Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment
Under the decades-old federal restriction, drug treatment centers with more than 16 beds can't bill Medicaid for residential services provided to low-income adults. The measure was designed to prevent Medicaid funding from going to private mental …
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a …
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ACA Brings Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment to Millions
While the ACA now requires insurers selling plans on the online exchanges to offer substance abuse treatment and “mental health parity,” these changes may not translate into effective or immediate help for everyone. But the experts interviewed for this …
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Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Treatment, Though Elderly …
Print. Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Facilities. Although twice as many men seek inpatient treatment for substance abuse, elderly women are nearly three times as likely as men their age to abuse prescription painkillers such as oxycodone.
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Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment
"This is the beginning of substance abuse disorders being part of mainstream health care," said Thomas McLellan, former U.S. deputy drug czar and now chief executive officer of the Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia. Serious impediments to …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a …
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A gaping hole in addiction treatment
More than 23 million Americans needed treatment for an alcohol or drug problem in 2012, but only about 11 percent received it, according to estimates from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). In Calhoun County …
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Despite Affordable Care Act, a gaping hole in addiction treatment
More than 23 million Americans needed treatment for an alcohol or drug problem in 2012 but only 11% received it, according to estimates from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Under the decades-old federal …
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A gaping hole in addiction treatment
More than 23 million Americans needed treatment for an alcohol or drug problem in 2012, but only about 11 percent received it, according to estimates from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). In Calhoun County …
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Neighbors fight .16 millon personal care home
One of Dunwoody's original neighborhoods, Manget Way, has been undergoing a re-birth through beautiful new homes. This one has been sold to a California company for a treatment center for adolescents with eating disorders. The neighbors are planning …
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Club drug "Special K" could help people with suicidal depression: study
A 2013 study led by researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, involving 72 patients with treatment-resistant depression, found almost 64 percent of patients showed improvements in symptoms within 24 hours, and 46 percent had improved …
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Ketamine, or "Special K," effectively treats severe depression in study
A 2013 study led by researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, involving 72 patients with treatment-resistant depression, found almost 64 percent of patients showed improvements in symptoms within 24 hours, and 46 percent had improved …
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Fort Hood Officials Focus on Shooting Suspect's Mental Health
The soldier accused of Wednesday's deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas was undergoing treatment for a combination of depression, anxiety and insomnia, but no evidence has emerged linking his mental condition to his deployments overseas …
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Change way we treat addiction
And there is a reason why: We are failing to treat this crisis with the resources it needs. Worse, we are still not seeing this tragic epidemic for what it truly is. Addiction is a public-health issue, but still carries the stigma of many of our …
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Program on drug addiction is for parents and teens
At 6 p.m., there will be a Resource Fair of mental health providers in the field of addiction who will be available to answer questions and provide information regarding treatment and mental health resources. The program is being sponsored by Loeb …
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