is offered. The program allows clients of the monthlong inpatient treatment … Read more on Great Falls Tribune
Msgr. William O'Brien, 90, Dies; Innovator in Treating Drug Abuse
Msgr. William B. O'Brien, a co-founder of Daytop Village, one of the first and most successful residential drug and alcohol treatment programs in the United States, died on Oct. 19 in Scarsdale, N.Y. He was 90. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New … Read more on New York Times
Gamblers Get Less Of A Buzz From Pleasure, Study Finds
disorders in clinical expression, brain origin, comorbidity, physiology, and treatment,” the DSM website says. But this new small study shows that it might be unique in some neurologic ways, too. … “These findings suggest the involvement of the … Read more on TIME
Google Glass user addicted to Internet
SAN DIEGO — When a 31-year-old, local Navy serviceman checked himself into a Point Loma rehabilitation program this summer, it was for an alcohol addiction. But after his doctors picked up on a peculiar tic, they started suspecting another addiction … Read more on U-T San Diego
Downstate Delaware's hidden heroin epidemic
Treatment services are sparse, requiring addicts hitch rides or drive 30 miles to counseling sessions and support group meetings. There are no …. The facility has 16 beds for young adults who get inpatient drug and alcohol treatment for up to six months. Read more on The News Journal
Christie preaches drug treatment over jail, ending mandatory prison terms for …
NEWARK — Speaking before a packed inner city gospel church at an addiction roundtable, Gov. Chris Christie declared making drug and alcohol treatment “more available for everybody” was “part of government's job,” and then wasted no time in assailing … Read more on Hunterdon County Democrat
Most People With Addiction Simply Grow Out of It. Why Is This Widely Denied?
But although I got treatment, I quit at around the age when, according to large epidemiological studies, most people who have diagnosable addiction problems do so—without treatment. The early to mid-20s is also the period when the … not what the … Read more on Pacific Standard
At Eva's Village in Paterson, personal tales ease stigma about addiction
The forum was hosted by Eva's Village and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of New Jersey, a non-profit based in Robbinsville that advocates for people living with drug or alcohol addiction. Tuesday was the last day of National … Read more on NorthJersey.com