Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
They either claim that the addict does not meet the "criteria for medical necessity" — that inpatient care would be an inappropriate treatment — or require that the user first try outpatient rehab. "Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of the time, we hear …
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Erin Henderson sober, eager for another chance in NFL
Erin Henderson never thought his alcohol and marijuana use affected his play on the field. In fact, Henderson felt his … Henderson revealed in a blog post Tuesday on TMZ that he checked into an inpatient rehabilitation facility Jan. 2, hours after …
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Blanchard residents rally against proposed rehabilitation center
Second Story Ranch is a proposed 90-day residential home designed to help men who have completed 30 days of inpatient substance abuse treatment. The recovery home would be near the outskirts of Blanchard. Some residents have taken issue with the …
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Parents, advocates push for drug rehabilitation be paid for by health insurance
BRENTWOOD – As the heroin crisis worsens on Long Island, parents and advocates are hoping Albany can pass a bill requiring inpatient drug rehabilitation be paid for by health insurance. The issue was discussed at the first of 12 statewide forums on …
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Drug abuse treatment clinic asked to close doors
"The clinic is in violation of zoning ordinance because it's a substance abuse clinic," Phillips said. "Those clinics are only allowed in the M-1 zone, which is light industrial but the location of the clinic is in the B-3 arterial business district …
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ACA Brings Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment to Millions
While the ACA now requires insurers selling plans on the online exchanges to offer substance abuse treatment and “mental health parity,” these changes may not translate into effective or immediate help for everyone. But the experts interviewed for this …
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Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Treatment, Though Elderly …
Print. Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Facilities. Although twice as many men seek inpatient treatment for substance abuse, elderly women are nearly three times as likely as men their age to abuse prescription painkillers such as oxycodone.
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In today’s always changing and fast paced environment, many individuals acquire different kinds of health issues that stem from their inability to handle with the transformations around them. Unfortunately, some people express their failure to handle stress and the demands of everyday living by falling into the pitfall of addiction.

Many individuals who suffer from addiction are the ones who go through unmanageable tendencies, which is often attributable to depression and anxiety. Usually, these people don’t realize their addiction until it has altogether consumed control over their lives.

There are various institutions that provide support and the much needed attention for many who are trying to uncover a remedy for their addiction and depression. Addicts can depend on rehabilitation centers such as Ontario Drug Rehab Center to provide them an alternative healing solution that will not only let them encounter their personal hurtful emotions but additionally teach them the most effective ways to manage their own negative thoughts and actions.

It is vital for addicts to find out where their damaging thoughts and destructive behavior are caused by. This is where most drug rehabilitation centers differ. Some rehabilitation centres concentrate mainly on the individuals damaging behavior and do not provide more focus on what truly causes their depression and altered thinking.

The most effective treatment is the one that enables the addicts to address their suffering and voice their feelings. Ontario Drug Rehab Center goes a step further by allowing the addicts to direct their deep emotions toward a more inspiring approach.

By providing recovering addicts the ability to exhibit themselves creatively, Ontario Drug Rehab Center successfully leads them to the best road to recovery. This holistic approach to addiction recovery demonstrates to addicts to evaluate their emotions and control their problems by getting more in contact with their own senses.

There are 7 senses that analyse information in a person’s environment, and these send equivalent alerts to the brain. When addicts become more responsive to their senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, balance, and inner sensations), they eventually realize that they cannot feel their thoughts. They discover that their depression and negative thought processes are absolutely nothing but physical sensations.

By paying close awareness of what they sense from their environment, addicts have the ability to search for the source of their hardship. They discover that each time they worry, their thoughts send impulses to their brain. It is actually not the thought that they are feeling but their bodys response to the physical sensations induced by the thought itself.

This is how it works. Every time a person starts to worry, he transmits a thought that the brain recognizes as a risk. The brain then transmits signals to the body to protect itself by releasing chemicals like adrenaline and cortisol. The body reacts appropriately to the information sent by the brain, signals which can be triggered by the feelings of a person who began stressing.

Simply by being familiar with this, addicts realize the significance of paying closer awareness of what they sense from their surroundings. They figure out how to manage their thoughts far better so that they can steer clear of the possible body reactions that can bring about their anxiety and depression. It is this kind of addiction healing approach which places Ontario Drug Rehab Center apart from the others since it is where addicts learn how to be better linked to their own mankind.

The Hope in Substance Abuse
Dr Kosanke has been working in the research and clinical practice of substance abuse treatment for many years. She has most recently co-authored a book called Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change that is a compassionate …
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Mayors task force discusses drug abuse prevention, treatment
ELKTON — Mayors from Cecil County's eight towns continue to widen their net of information and partners in their quest to help the county reduce a substance abuse problem that all agree has gotten out of hand. An ambitious agenda with six potential …
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Cutler's Corner: The many facets of substance abuse
Another set of heartbreaking stories was shared this week at the Plymouth Public Library where a special commission studying drug abuse and treatment options hosted a stop on their statewide listening tour. Pembroke was well represented with Police …
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Hospital to become rehab center
Lakeland HealthCare announced Friday it had entered into an agreement with Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center, based in Richmond, Mich., to operate a detoxification center and a short-term residential treatment site for treatment of substance abuse at …
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Youth counselor educates on area drug use
The theme of Evergreen Youth and Family Services annual conference at the Sanford Center was “promoting positive youth development. … It is not uncommon for youth to have “poly drug use” which is making detox and rehabilitation difficult, Kuleta said.
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Lawrence Township land use ordinance amended
The Lawrence Township Council amended the land use ordinance at its March 18 meeting to address substance abuse treatment centers, but not before residents expressed concern about the potential new use. The ordinance was … It authorizes an amendment …
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Proposed substance abuse treatment center would be a first in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – More West Virginians died as a result of substance abuse in 2013 than auto accidents. That doesn't come as a surprise to Jim Wilkerson. He's the development director of the T Center. Once it's built, it will be the first of its kind …
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Telepsychiatry for Effective, Discrete Substance Abuse Treatment
"We see CloudVisit as a perfect fit for substance abuse treatment facilities, community service boards, and private healthcare professionals. The unique inpatient and outpatient needs of providers and patients, whether financial or personal, can be …
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