Question by Evan: I NEED TO KNOW THE MONEY SPENT ON ALCOHOL REHABS YEARLY. RECENT AND RELIABLE PLZ.?
RECENT AND RELIABLE PLZ.

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Answer by raysny
The most recent I could find for the US has the figures for 1997:

“A study shows that the U.S. spent a combined $ 11.9 billion on alcohol and drug abuse treatment, while the total social costs were more than $ 294 billion. The results were part of the National Estimates of Expenditures for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1997, which was released at the end of April by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

The report, prepared by the MEDSTAT Group for SAMHSA, examines how much is spent in the U.S. to treat alcohol and drug abuse, how that spending has changed between 1987 and 1997, how much of the spending is done by the private and public sectors, and how substance abuse expenditures compare to spending for mental health and other health conditions in the U.S.”
http://www.usmedicine.com/newsDetails.cfm?dailyID=54

In NY:
“States report spending $ 2.5 billion a year on treatment. States did not distinguish whether the treatment was for alcohol, illicit drug abuse or nicotine addiction. Of the $ 2.5 billion total, $ 695 million is spent through the departments of health and $ 633 million through the state substance abuse agencies. We believe that virtually all of these funds are spent on alcohol and illegal drug treatment.”
Source: National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, Shoveling Up: The Impact of Substance Abuse on State Budgets (New York, NY: CASA, Jan. 2001), p. 24.

States Waste Billions Dealing with Consequences of Addiction, CASA Study Says
May 28, 2009

The vast majority of the estimated $ 467.7 billion in substance-abuse related spending by governments on substance-abuse problems went to deal with the consequences of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, not treatment and prevention, according to a new report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.

The report, titled, “Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets,” found that 95 percent of the $ 373.9 billion spent by the federal government and states went to paying for the societal and personal damage caused by alcohol and other drug use; the calculation included crime, health care costs, child abuse, domestic violence, homelessness and other consequences of tobacco, alcohol and illegal and prescription drug abuse and addiction.

Just 1.9 percent went to treatment and prevention, while 0.4 percent was spent on research, 1.4 percent went towards taxation and regulation, and 0.7 percent went to interdiction.

“Such upside-down-cake public policy is unconscionable,” said Joseph A. Califano, Jr., CASA’s founder and chairman. “It’s past time for this fiscal and human waste to end.”

CASA estimated that the federal government spent $ 238.2 billion on substance-abuse related issues in 2005, while states spent $ 135.8 billion and local governments spent $ 93.8 billion. The report said that 58 percent of spending was for health care and 13.1 percent on justice systems.

Researchers estimated that 11.2 percent of all federal and state government spending went towards alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse and addictions and its consequences. The report said that Connecticut spent the most proportionately on prevention, treatment and research — $ 10.39 of every $ 100 spent on addiction issues — while New Hampshire spent the least — 22 cents.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2009/states-waste-billions-dealing.html

Key Findings

Of the $ 3.3 trillion total federal and state government spending, $ 373.9 billion –11.2 percent, more than one of every ten dollars– was spent on tobacco, alcohol and illegal and prescription drug abuse and addiction and its consequences.

The federal government spent $ 238.2 billion (9.6 percent of its budget) on substance abuse and addiction. If substance abuse and addiction were its own budget category at the federal level, it would rank sixth, behind social security, national defense, income security, Medicare and other health programs including the federal share of Medicaid.

State governments spent $ 135.8 billion (15.7 percent of their budgets) to deal with substance abuse and addiction, up from 13.3 percent in 1998. If substance abuse and addiction were its own state budget category, it would rank second behind spending on elementary and secondary education.

Local governments spent $ 93.8 billion on substance abuse and addiction (9 percent of their budgets), outstripping local spending for transportation and public welfare.¹

For every $ 100 spent by state governments on substance abuse and addiction, the average spent on prevention, treatment and research was $ 2.38; Connecticut spent the most, $ 10.39; New Hampshire spent the least, $ 0.22.

For every dollar the federal and state governments spent on prevention and treatment, they spent $ 59.83 shoveling up the consequences, despite a growing

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Dual diagnosis rehab centers treat psychiatric illnesses, accompanied by substance abuse issues. Treatment at dual diagnosis rehab centers should address the mental health disorders along with the substance abuse issues like alcoholism and/or drug addiction. The centers that treat dual diagnosis conditions understand that both illnesses have deleterious effects on the psychological, spiritual, social, and physical well-being.

Diagnosing two illnesses

A person diagnosed with dual disorders is affected by two or more conditions that are different but interrelated. Treatment at dual diagnosis rehab centers addresses the symptoms of illnesses identified by the treatment providers in order to devise a unique treatment program that addresses those conditions. As multiple illnesses are present, the symptoms may and commonly do overlap contributing to the complexity of treatment.

