Challenging Alcoholics Anonymous as the model for substance abuse treatment
The 12-step model of alcohol addiction treatment has been the status quo in rehabilitation centers for well over fifty years. Alcoholics Anonymous was formed in the 1930s and by 2000, the 12 steps were the program of choice for 90 percent of American …
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Renz program offers substance abuse care for minority women
With funding providing by a federal grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, minority women age 18 and over will have access to trauma informed services that will provide free substance abuse treatment, mental health …
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Massachusetts Law Would Allow Access to Addiction Treatment
“For nonviolent offenders, treatment should always be an option,” said Pax Prentiss, CEO of Passages Addiction Treatment Centers. “At Passages, we've helped our clients stop using drugs and alcohol and return to living meaningful lives.” At Passages …
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Suncoast Rehab Center Encourages "Pain Medicine Management" Trend in 2014
Suncoast Rehab Center pushes for an industry overhaul that includes implementing narcotic reduction programs that use alternatives to opioids for pain management–all in an effort to reduce prescription painkiller addiction. By Suncoast Rehab Center.
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Impulsive Personalities Prone to Food Addiction, Study Suggests
The researchers said they hope their discovery will lead the way to the development of treatment plans for obese individuals who have developed an addiction to food. MacKillop said that the study does not necessarily associate impulsive behavior with …
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Food Addiction Study Raises Big Concerns for Women
This makes treating food addiction very complicated. However, as studies like the one recently conducted continue to raise big concerns for women who may struggle with food addiction, health experts remain positive. Some suggest that recent findings …
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Editorial: Program helps fight addictions one story at a time
It's just one of several local facilities run by the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of Northwest Louisiana that house programs helping those addicted to drugs and alcohol recover. Specifically, Crockett Street is home to the Cavanaugh Adolescent …
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After 75 Years of Alcoholics Anonymous, It's Time to Admit We Have a Problem
Contrary to popular belief, most people recover from their addictions without any treatment—professional or self-help—regardless of whether the drug involved is alcohol, crack, methamphetamine, heroin, or cigarettes. One of the largest studies of …
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Mark Mishek named Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation CEO
RANCHO MIRAGE — It's been three months since Mark Mishek traveled cross-country from Minnesota to join the staff at the Betty Ford Center, but Monday marked a new beginning for Mishek and the famed alcohol and drug addiction treatment center …
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Does Calling Heroin Addiction A Brain Disease Help Avoid Tragedies Like Philip …
The dominant model for addiction treatment in the United States is the 12-step approach promoted by Alcoholics Anonymous, which describes addiction as a disease yet advocates what amounts to a spiritual cure—one that does not seem to work better than …
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Drug Treatment Court Fund established at Kalamazoo Community Foundation
DTCF supported the work of the Drug Treatment Court in Kalamazoo County, which began in 1992 as one of only 12 in the country at that time. The new fund will provide a permanent source of revenue for programs that give people the chance to repair their …
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Children with cancer 'denied drugs because of EU rules'
Although waivers are appropriate when an adult cancer drug will not work in childhood cancers, says the ICR, they are often granted even when a drug has a broader action and could potentially treat childhood tumours. For example, drugs have been …
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Cobourg patient drew the 'short straw' in cancer drug trial
“The desire to do the best you can for a patient and for a patient to get the treatment that you think could help them, versus the need to be certain that treatments really work and that there's a real benefit and it's worth whatever risk, that's …
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Atiyeh settles with Bethlehem over treatment center plans
… been the subject of a related lawsuit. The accord brings to a close years of litigation between Bethlehem and Atiyeh over his plans to build the treatment centers, which he says are needed to stem the tide of drug and alcohol addiction in the …
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Irving Treatment Center Launches Substance Abuse Program
An Irving treatment center is launching adult and adolescent programs aimed at tackling alcohol and drug addiction which are now available through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. According to information released from the U.S. Department of Health …
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Elizabeth Vargas Struggling With Alcoholism
The anchor said her husband had spoken to her about the addiction, but it was not until last year that she checked herself into rehab for alcoholism. Vargas stated she checked into a rehab facility that specializes in treating trauma. She stayed for …
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