Salvation Army pulls plan to move residential drug and alcohol treatment …
The Salvation Army has withdrawn its offer to purchase Kenowa Hills' Fairview Elementary School and end its plans to move the Salvation Army's "Turning Point Program" residential drug and alcohol treatment center there. The move comes after a two-hour …
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Aldon Smith admitted to rehab
… 49ers are in after their loss to the Colts.Tags: 49ers, First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless · San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been admitted on an in-patient basis to a facility to be treated for alcohol abuse, a league source …
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Drug Rehab Center New Brunswick Provides New Hope for Alcoholics
Drug Rehab Center New Brunswick continues to update its treatment program and provide the latest the methods to help alcoholics beat their disease. Each year, new information becomes available to treat alcoholism. The staff at Drug Rehab Center New …
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Amid fraud allegations, rehab doctor OKs treatment without seeing patients
A Southern California doctor with a history of run-ins with regulators has approved treatment for more than 1,550 patients at publicly funded drug rehabilitation clinics now under investigation for fraud. Dr. Howard Oliver acknowledged that he never …
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PPACA may steer 40 million to drug, alcohol programs
The 40-million figure comes from the California Health Report, in an article which discusses how drug and alcohol treatment programs will be viewed differently under the act. (The California Health Report is a nonprofit civic journalism project.) “I …
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Substance Misuse Treatment Likely To Be Transformed by ACA
According to Richard Rawson — a professor of psychiatry and associate director of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs — drug treatment in California was developed independently of medical care. "It's this weird mix of self-help, criminal …
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Into Action Treatment Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Announces Weekly Al …
Alcoholism and drug addiction are considered “family diseases” where all members of the family, not only the alcoholic or addict, have suffered from the effects of alcohol and drugs. The staff at Into Action Treatment suggests that family members and …
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Online Health Marketplaces Open October 1st, Bringing Addiction Treatment …
When online health marketplaces opened on October 1st, the US began enrolling Americans in low cost insurance plans that include addiction treatment as a part of basic health coverage. These new changes are currently offered on the web, under the 2010 …
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Boy Scouts Honor Three Santa Clarita Couples As Leaders of Character
Cary Quashen operates Action Family Counseling Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers which as 12 locations and 16 programs in operation in Southern California. He is a certified addition specialist who also founded Action Family Counseling, a nonprofit …
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An intervention … for Malibu
As of July, there were 35 state-licensed drug and alcohol rehab facilities in this city (population 12,645). High-profile rehabilitation … While 85 percent of drug and alcohol treatment programs in the United States are nonprofit, the luxury …
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How Some Addicts Sneak In Drugs
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — Take a look at a rare glimpse at what's really going on behind closed doors at -some- of the nation's drug and alcohol rehab facilities. Two California counselors speak publicly for the first time about drug use they've witnessed …
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Malibu's Rehab Issue Gaining Steam
Buoyed by a blitz of national media attention, Malibu city officials traveled to Sacramento last week to once again push for state legislation regulating the spread of high-priced drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in Malibu neighborhoods. Malibu …
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To understand what a non 12 step rehab program is, it is first important to understand the 12 step rehab program. The traditional 12 step rehabilitation program was pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the 1930’s. Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and other similar 12 step programs followed later. The foundation of these programs is that addiction is a disease that the individual must struggle with for the rest of his or her life. These social treatment programs rely on counseling, peer support, and mentorship to treat addiction. Unfortunately, these programs do not address both the physical and mental dependencies to get at the root cause of a person’s addictive behavior.

How is non 12 step rehab different?
Fortunately, non 12 step rehabilitation programs can and do address both the physical and mental dependency components of addiction. In a non 12 step rehab program, medical and rehabilitative specialists are able to determine the underlying cause of a person’s dependency. This enables a person struggling with addiction to make a complete and sustainable recovery. Unlike the traditional 12 step program which labels an individual as an addict with a disease they must fight against for the rest of his or her life, the non 12 step program provides the tools for a complete recovery, making addiction a thing of the past. Non 12 step programs identify drug and alcohol addiction not as diseases but rather as resolvable situations. A non 12 step program allows an individual to move forward in life without the shadows of alcoholism always looming in the background.

A holistic and integrated approach
Non 12 step rehab programs use new advances in medical technology to determine the root cause or causes of an individual’s addiction. New medical techniques used by non 12 step programs may include brain scans, brain mapping, neuro and biofeedback, biophysical rehabilitation, and other advanced technologies. Medical and rehabilitative specialists combine medical treatment and therapeutic counseling to address the body’s systems and functions to determine and treat a patient’s unique underlying cause or causes of addiction.

If detoxification is necessary (a detoxification process is not necessary for all patients), medically managed biophysical detoxification can help remove toxins stored in the fatty tissues of the body and reduce withdrawal symptoms. Once detoxification is complete, biophysical rehabilitation and neuroscience technology become an important part of the non 12 step rehab program. Addressing the body as a whole and with an integrated approach to treat the physical, emotional, and neurological systems, helps to provide an individual with the tools necessary for a complete and sustainable recovery. A traditional 12 step program does not address all of these issues; thus, the threat of relapse remains constant in a person’s life.

The holistic approach used in non 12 step programs ensures that the individual gains a comprehensive view of how he or she fell victim to addiction and exactly how the addiction has impacted the quality of his or her life.

Yasmin Jetha

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Yasmin Jetha, regional director, Mental Health & Addiction Program speaking at the opening of Willow Pavilion on June 19, 2012 at VGH.

CPH announces intensive outpatient addiction program
POTSDAM — Canton-Potsdam Hospital will launch an intensive outpatient program Monday for St. Lawrence County residents with drug and alcohol addictions. The program is designed for patients whose addictions are too severe for normal outpatient care, …
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Addiction recovery programs heal through love
OGDEN — There isn't a person alive who can't identify with experiencing pain in their life. But some former addicts say the means they chose to dull that pain caused them and their families untold grief. And they want to help others find their way out …
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New Directory Features Sources of Help for Psychiatric and Addiction Treatment
Newswise — (Washington, D.C., October 1, 2013) …..The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) has published its 2014 Membership Directory. The directory is a comprehensive referral resource providing information on the nation's …
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Children seeking treatment for drug addiction
Five years ago, just five per cent of people in the Re-Gen treatment programs were admitted for ice use. Staff say 14 per cent of clients now indicate that ice is their primary addiction with an extra nine per cent identifying it as their secondary …
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