Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Bain paid $ 58 million to acquire the for-profit centers through CRC Health Corp., a California company it has owned since 2006. CRC Health is the biggest provider of substance abuse treatment and behavioral health services in the country. This foray …
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Substance Abuse Tx Problematic Despite ACA
Similarly, the vast majority of the substance abuse treatment in Colorado is located in centers with more than 16 beds, said Arthur Schut, chief executive officer of Denver-based Arapahoe House. There are ongoing conversations among treatment providers …
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100 hear stories of overdose, addiction and recovery during forum at Rhode …
“Education, housing, jobs are what's needed for recovery to take hold.” … “Being in a family with an addict is like being in a car that's out of control,” observed Rebecca Boss, supervisor of the state's Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Services.
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State senator leads drug talk
Fitzsimmons said within 72 hours after he was appointed state Senator last year, he was approached by a parent seeking treatment for their drug-addicted child. Fitzsimmons said he contacted treatment facilities throughout the state and found all were …
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DeLeo gets award for helping gambling addicts
"I looked at this as a way to get jobs to the blue-collar workers," he said of expanded gambling before a group at the Massachusetts Conference on Gambling Problems Friday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Rte. 9. But he understood the need to pass …
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City council proposes increase on tax for alcoholic beverages
This money would be used to reduce crime, improve quality of life and raise funds for substance abuse treatment programs, Linehan said to approximately 30 attendees. “We have an enormous issue with substance abuse in the city of Boston and our …
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App can help alcoholics, study finds
Adults released from inpatient alcoholism treatment centers who got free sober smartphones reported fewer drinking days and more overall abstinence than those who got the usual follow-up support. The results were based on patients' self-reporting on …
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Blanchard residents rally against proposed rehabilitation center
Second Story Ranch is a proposed 90-day residential home designed to help men who have completed 30 days of inpatient substance abuse treatment. The recovery home would be near the outskirts of Blanchard. Some residents have taken issue with the …
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Drug Rehab Owner Curbs Addiction by Offering Natural ADHD Supplements
Danny Warner runs The Chateau Recovery Center, a substance abuse rehabilitation center in the scenic valley of Midway, Utah. Danny became concerned when he noticed a "very high percentage of his clients with substance abuse problems were also on …
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MPs okay rehabilitation fund for drug addictsPublish Date: Apr 06, 2014
The committee chaired by the Mubende Woman MP Benny Namugwanya noted that the funds will enable the rehabilitation centers to provide for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons addicted to the drugs. “Let's be like Kenya where this Fund is …
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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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Trouble Is a Gift: A Story of Addiction, Recovery & Hope
As a medical student, I have helped care for a number of chronic alcoholics who have been hospitalized to wean them safely off their most recent bender while avoiding potentially deadly complications. The decision to give up alcohol may be their own or …
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To protect children, Florida should treat addicted parents
Neither the Senate, House or governor propose beefing up substance abuse treatment programs for parents. This is after eight years of budget cuts totalling some $ 8 million for vital intervention, treatment and prevention programs. The Florida Coalition …
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In the grips of heroin 'epidemic'
The number of people admitted to state-funded treatment programs for heroin addiction has jumped 90 percent in the last decade, with the greatest increase between 2012 and 2013, when 1,540 people were treated for heroin addiction. … The New Hampshire …
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