12-Step-Style Yoga for Addiction and Depression
2014-03-09-SuzulaBidon.jpeg This is an interview with Suzula Bidon, a certified yoga teacher, an addict in recovery (working on six years), an Ivy League graduate (Barnard/Columbia), a third-year law student (on the Dean's List), and a federal ex-felon … Read more on Huffington Post

New Helpline Provides Valuable Recovery Information for Young Addicts
LIGHTNING RELEASES 03/12/14 – Living a life controlled by substance abuse is no way to live. Unfortunately, many teenagers in Ravenna, OH struggle to overcome their alcohol or drug addiction on a daily basis. Many young addicts do not know where to … Read more on Ticker Report

Northland launches addiction recovery group for teens
On Friday, Northland Church will launch The Landing, a place where teens can find help, and hope, in overcoming their addictions, problems, hurts, and hang-ups. The program, as part of Northland's Celebrate Recovery ministry, is aimed at middle school … Read more on Orlando Sentinel (blog)

Erika Wigstrom Murder Charge: Louisiana Mother Poisoned Son Who Had …
Becnel said the child also had been poisoned with alcohol in October 2012 while hospitalized in Jefferson Parish for treatment of a heart defect. Becnel says the child's father, Cesar Ruiz, confessed in that instance, but that Wigstrom has now … Read more on Huffington Post

Toddler Found With 48 Packets Of Heroin At New Jersey Day Care
A day care facility in Los Angeles, Calif., shut down in 2013 shortly after a toddler tested positive for marijuana after leaving the premises. Her parents said she was acting strangely when they picked her up; they believed the child ingested the drug … Read more on Huffington Post

Question by cool.panamania: How did that lady die in the airport ?
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Answer by Huntress
I just heard on the news that she was strangled when she tried to get out of her handcuffs. I don’t know if it was an accident or not.

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Local news is safe: Turnbull
… in a major decision yesterday. Wasted: The SMH reports the government has paid nearly a million dollars to cover its sudden axing of Australia's peak drug and alcohol body, documents reveal. … Nepotism denied: The Canberra Times reports federal … Read more on The Australian

Destined to Stereotype? How the Mind's Gift for Grouping Gets Us Into Trouble
Among the research is the examination of implicit associations regarding mental health, including self-esteem, anxiety, alcohol use, eating disorders, depression and more. Visitors to the Project Implicit site can even gauge their own hidden biases … Read more on Huffington Post

Lawmakers urge alcohol curbs on minors
Abuse of alcohol can have severe consequences for individuals and society as a whole, said Romana Jordan, a Slovenian MEP from the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), who co-authored the resolution. "Alcohol abuse has a number of societal … Read more on EurActiv

Kesha moves to Los Angeles after rehab
… has moved to Los Angeles following her stint in rehab. The 'Timber' hitmaker finished her treatment for an eating disorder at the Timberline Knolls centre earlier this week, and has now decided to make a fresh start by moving from Tennessee to … Read more on Castanet.net

Lil Boosie Admits To Penning 1000 Songs During Prison Bid
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rapper Lil Boosie says serving prison time in a Louisiana prison was life changing and it's made him a better person and ultimately, he hopes, a better artist. Lil Boosie, whose real name is … to get back into the studio. While … Read more on Huffington Post

Parents, kids find help at Nexus Recovery Center
Kendall, 27, is a graduate of Nexus Recovery Center's substance abuse rehabilitation program, and also of its newest addition — the pregnant and postpartum intervention program, or PPI. “I was a former Nexus Recovery Center client, and I was asking … Read more on Dallas Morning News

APNewsBreak: Astros prospect details drug struggle
And for the first time publicly, he's opening up about his battle with an addiction to marijuana and monthlong stay at a rehabilitation center. "At this point it's pretty evident to me that I'm a drug addict," he told The Associated Press over … Read more on WAFB.com

Home trends: Tiny houses benefit homeless
“There have been people who have always been associated with people who are homeless that are unsavory types of people,” she said. Organizer Brenda Konkel hopes to allay neighbors' concerns by the time the City Council votes in May on the group's … Read more on MassLive.com

