Chelsea Substance Abuse Treatment Center Moving to FiDi, Angering Residents
DNAinfo/Irene Plagianos. FINANCIAL DISTRICT — A longtime Chelsea substance abuse treatment center is moving to the Financial District this month, leaving some residents worried it will hurt the community. Exponents, a voluntary, outpatient facility …
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Drug Addiction, Smoking Cessation Can Be Treated Concurrently
"These findings, coupled with past research, should reassure clinicians that providing smoking-cessation treatment in conjunction with treatment for other substance use disorders will be beneficial to their patients," first author Theresa Winhusen, PhD …
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Ex-prison official makes court appearance
Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell in a hearing in U.S. District Court in Asheville approved a motion by DeHart's attorney to release him from jail on a $ 25,000 unsecured bond so that he can go to a residential substance abuse treatment facility in Polk …
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Work needed to close gaps in coverage for mental health, substance abuse …
The new rule applies parity requirements to intermediate levels of care in residential treatment and intensive outpatient settings. It also clarifies that parity applies to limits on geography and types of facilities in provider networks and eliminates …
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Eating Recovery Center Is Title Sponsor of Brene Brown Seminar in Denver
For further information about tomorrow's event or to sponsor Eating Recovery Center's comprehensive treatment programs and services for adults, adolescents and children, please contact us at 877-218-1344 or [email protected], …
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Newly Renovated Lake Villa Rehab Center Inspires Recovery
Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment recently completed major cosmetic renovations to its residential substance abuse treatment center located in Lake Villa, IL. Situated along the scenic shores of the Fox Lake, the peaceful location offers men, …
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Group advocates better drug abuse treatment options
The Healing Place of Southwestern Virginia is a newly incorporated organization that hopes to open a peer-run residential program for substance abuse treatment. The Healing Place model was founded in Kentucky and spread to other states. Richmond is …
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Politics of health care reform, cuts impact mental health, substance abuse …
St. Marys Center for Recovery is a residential substance abuse treatment facility designed to help clients overcome addictions and transition to independence, security and good health. Laura Seitz, Deseret News. Summary. Given the uncertain landscape …
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Church seeks to expand drug treatment in North Waco
HOME2. Mary Burt, left, and Brandy Honeysuckle both went through Grace House's yearlong residential treatment program for substance abuse. Buy this photo · HOME1. Staff photo— Jerry Larson …
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Rep. Greg Harris Helps Fix Cook County's Obamacare Program
Because of an oversight in the newly minted Affordable Care Act, those who require a residential stay as part of their substance abuse recovery are unable to use the vast majority of Illinois drug treatment residential programs which have 17 beds or …
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Native American values inform substance abuse treatment
SAN FRANCISCO – The foundational beliefs of American Indian and Alaska Native communities play a key role in innovative substance abuse treatment programs, research has shown. That's a novel finding that could challenge conventional notions of …
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Federal grant increases substance abuse treatment access
One local organization, Substance Abuse Services Center (SASC), of Dubuque and Manchester, has begun enrolling clients in a new distance treatment program funded through the grant. Deb Prier, SASC's treatment supervisor, said the grant has already …
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Family Video Counseling Aids in Substance Abuse Treatment
"Based on the encouraging results and positive feedback from families who participate in video counseling sessions, we plan to roll out Family Video Counseling to other Gateway Foundation residential substance abuse treatment centers this year," says Dr.
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County hopes to reopen drug, alcohol treatment program to court-ordered patients
They said we need to stop taking involuntaries," said Kim Phillips, director of the Substance Abuse Services Center — known to many simply as detox. Involuntaries are those people — about 150 a year — ordered by a judge to get substance abuse treatment.
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Lawyer who represented Catholic church takes role in hepatitis C cases
Federal investigators say David Kwiatkowski, a former hospital technician, spread the virus to patients by shooting up with drugs stolen from the hospital. Kwiatkowksi is facing criminal charges in connection with the outbreak, which came to light in …
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Former inmate 'halfway house' aims to slow returns to Arizona prisons
The 150-bed center will provide services to three types of former inmates, said Paul O'Connell, community corrections operations director. It will provide inpatient residential substance abuse treatment to former inmates who are struggling despite …
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Arizona stands to lose big if no deal is reached
Result: about 1,400 fewer children receiving subsidized care. $ 2.8 million from the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment program, which provides grants to Arizona to provide treatment and recovery-support services for families affected by alcohol …
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