'Diversion' Programs Send More to Treatment, Instead of Prison
State authorities have used the programs, known informally as drug courts, since the 1980s. Program participants typically must live on their own and be a full-time worker or student, and they must attend rehab or counseling meetings several times a week.
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Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for …
The program was organized by experts in the field and cognitive specialists with backgrounds in treating more familiar addictions like drug and alcohol abuse. "[Internet addiction] is a problem in this country that can be more pervasive than alcoholism …
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Bangor conference sheds light on drug, alcohol addiction treatment differences …
BANGOR, Maine — When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, there are differences between men and women, and that means treatment programs need to be different, local substance abuse providers learned Friday at a conference about addiction and …
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Hope Haven substance abuse program drops plan to move to South Park Street
Catholic Charities has dropped a proposal to relocate its Hope Haven substance abuse program to the former Wingra Clinic on South Park Street after community members opposed the move. "We took time to get out and hear people's concerns," said …
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Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for …
The program was organized by experts in the field and cognitive specialists with backgrounds in treating more familiar addictions like drug and alcohol abuse. "[Internet addiction] is a problem in this country that can be more pervasive than alcoholism …
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Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for …
Treatment facilities have sprung up in recent years, but a psychiatric hospital in central Pennsylvania is now set to become the country's first facility of its kind to offer an inpatient treatment program for people it diagnoses with severe Internet …
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Lamar Odom Reportedly Enters Drug and Alcohol Rehab
160737332_crop_north. Free-agent NBA forward Lamar Odom has reportedly entered a rehabilitation center for issues relating to drugs and alcohol. Jennifer Garcia of People magazine broke the news late Wednesday, citing two sources with knowledge of …
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'Addicted man of Europe': Study says drug, alcohol addiction a crisis in UK
A new report by the think-tank the Centre for Social Justice (the CSJ) found that the UK has become “the addicted man of Europe” with alcohol and drug abuse costing the tax payer 21 billion and 15 billion pounds respectively. The addiction … As local …
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Drug Use Drops for America's Youth, Rises in the Over 50 Crowd
"Recovery Month reminds us that the work we do to promote and support recovery has lasting, positive impact on so many individuals, families and communities," said H. Westley Clark, the director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. "It …
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Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for …
The story of Roberts, who came to grips with his addiction through years of therapy and spiritual retreats, is not unique. Treatment facilities have sprung up in recent years, but a psychiatric hospital in central Pennsylvania is now set to become the …
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Penn. hospital to begin treatment for Internet addiction
A PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL IS OPENING THE COUNTRY'S FIRST IN PATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR COMPUTER JUNKIES. IT IS A 10-DAY PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY SPECIALISTS IN TREATING DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. SAID THE …
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US Hospital Rehab Program Treats Internet Addiction
The psychologist who created the program, Dr. Kimberly Young, told Fox News that Internet addiction may be more prevalent than substance addiction since it is "free, legal, and fat-free." Young, Motherboard notes, wrote a book on Internet addiction as …
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What Marc Maron Taught Me About Addiction
Maron: What people forget, English professors included, is that those artists were probably geniuses—so to give that much credence to a substance is romanticizing and unfair. Would we not have that art if it wasn't for drugs? I don't know. But I …
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