2 Ways to Beat an Addiction to Power
You'll make an impact. But you'll feel good while you're doing it, instead of feeling clenched up and controlling. Surrendering to a new kind of power means weaning off an addiction to adrenaline power surges and embracing the consciously sought … Read more on Huffington Post (blog)

Don't lose yourself in temptation
At the rate we are going the increase in drug use and various types of criminal behaviors are infecting our schools and creating a safety hazard and a distraction. We may not have a … For those who want to alter their behaviors or be set free from … Read more on The Daily Progress

Has Internet changed you?
"The Internet addiction today is discussed much more than the phenomenon deserves. This type of addiction has not been recorded In medical and psychological documents yet. Meanwhile, there are a number of behavioral characteristics of Internet … Read more on Pravda

Question by Puddy: Question 4 Former Female Mental Health Inpatients:?
Were you well treated by staff in general?

Including the male staff? Did anyt of the male staff try (or even seem to try) improper behavior while restrained, searched, etc.???

Were you treated w/ dignity and respect by the staff regardless of their gender? Did they seem to abuse their power or use it to genuinely help you and/or the others (This last question is asking yiour honest “from-the-heart” reply; don’t feel th need to protect rotten sadists where it’s not due).

Also feel free 2 reply w/ any (potentially) POSITIVE experiences as well while inpatient (if any).
Great!

1.) You reply using 2 different monikers, thinking someone wouldn’t be fooled.

2.) I WAS NOT addressing YOU! I was addressing ACTUAL PATIENTS who might of been victims in this circumstance; for the purposes here, I am NOT interested in what a doctor has to say their perspective of abusive treatment, but from the ones who actually were on the RECEIVING END of ity, got it?

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Answer by ?Dee W.
In the late 60’s I had the displeasure to be forced (by a court order) into a state hospital. I was a minor and the abuse that was heaped upon us is far too graphic to share on this website. In those days, if a child was found to be a habitual runaway, attempted suicide, used ANY TYPE of habit forming drugs, or did unsafe things of a sexual nature (promiscuous), they could be court ordered and taken out of the care of their parents and handed over to a state mental institution for “observation & treatment”. Abuse was something none of us could ever prove. We were over medicated and strapped down if we resisted and no one would believe us if we tried to say we were sexually abused against our will because we had already been deemed to be “troublemakers”.

500 milligrams of thorazine 3x a day kept most of us in a drool state and we often slid off our chairs in the group therapy sessions. We were then told that we were being “uncooperative” and our stay was extended well beyond the min 30 day observation time. I was there for almost 4 months and it haunts me to this very day. I saw horrid acts of self abuse in that place and experienced the abuse of my “captors” on a daily basis. Talking back got us the straight jacket or shock treatment. I enjoyed the light show therapy sessions….to a point, then they just got to be annoying. I did receive a stellar rapid-advanced education that left me unable to deal with the slower paced public school system that I had to go back to!

I often wonder if it ruined my life in other ways too. I have never gone back for any type of mental health assistance because of my fear of getting locked up again. I carry the “stigma” with me. I know I need to get over it and seek help because I am having many flashbacks lately that scare (greatly concern) me. So, I isolate myself. Not much actually “scares” me. I have a lot of anxiety and trust issues. I just don’t want to become a burden to my kid and be known as the crazy lady who lives with her kid. I want to keep my independence. I never want to get locked up again.

I’m guessing those last remarks of yours were for someone else. Otherwise, go Fk yourself, because I only have one account.

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Frozen egg donor: It's emotional but life-enhancing
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Substance Abuse And Mental Disorders Often Go Hand-In-Hand. What's The …
Addiction treatment specialists are well aware of the fact that drug and alcohol abuse can also cause symptoms of a mental disorder – in other words, if you take away the drugs and alcohol, the mental problems ease up or go away entirely. … Dr … Read more on Huffington Post

30-day hospital readmission rates vary after inpatient rehab
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Allied Addiction Recovery, LLC announces new outpatient location
Allied Addiction Recovery, LLC (AAR) is pleased to announce the opening of their new outpatient drug and alcohol treatment facility in Monroeville located at 2550 Mosside Blvd., Suite 212, Monroeville, PA 15146. AAR is a Pennsylvania-licensed drug and … Read more on Westmoreland County Times