What's the best way to treat doctors on drugs? #tellusatoday
As a licensed emergency medical technician and University of California, San Francisco, nursing student, I know that medication diversion and health care worker drug addiction is an alarming but unsurprising practice ("Doctors on drugs," USA TODAY …
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EMDR in the Treatment of Addictions
Treating these concurrent conditions would help to reduce the negative impact of addictions. EMDR has been proven effective in the treatment of PTSD and Depression. Therefore EMDR can be used as one of the effective supportive therapies in addictions.
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Med-Sci: New Edition of the ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine Available
The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release:. Senior Editor Richard Ries, MD, FASAM, ABAM Diplomate, said it is the go-to source in addiction medicine, blending scientific principles with the practical essentials of …
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Parting Ways with the Neighborhood They Helped Define
We went through the worst years of the AIDS crisis to the years of crystal addiction, to seeing people enter into recovery. We made it through 9/11 and Sandy. …. “The High Line had a lot to do with that,” he reasons. “When you bring in five to seven …
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Highline Medical Center's Specialty Campus in Tukwila is sold
“This change provides an opportunity to expand our psychiatric and addiction recovery programs to meet the underserved needs of our community.” Cascade Behavioral Hospital is a psychiatric and addiction medicine hospital that has a certificate of need …
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Tukwila hospital purchased, now it's Cascade Behavioral Hospital
“This change provides an opportunity to expand our psychiatric and addiction-recovery programs to meet the under-served needs of our community.” Highline Medical Center is a nonprofit healthcare system headquartered in Seattle. Acadia Healthcare, a …
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Advocates watch teen's back
His memories of growing up are a blur of different apartments, an uncle who cooked crack in his kitchen, the indifference of his addicted parents. He started taking drugs when he was 8. … He lives with his dad, who is also recovering from addiction …
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Alcohol dependency and other types of drug addiction are diseases that progress through predictable stages. Accurately diagnosing these conditions, and developing a comprehensive treatment plan, requires the involvement of trained health professionals, often including a doctor who specializes in addiction medicine. A drug rehab  follow a series of steps through which addicted individuals rid their bodies of the drugs they have been abusing, address the issues that either led to or were exacerbated by the substance abuse, receive treatment for co-occurring mental health or physical disorders, and develop the skills and strategies that will allow them to pursue long-term sobriety.

Effective addiction  treatment centers will offer a variety of treatment programs to meet the specific needs of each individual client. Programs may include inpatient, residential, outpatient, and/or short-stay options. Depending upon the nature and severity of an individual’s addiction, therapies completed during drug rehab may include counseling, psychotherapy, group therapy, 12-step support groups and family therapy. Some drug rehab programs use expressive arts therapies such as music therapy and art therapy, while others employ more traditional therapeutic techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

Treatment can vary from a few days to many months. Research shows that the longer a person remains in treatment, the greater the likelihood that long-term sobriety will result. As with most aspects of treatment (such as therapy types and program structures), determining ideal length of stay involves an analysis of a number of personal factors. Treatment is a highly personal experience, and the costs associated with this process may vary considerably depending upon a number of issues, such as location, type of care (i.e. residential, outpatient, or partial hospitalization), specific nature of problem being treated, length of stay, presence of co-occurring disorders and whether rehab is conducted at a public treatment facility or private program.

The use of medications during rehab depends upon two factors: the needs of the client (you) and the philosophy of the program. Some programs use no medications whatsoever; others provide medically assisted detox services (as quitting some drugs “cold turkey” isn’t only difficult, but dangerous); while still others others provide medications to support long-term sobriety (such as methadone maintenance programs for recovering heroin addicts). Because addiction recovery often involves the treatment of co-occurring disorders such as depression or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, certain medications may be prescribed to treat these conditions during rehab.

Alibaug 'rehab centre' has no licence, experts to treat drug addicts
The founder of a de-addiction centre near Alibaug, where patients were kept in appalling conditions and "tortured", does not have a licence or a qualified medical team to run a rehab clinic, it emerged on Sunday. Addiction is considered a mental …
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Natural recovery: For three decades, the Wilderness Treatment Center has …
The eight young men gathered on the Kila cliffs last month were participating in one of the Wilderness Treatment Center's therapeutic exercises, or “opportunity teaching,” Brekke explained in his office on the reformed dude ranch that was built in the …
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New center in Buffalo will train doctors on treating addiction
A center devoted to training doctors in addiction medicine will be established in Buffalo through a three-year, $ 2 million grant from the Conrad H. Hilton Foundation. The new National Center for Physician Training in Addiction Medicine will be directed …
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10 Ways to Stop Being Lonely in Recovery
David Sack, M.D., is board certified in addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry. He is the CEO of Elements Behavioral Health and oversees such treatment centers as Promises, The Ranch, The Recovery Place, The Sexual Recovery Institute, and Right …
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Top Austin Addiction Clinic with 98% Success Rate, The Coleman Institute …
The Coleman Institute, one of the leading addiction recovery centers in the US, announced its expansion into Austin, Texas. The combination of The Coleman Institute's Accelerated Detoxification Treatment, along with Naltrexone therapy, is what makes it …
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House bill would regulate drug and alcohol recovery houses
Fred Way, executive director of the Philadelphia Association of Recovery Residences, said operators of these houses are willing to institute standards and it's “just a matter of working with them.” Municipal officials on Tuesday said that recovery …
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New center in Buffalo will train doctors on treating addiction
A center devoted to training doctors in addiction medicine will be established in Buffalo through a three-year, $ 2 million grant from the Conrad H. Hilton Foundation. The new National Center for Physician Training in Addiction Medicine will be directed …
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Drug Rehab Center Brooklyn Advances Addiction Treatment into the 21st Century
New addiction treatment methods at Drug Rehab Center Brooklyn are helping more people get clean than ever before. Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) September 28, 2013. When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, recovery isn't easy. Thousands of people …
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