Demand for addiction, mental health services keep hospital near full
When Beckett Springs Hospital completes its 24-bed expansion later this year, it still probably won't be enough room to meet the demand for its adult addiction and mental health treatment services. … owned by Springstone Inc., opened in mid-2013 at … Read more on Hamilton Journal News (subscription)

Dunklin County Family Treatment Court earns national distinction
The purpose of the Dunklin County Family Treatment Court is to reunify families that have entered the Juvenile Court System and have had children removed from their custody, due to substance abuse. … including Chief Deputy Juvenile Officer Tommy … Read more on Standard-Democrat

Area addiction treatment will soon be more affordable
The network of clinics recently was granted a license as a Behavioral Health Service Organization and a second license as an Alcohol and Other Drug Entity. The next, and final step for SelfRefind in assuring affordable addiction treatment and recovery … Read more on Central Kentucky News

Some correctional facilities treating addicts with medication
Scott Nolen, director of the drug addiction treatment program at Open Society Institute-Baltimore, a non-profit organization whose goals include increasing access to substance-abuse treatment, said correctional facilities also provide an opportunity … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Mother of drug–addicted infant going to prison
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jamillah Falls, the first woman to be arrested under a Tennessee state law for giving birth to a drug-addicted baby, is going to prison. She opted for the court-mandated treatment program and was in rehab for several months, but she … Read more on wreg.com

Dying To Be Free
Most treatment programs haven't accepted medically assisted treatments such as Suboxone because of “myths and misinformation,” said Robert Lubran, the director of the pharmacological therapy division at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health … Read more on Huffington Post

Vietnam vet Charles Bellizana hopes his story will inspire others to seek …
GIBSON, Louisiana — Charles Bellizana doesn't like to dig up memories about his time in Vietnam but hopes his story will inspire other veterans to seek support when it's needed. Bellizana, 69, of … "I was drinking and doing drugs. These young guys … Read more on The Republic

Son Of A Secret Smuggler Digs Up The Truth About His Dad
At his peak in the mid-1980s, which was also the peak of the drug war, an impossibly late date for pot smuggling, he broke a weeks-long national dope panic, a drought that New York Magazine dubbed reefer sadness. In a single load, …. He ended up … Read more on WABE 90.1 FM

Cornish, William D. 'Bill'
… of all trades”: which included ranch hand, cowboy in the Arizona mountains, pipe fitter, pole climber, heavy equipment operator, over the road truck driver, oil field truck dispatcher and driver, store clerk, prison guard, and mental health/drug … Read more on Rapid City Journal

New young Medicaid enrollees are fitter, but many need treatment for addiction
Walk-in clinics and residential facilities treated indigents and people in the criminal justice system, as well as uninsured people who paid out-of-pocket on a sliding income scale. Insurance was rarely billed. “Now, venture capitalists are starting to … Read more on Bend Bulletin

Mental illness & substance abuse disorders
As example, Francesca Barnett, who runs the Portland, Oregon residential mental health and addiction treatment facility has stated “I have never seen anyone seek treatment for drug addiction that didn't also have underlying mental health conditions. Read more on Valley morning Star

Non 12 Step Holistic Addiction Treatment Center in Sedona Promotes 4 Ways to …
The Sanctuary at Sedona today announced the publication of Brain Cell Growth: 4 Ways to Neurogenesis. The Sanctuary at Sedona is a non 12 step holistic addiction treatment center that uses a combination of ancient healing modules and cutting edge … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Hazelden opens Betty Ford treatment clinic in Los Angeles
Betty Ford Center Vice President Jim Steinhagen says that opening a series of outpatient clinics was one of the big goals of the 2013 merger of Center City, Minn.-based Hazelden and Betty Ford Center, which until now has based its addiction treatment … Read more on Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

Penn Medicine Bioethicists Call for Return to Asylums for Long-Term …
In addition, economics and federal policies accelerated the transformation because outpatient therapy and drug treatment were less expensive than inpatient care, and the federal legislation like the Community Mental Health Centers Act and Medicaid led … Read more on HealthCanal.com

Judge Won't Let Tony Bosch Delay His Sentencing Again For More Drug Rehab
… his drug rehab programs. The faux doctor was led away in handcuffs from federal court back in October after the failed tests came to light, and spent a month in a court-mandated facility; since then, Lewis says, he's been in a voluntary outpatient … Read more on Miami New Times (blog)

Time running out to fix state's drug treatment 'crisis'
In 23 years of active addiction, she stole to buy drugs, was on welfare, spent time in jail, served prison sentences and couldn t take care of her child. After in-patient treatment and outpatient services afterward, she s led a productive, drug-free … Read more on KING5.com

Jon Jones Speaks For First Time Since Drug Test Failure; Talks Past Drug Use …
They put me in an outpatient house and I stayed there for the day. I was willing to stay there as long as I needed to be there" Jones said that he was told he didn't need to be there, but he'll continued to be drug tested and will undergo counseling … Read more on Wrestling Inc.

Event calendar for the week
Al-Anon 12 step recovery meeting: Held daily in the Athens area for friends and families of people with addictions to drugs, alcohol and others. … Athens Mothers' Center meeting: 9:30-11:30 a.m., Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1065 Gaines School Road. Read more on Online Athens

Mystery kidney disease killing Sri Lankan farmers
She's heard arsenic is to blame along with cadmium, lead and even home-brewed alcohol. Like most, she believes there's something in the water. But she has long given up trying to determine the source of her family's killer. Instead, she lives day to … Read more on Macon Telegraph (blog)

Authentic Recovery Center Launches New Website to Bridge Massive …
In 2012, an estimated 23.1 million Americans (8.9 percent) needed treatment for a problem related to drugs or alcohol, yet just 2.5 million people (1 percent) got treatment at a rehab center, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services … Read more on Press Release Rocket