Five Directions, tribal youth treatment center closing
Five Directions, an alcohol and drug treatment center for Native American teens run by the Klamath Tribes, is closing. “It's truly a sad day for the ….. Before ,it was also called Wemble House and Klamath Youth Residential Treatment Center. It serves …
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Native American Treatment Center Closing
The treatment center has been operating for the past 10 years, under the names of 'Wemble House', 'Klamath Youth Residential Treatment Center', and '5 Directions'. Gail Hatcher of Klamath Tribal Health and Family Services says the closure could put …
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Malibu puts rehab centers on notice
“When rehab facilities that are supposed to be in a residential area don't obey the law, they have the ability to overwhelm the infrastructure and ultimately they start these clusterings and pretty soon they destroy neighborhoods,” La Monte said “I …
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Welcome to rehab city
A recent session at the Chabad Residential Treatment Center in Los Angeles. Many clients at treatment facilities have a rocky road to recovery, going through several inpatient centers before transitioning back into normal life. Photo by Monika Lightstone.
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Dog-interaction activities improve mood among teenagers living in treatment …
The relationship between dogs and humans is prehistoric, but Ellsworth's study is the first of its kind to demonstrate how dog-interaction activities improve mood among teenagers living in residential treatment centers. A method to the gladness. Once a …
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Scrutiny of Scottsdale residential treatment center grows as more teens run away
A 14-year-old girl took drugs and had sex with a stranger after walking away last month from a Scottsdale residential treatment center whose problems with runaways had been documented in an Arizona Republic report. The middle-school student's family …
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Back2Basics Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center Congratulates Graduating …
The Back2Basics Treatment Center is an intense combination of outdoor adventure, 12-step work, culinary classes, individual and group therapy, and Kung-Fu. Foley spent the first six months of the program focused on outdoor adventure as a sort of …
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Lawsuit accuses drug treatment center of fraud
By Christian Boone. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The parents of five former Narconon of Georgia patients on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking class action against the Norcross drug treatment center alleging fraud, negligence and breach of contract …
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Scrutiny of Scottsdale residential treatment center grows as more teens run away
A 14-year-old girl took drugs and had sex with a stranger after walking away last month from a Scottsdale residential treatment center whose problems with runaways had been documented in an Arizona Republic report. The middle-school student's family …
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Corsicana Residential Treatment Center survives one chop, but faces next …
The Corsicana Residential Treatment Center is unique in that it houses those offenders who have other issues beyond their criminal behavior — a psychological or learning disability, for example, and typically more than one issue. As well, Corsicana as …
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Scrutiny of Scottsdale residential treatment center grows as more teens run away
The Republic's February series on regulatory issues facing juvenile residential treatment centers singled out the New Foundation's problem with runaways. Regulators at the time said most kids left only for short breaks to cool down at a nearby park.
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Teens Are Being Trapped in Abusive 'Drug Rehab Centers'
It soon became clear that today's residential teen treatment centers still have all the trappings of a cult. One night, Nick Quinn was roused from sleep at his home and taken to Aspen Education's Outback program in Utah (the same program Josh Shipp …
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Health law to open access to addiction treatment
Addiction treatment rarely is covered by health insurance, and many people cannot afford programs needed to recover and manage the disease. That prevents … We're giving them enough criteria that would absolutely warrant residential care," Matthews said.
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Center for Discovery Eating Disorder Treatment Center Adds Equine Assisted …
“Equine assisted therapy, as part of our eating disorder treatment program, is an excellent instrument that helps promote healing, growth, and insight.” The Center for Discovery location, located in a residential neighborhood in Bellevue, Washington …
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United Community Center plans new women's center, school expansion
The United Community Center is closing its residential treatment facility for women later this month to build a bigger treatment center that will cost an estimated $ 1 million and open in the fall, said Ricardo Diaz, UCC's executive director. The UCC …
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More treatment centers needed to fight heroin addiction
Sojourner Recovery Services, in Hamilton, is the only residential treatment center in the county, and at most times, there is a waiting list for those seeking addiction treatment, said Darryle Short, director of staff development. He said those …
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