Elements Behavioral Health Acquires Journey Healing Centers' Network of …
Elements Behavioral Health, a leading nationwide provider of addiction and mental health treatment programs, announced today that it has acquired Journey Healing Centers' network of drug and alcohol treatment centers in Arizona and Utah. Journey …
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Phoenix Drug Detox Center Launches New Program to Halt Heroin Addiction …
A Phoenix drug rehab center is announcing a new program aimed at halting the harrowing effects of heroin addiction and abuse through Medical Drug Detox Center. … Think about the challenges you may face while you go through detox treatment services.
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Lucida Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Center Opens in Florida
Elements Behavioral Health opens Lucida, a substance abuse and mental health treatment center that blends evidence-based and alternative therapies, exceptional clinical and medical staff, personalized care, and resort-style amenities in a safe, private …
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Lakeview Health, a Florida-based drug and alcohol rehab center, has hired Chef …
Chef Marco is a recognized expert in this expanding culinary discipline and has worked to develop other recovery-focused menus for addiction treatment centers nationally. This marks the latest expansion by Lakeview Health under its new leadership in 2013.
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Todd Trenchard celebrates 15 years of sobriety
AMANDA McCOY/SUN HERALDTodd Trenchard entered Home of Grace Christian Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center in December 1998 for his addiction to alcohol and cocaine. He's been sober 15 years and has become the senior … was an alternative to marijuana is …
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Problems remain with state's four-drug policy
Janice Gambach, president of Springfield-based Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois, said she would like to see the four-drug policy repealed because there's little evidence that it saves money in the long run, and there's anecdotal evidence that …
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Legal pot is imminent in Colorado and Washington. Are they ready?
Christian Thurstone, a child psychiatrist and the medical director of a Denver substance abuse treatment center for adolescents, is one such skeptic. Since medical marijuana became commercialized in Colorado in 2009, the number of patients approved for …
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Bridges to Recovery Opens Beverly Hills Facility
Bridges to Recovery. Bridges to Recovery in Beverly Hills can treat such mental health conditions as mood disorders, depression, different types of anxiety, personality and psychotic disorders, and substance abuse. Los Angeles, Ca (PRWEB) December 17, …
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Discovery of "teen gene" could hold promise for combating severe mental illnesses
It is known that during this teenaged phase of brain development, adolescents are particularly vulnerable to psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, depression and drug addiction. Researchers at the Douglas Institute Research Centre, affiliated …
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Rolling Stones vocalist Lisa Fischer among those to fete Carole King
On the red carpet at last year's event, when commenting on substance abuse, Taylor told Examiner.com that drugs and alcohol seem to be everywhere in the music business. Taylor stated, "It's one of the pitfalls in being in show … The organization …
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Leading Online Addiction Treatment Provider, Lionrock Recovery, Announces Its …
Real Time Recovery creates a 24/7 therapeutic experience for outpatient addiction treatment clients, integrating Lionrock's proprietary mobile Internet application and online video conferencing with individualized treatment plans to bring therapeutic …
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Final Regulations For The Mental Health Parity And Addiction Equity Act Of 2008
The interim final regulations and the final regulations do not address how the six benefit classifications apply to intermediate levels of care, such as residential treatment facilities, partial hospitalization, or intensive outpatient treatment …
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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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