mental health

Homeless Women Getting a New Lease on Life

Homeless women getting a new lease on life

Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment

The center, on the Near West Side, is a residential treatment facility that provides, among other services, detoxification, rehabilitation, therapy and a tailored program for homeless women grappling with mental health and substance abuse issues.
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Free Nicotine Replacement During Rehab Helps Patients Quit

Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment

AVENTURA, Florida — Providing patients in residential substance abuse rehabilitation programs access to free-of-charge nicotine replacement therapy enhances smoking reduction and cessation, new research shows. Dr. Stephanie Peglow. "Smoking cessation …
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Immediate Mental Health Results Seen in Post-Singer Community

Immediate mental health results seen in post-Singer community

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Illinois

Mary Ann Abate, vice president and chief operating officer for mental health services for Rosecrance, talks Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, about the new triage center at Rosecrance's downtown facility. (PHOTO) TRIAGE 10/16/2012 · (PHOTO) SINGER 4 9/8/11 …
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Mom beats addiction, gets kids back

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Illinois

VA Undercounted Afghanistan and Iraq War Veteran PTSD Cases

VA undercounted Afghanistan and Iraq war veteran PTSD cases

Filed under: drug abuse help in maryland

The overall, revised health care report shows 444,451 or 53.3 percent of the total sought mental health care, which includes treatment for PTSD, depression, psychoses, alcohol and drug abuse, over the past 10 years. This ranks mental health disorders …
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Steve Marcus: Best of 2012

Filed under: drug abuse help in maryland

Suicide Is a Problem With a Solution

Suicide is a problem with a solution

Filed under: drug abuse symptoms

"Some have underlying mental health issues, poor coping skills, alcohol or drug abuse issues," Guard said. "Most people who do not have these issues will not turn to suicide when they go through a crisis like the end of a relationship or being fired …
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Torn apart by drug abuse, family now reunited in recovery

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Accused Cannibal Set for City Hearing

Accused cannibal set for city hearing

Filed under: drug treatment centers in virginia

Kinyua had been detained in a state treatment center for months. At the hearing, he entered his own plea and apologized for the May beating that left … When it was his turn to speak, Kinyua, who takes two psychotropic drugs, rose to his shackled feet …
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Former employee says Prestera wrongfully terminated her

Filed under: drug treatment centers in virginia

The Teen Brain on Drugs and Alcohol: A Dangerous Combination

The Teen Brain on Drugs and Alcohol: A Dangerous Combination

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse

The current study looked at longitudinal changes in fiber tract integrity, and it supports previous findings of reduced white-matter integrity in adolescents who abuse drugs and alcohol. "White matter" refers to areas of the brain composed of …
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Port Chester Businesses Support Effort to Keep Kids Off Drugs and Alcohol

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse