Action Family Counseling Helps Clergy Plan Drug Abuse Prevention Programs
As a substance abuse counseling expert, I know the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported in 2012 that over 22.2 million persons aged 12 or older were classified with substance dependence or abuse. Overall, 17.7 million had …
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VA adds mental health services: Substance abuse, post-traumatic stress in focus
MURFREESBORO — New efforts to provide veterans with help with substance abuse and post-traumatic stress also requires more community support, an official with the program at York VA Medical Center said Tuesday. “We need them to work with us as far …
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Chris Brown thanks fans via phone call from jail
Brown pleaded not guilty, but his Rihanna judge sent him to court-ordered rehab in November saying the incident may have violated his probation. Brown was living at his Malibu rehab when he got tossed last month after allegedly ignoring a drug test and …
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Passages Malibu Marks Alcohol Awareness Month
“In our clinical experience at Passages, young people with unresolved traumatic experiences or mental health issues are particularly at risk for becoming dependent on alcohol,” said Pax Prentiss, CEO of Passages Addiction Treatment Centers. “As a …
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York VA launches residential mental health rehab program
The mission of the program is to provide state-of-the-art, high-quality residential rehabilitation and treatment services for veterans with mental illness, addiction, homelessness and/or psychosocial deficits. The program identifies and addresses goals …
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First drug treatment center planned for Uintah County
Both are part of a group working to open Uintah County's first residential treatment facility for substance abuse. The Open Arms Recovery Center will offer residents a safe place to live while they work to get clean. Counselors from outside providers …
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Cape May County's third forum on substance addiction set for Thursday
It takes a community effort to combat a problem as pervasive as substance addiction, and that's just what Cape May County's Board of Chosen Freeholders is looking to use against its ongoing heroin epidemic. The board will hold its third Community …
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How Obamacare Is Changing Addiction Treatment Coverage
Several of the most important aspects of the ACA for the world of addiction also finally roll out in 2014. The federal government, for example, released final regulations in November concerning the ACA's requirements that mental health and substance …
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Paradigm Malibu Wins Second Consecutive Award for Teen Mental Health …
For the second year running, mental health treatment center Paradigm Malibu received recognition as the Best Residential Treatment Program for Adolescents. Awarded by not-for-profit organization Teen Help Alliance, the distinction singles out that …
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New Website For Summit Behavioral Health As They Launch New Facilities And …
Depending on a patient's addiction severity, or lack of it, Summit Behavioral Health's staffs may recommend residential treatment in the detoxification facility, intensive outpatient programs or sessions in and out of the treatment facility. The …
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Cherry Hill's Humble Beginnings will serve adult addicts in recovery
Joseph Lubowitz, CEO of Humble Beginnings, a new out-patient drug rehab in Cherry Hill. Wednesday, March 26, 2014. / COURIER-POST. • Humble Beginnings, Executive Mews Complex, 1930 … Interested in what he called a holistic approach to therapy …
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Texas Medical Board disciplines physicians at March meeting
In determining Dr. An's sanctions, the Board considered the facts that Dr. An had successfully completed inpatient treatment and intensive outpatient treatment, continues rehabilitation in a 12-Step aftercare program, received clearance from his …
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Youth counselor educates on area drug use
The youth Kuleta sees daily live in meth houses, are cutters, drug users, alcoholics and have behavioral, chemical and mental health issues. It is not uncommon for youth to have “poly drug use” which is making detox and rehabilitation difficult, Kuleta …
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