Substance abuse treatment center gets new leadership from Evergreen
Dr. John Patz, a substance use disorder specialist, is splitting his time between practicing primary care in the new Evergreen Primary Care facility in Monroe and the Recovery Center across the street, where he is the new medical director. By June, he …
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Trenton Health Team awarded .2M to help improve substance abuse treatment
In the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment program, patients coming in for everything from routine checkups to backaches will be questioned about substance abuse issues, Henry J. Austin Health Center medical director Dr. Kemi Alli said.
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Thousands of addicted Montanans to become eligible for substance–abuse …
But there are factors outside the numbers that mitigate the potential increases and likely mean there won't be a sudden rush on rehab facilities, hospitals and mental-health centers, substance-abuse treatment providers said. That's because there is …
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Lawmakers Back Changes To Welfare Benefits
Rick Snyder's administration — people who test positive for the first time would be referred to a substance abuse treatment center and would continue receiving benefits throughout their treatment. But if they drop out of the treatment or test positive …
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