drug addiction

Am I an Alcoholic? How to Tell if You're Drinking Too Much

Am I an Alcoholic? How To Tell If You're Drinking Too Much The therapist I began seeing after that incident started asking whether I had an alcohol problem. At the time I was stressing out at work, panicking as friends began settling down, and grieving the recent deaths of my mother and grandmother. But the … Read more on Yahoo Health How a mango can get you a new apartment in Venezuela (and more from In … Authorities charged John Connolly, 52, with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon at a medical clinic in Englewood, Fla., after they said he disputed a pain-medication prescription and began choking a physician's assistant with a stethoscope … Read more on Missoula Independent (blog) Read more... ...

A Counteroffensive in the Heroin War

...  counteroffensive in the heroin war As pastor of New Life Evangelical Baptist Church and founder and president of what is now the largest faith-based methadone treatment center in the United States, treating almost 2,000 addicted patients a day, I have been fighting this war in the … Read more on Washington Post Homeless man found dead in Tremont battled drug addiction, father says … said Friday in a phone interview with Northeast Ohio Media Group that his son might have fatally overdosed on drugs. "He was on heroin, marijuana, you name it," Bob Waler said of his son, who has been in and out of jail and treatment centers for years. Read more on cleveland.com Read ...

Aquatic Rehabilitation Center: Rehabilitation for Revival

Every illness requires expert clinical and psychological support. This support is gained at rehabs which are well equipped with modern technology and have good facilities. These rehabs carry out one on one discussion with their clients and then based on their requirements, likes, social surrounding and economic background chart out treatment programs. These programs are based on their individual preferences and personal characteristics. The recovery programs not only focus on physical health but also deal with psychological problems if any. The rehabs have state of art technology, which is effectively used for benefits of their clients. The psychologists prepare behavioral therapies for reforming the thinking process. By doing this their clients are able to deal with their problems with a new perspective and renewed thinking pattern. Read more... ...

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Among 721 Penalized for High

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Among 721 Penalized for High … These conditions include infections from catheters, blood clots, bed sores and other complications that are considered avoidable. The penalties, which are estimated to total $ 373 million, are falling particularly hard on academic medical centers … Read more on NBC 10 Philadelphia Good Shepherd Penn Partners expands its outpatient rehab network … outpatient therapy site for Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a joint venture established in 2008 by the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in Allentown, Pa. Last year, its outpatient centers in … Read more on Philadelphia Business Journal (blog) Read more... ...

McLean Hospital Opens Borden Cottage Rehab Center, 'Ready to Receive' First

...  'ready to receive' first … What's left for this Maine venture of the Massachusetts-based McLean Hospital is to admit clients seeking separation from drugs and alcohol, and who can pay up to $ 60,000 for a month of such treatment. “We are ready to receive them,” said Frederick … Read more on PenBayPilot.com Medford group hosts collage-making event to remember lost loved ones Delaney spent much of her childhood living apart from Derek, who struggled with drug addiction, and Delaney's mother, who abused alcohol. Furious with her parents, Delaney began acting out a few years ago, forcing her grandmother to call the police on … Read more on Wicked Local Medford Read ...

A Psychiatrist's View: Why Would Brian Williams Make Up Stories?

A psychiatrist's view: Why would Brian Williams make up stories? 5, 2014: In this file photo, Brian Williams speaks at the 8th Annual Stand Up For Heroes, presented by New York Comedy Festival and The Bob Woodruff Foundation in New York. (AP). NBC anchor Brian Williams is … And just like any other drug of abuse … Read more on Fox News Campaign aims to reduce unintentional overdose deaths Dr. Robert T. Rolfs, Deputy Director of Utah Department of Health, and Mikelle Moore, Vice President of Community benefit for Intermountain Healthcare talk more about the Use Only As Directed campaign. Use Only As Directed is the public awareness … Read more on Good4Utah Read more... ...

Free Vivitrol Therapy Starts for Florida Drug Addicts Ordered to Seek Treatment

Free Vivitrol therapy starts for Florida drug addicts ordered to seek treatment The drug has been on the market for about five years, said Mark Fontaine, director of the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association. But its wholesale price is about $ 1,000 per dose before treatment and administrative costs. "Nobody could afford it … Read more on Tampabay.com Stressed out: Youths turn to meds As a result, more doctors are prescribing anti-anxiety and sleep medication to kids as young as 12 to help them cope. A new University of Michigan study has found that adolescent prescription drug users are more prone to abuse those drugs. According to … Read more on Toledo Blade Read more... ...