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 …
Read more on Mashable

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 …
Read more on The Slatest

State-funded rehab clinics face budget cuts
The state should expand, not close, treatment facilities.” The three state alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers, Walter B. Jones in Greenville, R.J. Blackley in Butner and Julian Keith in Black Mountain, provide inpatient intensive care for low …
Read more on N.C. State University Technician Online

Pennsylvania Hospital to Start Inpatient Care for Internet Addiction
Media includes anything from television to the Internet. Although some people might not believe that an addiction to media is real, a hospital located in Pennsylvania announced that it would start the first ever inpatient treatment program in the …
Read more on Counsel & Heal

A Primer on Dakota Johnson, 50 Shades' New Star
What She'll "Open Up About" in Interviews: In September 2007, she completed a 30-day inpatient rehab program at the Visions Teen Treatment Center in Malibu for drug and alcohol addiction. She also participated in an outpatient program in Brentwood.
Read more on New York Magazine

Kindred Healthcare Completes Sale of 14 Non-Strategic Facilities Outside …
… the “Facilities”) consist of 14 transitional care (“TC”) hospitals (certified as long-term acute care (“LTAC”) hospitals) containing 1,002 licensed beds, one inpatient rehabilitation facility containing 44 licensed beds and one skilled nursing …
Read more on Fort Mills Times

California Lawmakers Order Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Drug Rehab Program
Karen Johnson, chief deputy director of the California Department of Health Care Services, speaks before the Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee. She said authorities welcome a state audit of the Drug Medi-Cal drug rehab program for the poor.
Read more on NBC Bay Area

Best Drug Rehabilitation CEO Per Wickstrom Salutes Detroit's Hometown …
Per Wickstrom, the CEO of holistic treatment facilities including Best Drug Rehabilitation, recently took center stage at the Detroit's Hometown Heroes event in order to share a critically important message that, he believes, is going to ultimately win …
Read more on PR Web (press release)

Middleboro divided over drug rehabilitation facility
A town board has kept alive, at least from the present, the bid of High Point Treatment Center to open a a 72-bed mental health and drug rehabilitation facility in the downtown. The Zoning Board of Appeals had heard two hours of testimony at a meeting …
Read more on Taunton Daily Gazette

Alcohol Treatment Toms River Restructures Plans to Help More Recovering …
Alcohol Treatment Toms River now offers an even wider variety of alcohol and drug abuse treatment plans. The hesitancy to go to a rehabilitation center inspired Alcohol Treatment Toms River to restructure their existing programs to appeal to anyone and …
Read more on PR Web (press release)

Addiction Treatment Center Destination Hope Reminds Families to Remain …
Drug rehab Florida treatment programs include: drug rehab, alcohol rehab, outpatient rehab, prescription drug rehab, dual diagnosis therapy to treat depression, anxiety and PTSD, family therapy programs, and aftercare. Destination Hope and its partner …
Read more on PR Web (press release)

Alcohol Treatment Newark's New Programs Prepare Alcoholics for Life After …
Carrie L., an addiction specialist at Alcohol Treatment Newark, describes the effectiveness of the new alcohol treatment programs, “Returning to your everyday life as a recovering addict is difficult enough, but when you must come face to face with …
Read more on PR Web (press release)

California Lawmakers Order Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Drug Rehab Program
Karen Johnson, chief deputy director of the California Department of Health Care Services, speaks before the Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee. She said authorities welcome a state audit of the Drug Medi-Cal drug rehab program for the poor.
Read more on NBC Bay Area

CNN/CIR rehab fraud investigation spurs lawmakers into action
(CNN) — A California lawmaker has scheduled a hearing to examine disclosures of significant fraud in taxpayer-funded drug rehabilitation by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN. Dr. Richard Pan, chairman of the Assembly Health Committee, …
Read more on CNN

With Lax Oversight, Fraud Flourishes in California's Drug Rehab Clinics
Drug Medi-Cal paid out $ 94 million in the past two fiscal years to 56 clinics in Southern California that have shown signs of deception or questionable billing practices, representing half of all public funding to the program, CIR and CNN found. The …
Read more on NBC Bay Area

Teens claim they were used as fake rehab clients
In California's public drug rehab program, clients equal cash. State and federal taxpayer money flows to the local privately run clinics based on the number of people they serve. The counseling is free to those on Medi-Cal. California spent nearly $ 186 …
Read more on myfox8.com

CNN/CIR rehab fraud investigation spurs lawmakers into action
(CNN) — A California lawmaker has scheduled a hearing to examine disclosures of significant fraud in taxpayer-funded drug rehabilitation by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN. Dr. Richard Pan, chairman of the Assembly Health Committee, …
Read more on CNN