Community Coalition seeks input via online survey
Sea Mar offers mental health and substance abuse treatment for adults at their Behavioral Health Services clinic, medical and dental care services at their community health center, and substance abuse treatment oriented towards youth at their youth … Read more on Monroe Monitor

'By the time it's approved, the client's gone': Insurance, system failures …
As McKay's first pangs of withdrawal kicked in – vomiting, diarrhea, shaking and cold sweats – his family was told that detoxification centers across the county were full. A hospital in Pittsburgh turned McKay away because it didn't consider opioid … Read more on PennLive.com

Survey shows high incidence of mental illness, trauma among R.I.'s homeless
The survey reinforces what advocates have long argued: the homeless spend a disproportionate amount of time in costly emergency rooms, jails, hospitals and detox centers. According to the coalition, 545 of those surveyed visited an emergency room 3,815 … Read more on The Providence Journal

Ruben Rosario: She died alone and homeless, but she will not be forgotten
Indeed, in order to secure a one-room apartment at the facility, residents must have 20 or more admissions to detox centers in the past three years, two or more attempts at chemical dependency treatment and have been homeless for most of the past five … Read more on TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

Oregon pays steep price for neglected addiction treatment system
Others are guided to treatment by family or friends, checking into the publicly funded programs, or relying on insurance to enter private treatment centers. Last year, 22,620 Oregonians used publicly funded care. Because of the complexity of the system … Read more on OregonLive.com

Combine Solicitation – G– Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP)
The Department of Veterans Affairs , C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center , hereafter referred to as CWBYVAMC, 10000 Bay Pines Blvd. , St. Petersburg, FL has a need for a total of seven (7) reserved beds in a Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse … Read more on Insurance News Net

New substance abuse centers set for Monterey, Salinas
Monterey >> This isn't Natalie's first time in recovery. It isn't even her first time at Genesis House, a residential drug treatment facility in Seaside run by Community Human Services. She graduated from the Genesis House in early 2012 and continued … Read more on Monterey County Herald

Answers to addiction: Program uses questions to help find a solution
The majority of Walton's clients come to Recovery Cafe because a judge has ordered them to get treatment for drug or alcohol problems. “The court system doesn't necessarily emphasize personal choice,” Walton says. It is a mistake to think that … Read more on Rome News-Tribune

Court records show efforts to help James Musante get treatment for drug …
While Musante's mother has said she believes her son, who had struggled with drug addiction, fell through the cracks of the judicial system, his court records suggest that the system was responsive in attempts to get him treatment. His family believes … Read more on GazetteNET

Opiates match alcohol in Ohio treatment centers
The Paint Valley Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Board, which serves five southern Ohio counties, reported more than 1,600 people — 77 percent of the total served — were diagnosed with opiate addiction. In Fairfield County, clients … Read more on Cincinnati.com

Addicted to games: What is a gambling addiction?
Gambling addictions often co-occur with other mental health challenges, such as anxiety, depression and substance abuse, Richman added. That can cause an individual to become dysfunctional. Lately, Edgar said that counselors with the council have found … Read more on The News Journal

How to give a great, relaxing head massage
We all crave for head massages after a long tiring day. But what we don't know is how these head massages actually work. When you massage your head with your finger tips the nerves in your scalp get stimulated and increase the blood flow to the brain … Read more on TheHealthSite

Ghosts in the machine
Dorion's case is complicated by illness and by poor cognitive skills that have left him "borderline" in intelligence and that are nonetheless not acute enough to have him placed in the category of mentally ill and eligible for other treatments. It … Read more on Winnipeg Free Press

Fortney: Where there is help, there is hope
Still, those dedicating their careers to promoting mental health are buoyed by the fact that more is known than ever before about the complex conditions underlying illness, as well as the development of effective treatments and workplace and community … Read more on Calgary Herald

Father walks with son through a life of mental illness
Family & Children's Services: Has 49 programs to help children and adults with mental health, substance abuse and family services. The agency has locations in Tulsa, Broken Arrow and Owasso. Call 918-587-9471 for an appointment or call COPES at … Read more on Tulsa World

Kids With Family History Of Substance Abuse Have Brains That Must Work …
Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center found that kids with a family history of alcohol or other drug use disorders — shorted to FH+ — were more likely to exhibit impairments in the forebrain area. The forebrain is the big … Read more on Medical Daily

New challenges arise in prescription drug abuse treatment
You should also be considering whether the patient has a history themselves of addition or if there's a family history of addiction.” Genovese points to a stat by the Arizona Department of Health Services, saying doctors wrote 82 prescriptions for … Read more on Tucson News Now

ALCOHOLISM IN THE NORTH COUNTRY
Left, James P. Scordo, executive director of the Credo Community Center for the Treatment of Addictions, says alcohol continues to be 'the number one drug of choice.' Right, Credo offers an inpatient rehabilitation program on a 115-acre farm in Evans … Read more on WatertownDailyTimes.com

Mt. Ascutney Hospital Official Named Citizen of the Year
Lord has also helped establish a number of community-based health projects, including structured after-school programming for teens, drug and alcohol counseling and recovery programs, mental health and dental services and food and clothing drives, the … Read more on Valley News

Support Notes 12.7.14
Celebrate Recovery: Christ-centered 12-step program meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at Community Bible Church, 9201 Dallas St.; 452-9201. Christians in Recovery: Faith-based support group meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Rye Hill Baptist Church, 11512 Old … Read more on Times Record

Investigation: Addicted nurses steal patients' drugs
You would never know Diane Hake had a drug problem in 2000 because the registered nurse entered a confidential program for health care workers that allowed her license to remain clean. In exchange, Hake was supposed to get treatment and return to … Read more on Staunton News Leader