Long Beach Substance Abuse Foundation offers hope to addicts
According to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 161,133 residents age 12 and up were admitted to treatment facilities in 2012. That's down from 213,576 in 2002, but slightly … Thirty funding sources, ranging from …
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Care and compassion needed for addicted mothers-to-be
Standard of care for the treatment of heroin addiction, and more recently, the treatment of non-heroin opiate addiction, is maintenance therapy with methadone. The goals are to encourage and ensure safe prenatal care, prevent complications from illicit …
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ADHD diagnoses soared amid 20-year drug marketing campaign
But even some of the field's longtime advocates say the zeal to find and treat every A.D.H.D. child has led to too many people with scant symptoms receiving the diagnosis and medication. The disorder is now the second most frequent long-term diagnosis …
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