Calling for Help How do you deliver mental health care to Spokane's homeless?
They're afraid they're going to be hospitalized or forced to get treatment they don't want," says Esa Lariviere, who supervises Frontier Behavioral Health programs such as the Homeless Outreach Team. Every week, mental health workers scour … In …
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Boca Raton therapist featured on 'Dr. Phil' arrested on battery charge against …
Walsh and his wife, Karen Corcoran Walsh, are the owners of Inspirations for Youth and Families, an addiction treatment and mental health rehabilitation center for teenagers and families that has been featured on the "Dr. Phil Show." Police said Walsh …
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CT Scans Might Help Diagnose Gout in Some Cases
Proper drug treatment and changes in eating habits can help prevent more gout attacks and the spread of the disease to other joints. "What we are learning from the dual-energy CT scans has really changed our perception of where gout can occur and how …
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New Website For Summit Behavioral Health As They Launch New Facilities And …
The treatment (flexible, holistic and personalized drug and alcohol addiction treatment) incorporate evidence-based treatment programs and dual diagnosis; provided in their facilities, as well as patients' chosen venues. Treatment depends on a patient …
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Flagstaff Medical Center Doc of Year is a pediatric hospitalist
The award is given by a panel of past winners who consider nominations from the larger medical community. He's only been at FMC for three years, but Dunn has already had a major impact. Dunn is a dual specialist. He's an internist, or adult physician …
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Alleged child abuse at Omega Treatment Center in Greensboro, conditions …
DHHS said staff members lacked certain training required at state-licensed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities. In the report, an employee shared, “It would have helped to have had experience and training before starting working here.” Another …
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New Website For Summit Behavioral Health As They Launch New Facilities And …
Depending on a patient's addiction severity, or lack of it, Summit Behavioral Health's staffs may recommend residential treatment in the detoxification facility, intensive outpatient programs or sessions in and out of the treatment facility. The …
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Castlewood Treatment Centers Collaborating on Eating Disorder Research Study
Castlewood Treatment Centers and other members of the Residential Eating Disorder Consortium are collaborating on a research study to examine the effectiveness of residential eating disorder treatment. The study, which launched this month, is …
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Camden neighbors ask federal court to block alcohol rehab center
The issue has been a divisive one in Camden for the past year as Fox Hill Real Estate had initially attempted to get the town to amend its zoning laws to allow the treatment center to operate in the residential area of Bay View Street. The Fox Hill …
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Health Insider: ADHD diagnosis, drug treatment may lead to greater teen weight …
“The reason we think it is more likely to be the drugs than the diagnosis is because the earlier the drugs were started and the longer the drugs were used, the stronger the effects,” said study author Dr. Brian Schwartz, an epidemiologist at the Johns …
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Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average
Teens in Massachusetts reported using illegal drugs at a rate that exceeds the national average, according to a recent federal study. The 2013 Behavioral Health Barometer, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently …
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Yoga for Addiction and Alcoholism Recovery Offered at World Renowned …
Combines Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic approach to addiction and self-destructive behaviors. For those in counseling roles, the course offers additional tools and a comprehensive approach to wellness …
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Drug, alcohol program office back downtown
STEUBENVILLE – The Jefferson Behavioral Health System has moved its drug and alcohol abuse services back downtown to an office at 525 N. Fourth St. The Community Outreach Recovery Environment, or C.O.R.E., replaces the former CARE Network after …
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New Helpline in Webster, TX Provides Adolescents with Accurate Substance …
The new helpline in Webster, TX acts as a valuable resource for teenagers seeking to overcome drug and alcohol addiction. LIGHTNING RELEASES (3/21/2014) – Admitting to a substance abuse problem is the first step on the road to recovery. For many …
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Compass: Don't cut residential treatment for addicts
We hope our legislators will reconsider the cuts to the state Behavioral Health grants that fund residential addiction treatment. Alaska has startlingly high rates of addiction and cutting funding for residential substance abuse treatment when Alaska …
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Growth in Treatment Has Led to More Innovation
The recently implemented Affordable Care Act is the third transformative policy for addiction treatment. It defines care for substance use disorders as an essential health care benefit and fully incorporates the standards set by the mental health …
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