In Defense Of 12 Steps: What Science Really Tells Us About Addiction
Here, two Harvard Medical School professors of psychiatry respond, arguing that Dr. Dodes misrepresents the evidence and that 12-step programs have among the strongest scientific underpinnings of any addiction treatment. By John F. Kelly and Gene …
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Mercy Addiction Recovery Center expands services
The Mercy Addiction Recovery Center is expanding its services to provide more convenient care for clients who work during the day. The center is now offering an evening Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program in addition to existing morning program.
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'Help for today, hope for tomorrow'
The theme of this year's Alcohol Awareness Month is “Help for Today. Hope for Tomorrow,” and both Joint Base Langley-Eustis alcohol and substance abuse programs are working toward bettering the lives of U.S. service members suffering from alcohol …
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Steps Toward Recovery from Alcohol Addiction
Recovery from alcohol addiction is a process that involves several steps; you can't get into the next one without taking the first one. There are various treatment programs available and with help from a medical professional, it will be easier to work …
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Drug Rehab Center Cleveland Designs New Programs to Treat Alcohol Abuse
Many people do not think of alcohol when they think of other harmful and addicting drugs. Because alcohol is legal, it is widely socially acceptable and appears in many situations that are unavoidable even to people who have completed a rehab program.
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PPACA may steer 40 million to drug, alcohol programs
The other day it was 37 million — the number of people a Stanford Medical School study suggested might bolt their employer health plan for exchange coverage. Now, we hearing that 40 million folks may enter drug and/or alcohol rehab programs once the …
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Drug Rehab Center Cleveland Designs New Programs to Treat Alcohol Abuse
Many people do not think of alcohol when they think of other harmful and addicting drugs. Because alcohol is legal, it is widely socially acceptable and appears in many situations that are unavoidable even to people who have completed a rehab program.
Read more on PR Web (press release)

PPACA may steer 40 million to drug, alcohol programs
The other day it was 37 million — the number of people a Stanford Medical School study suggested might bolt their employer health plan for exchange coverage. Now, we hearing that 40 million folks may enter drug and/or alcohol rehab programs once the …
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Four beds ready to treat Internet addicts
That sentiment could change on Monday, when the country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opens at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. "I've been studying Internet addiction since 1994," says Dr. Kimberly Young, …
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PPACA may steer 40 million to drug, alcohol programs
The other day it was 37 million — the number of people a Stanford Medical School study suggested might bolt their employer health plan for exchange coverage. Now, we hearing that 40 million folks may enter drug and/or alcohol rehab programs once the …
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Dina Lohan Arrested For Drunk Driving: Blows Twice Legal Limit
Dina Lohan is not setting a very good example for her daughter Lindsay Lohan. Dina, was reportedly … Lindsay's mom, Dina, clearly isn't trying to be a role model for her daughter, who just got out of rehab for drug and alcohol abuse. Dina's blood …
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Exclusive Alcohol Rehab Center Plans to Blend into Camden
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School's psychiatric hospital, plans to lease the exclusive 14-acre Fox Hill Estate on upper Bay View Street in Camden from the new owners, if Camden residents pass a proposed zoning change that would allow a high-end …
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Extra-inning games on rise, but nothing free about it
The Phillies were forced to cancel Roy Halladay's minor league rehab outing and had him start for them Sunday because scheduled starter Tyler Cloyd pitched five innings of relief Saturday. The evolution of bullpens is what some cite for the …
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Red Sox-Orioles Live: Dustin Pedroia, Mike Carp Come Up Big As Sox Battle …
Daniel Nava started the sixth inning with a sinking line drive that dropped just in front of a sliding Nate McLouth in left-center field. Bud Norris exited the game after striking out Mike Napoli. Norris gave up …. As dangerous as that is, Norris …
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Painkillers paved way for new addicts
In the mid-1990s, a new era dawned in medicine in which doctors were taught in medical school and through professional training programs that they should no longer worry about prescribing opiates, Bete said. The new school of thought preached that …
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Treatment: Finding a new fix
About 60 percent of Gosnold's medical detoxification admissions are opiate-related, up from about 24 percent 10 years ago, according to Raymond Tamasi, president and CEO of Gosnold for 20 years. Opiate patients at Gosnold are younger than similar …
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County attorney doesn't have to attend hearings, judge rules
The Wyoming State Hospital in Evanston helped detoxify the man, stabilized him with psychotropic medication and prepared to release him. Skoric's office objected to the release. Skoric said the objections had been … In the case before the Supreme …
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