The goal of dual diagnosis rehab centers is overcome the substance abuse issues and properly manage, and ideally overcome, the mental health issues. Treatment requires time and significant commitment on the part of the patient and the treatment provider at dual diagnosis rehab centers. If all conditions are not discovered and address, relapse is very likely.

Finding the right dual diagnosis rehab centers

Dual diagnosis is a complex illness that requires proper care and attention from appropriately trained and experienced health care professionals. Families and patients, themselves, are advised to carefully select only dual diagnosis rehab centers that provide all of the necessary treatment services required to achieve symptomatic relief and management of the conditions. A comfortable, safe, and conducive environment is a significant aid in promoting wellness and healing.

Dual diagnosis Miramar Recovery Substance Abuse and Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center is located at Laguna Beach. It is a facility that provides rehabilitation programs for clients suffering from drug abuse and alcoholism. We are fully licensed by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs of the State of California to provide chemical dependency rehabilitation and detoxification for our patients. To ensure that our clients are getting the best quality of treatment from medical professionals, our staff members are all certified, licensed, and accredited. Our medical expertise allows us to treat co-occurring issues that have been caused by drug or alcohol addiction.

Question by The Princess: What is Vocational Nursing?

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Answer by wahootexan
What is a licensed vocational nurse (LVN)?

An entry-level health care provider who is responsible for rendering basic nursing care.

A vocational nurse practices under the direction of a physician or registered nurse.
The licensee is not an independent practitioner.

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2. What are the curricular requirements for an LVN?

1,530 Total Hours: Theory – *576 Hours; Clinical – 954 Hours
*Includes Pharmacology – 54 Hours

Program Length:
Full-Time 12-14 Months of Training

Part-Time 18-20 Months of Training

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3. What is the course content for a VN program?

Anatomy & Physiology
Psychology
Pharmacology

Nursing Process
Communication
Patient Education

Nutrition
Normal Growth and Development
Rehabilitation Nursing

Maternity Nursing
Nursing Fundamentals
Pediatric Nursing

Medical/Surgical Nursing
Gerontological Nursing
Supervision

Leadership
Communicable Disease including Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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4. Where are Vocational Nursing Programs located?

Community Colleges
45
(47.0%)

Adult Education includes High Schools
23
(24.0%)

Private Schools
19
(20.0%)

Regional Occupational Centers
8
(8.0%)

Hospitals
1
(1.0%)

TOTAL
96

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5. Where are LVNs employed?

Acute Medical/Surgical Hospitals
Convalescent Hospitals (Long Term Care, Skilled Nursing)
Home Care Agencies
Outpatient Clinics
Doctor’s Offices
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Dialysis Centers
Blood Banks
Psychiatric Hospitals
Correctional Facilities
Vocational Nursing Programs

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6. What is the typical salary range of an LVN?

$ 14 – $ 18 Per Hour
$ 29,120 – $ 38,016 Per Year

METHODS OF ENTRY-LEVEL ACCESS AS A VOCATIONAL NURSE

Requirements for vocational nurse licensure are specified in the Vocational Nursing Practice Act. There are four (4) methods by which one may qualify for the licensure examination. Each method is designed to provide an individual access into the job market as an entry-level practitioner.

Method #1: Graduation from a California “accredited” Vocational Nursing Program.
Method #2: Graduation from an Out-of-State “accredited” Practical/Vocational Nursing Program.

Method #3: Completion of equivalent education and experience.

Pharmacology – 54 Hours
Paid Bedside Nursing Experience – 51 Months
Verification of Skill Proficiency.
Method #4: Completion of education and experience as a corpsman in the United States military.

Twelve (12) months active duty rendering direct bedside patient care.
Completion of the basic course in nursing in a branch of the armed forces.
General honorable discharge from the military

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Chief Keef Headed to California Rehab Center
… Cook County court, Pioneer Press is reporting. Keef, 18, whose real name is Keith Cozart, received the OK from Judge Earl Hofferman to be sent to the Promises Treatment Center in Malibu rather than serve his sentence in the Haymarket Center in Chicago.
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Atrium Health Care and Rehabilitation Center named in suit
The daughter of a recently deceased man blames a nursing home for causing his death, saying it allowed him to develop ulcers. Ramona Fortner filed a lawsuit Nov. 7 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Atrium Health Care and Rehabilitation Center …
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Salvation Army Rehab Center Under 'Reign Of Havoc,' Protesters Say
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Accusations of abuse and racism at a Salvation Army treatment center sparked protest Saturday. Demonstrators called on the organization to fire the new administrators brought in over the summer. They gathered outside of the Adult …
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Elements Behavioral Health Enhances Its Christian Addiction Treatment …
In this role, he will enhance and implement new Christian programming at designated treatment centers in the Elements family of behavioral health care programs. … The Recovery Place is one of Florida's premier drug and alcohol treatment centers.
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WITH VIDEO: Tallmadge Chamber lauds business, humanitarian award winners …
She's the secretary and a board member of Mature Services, a social service agency that serves the needs of seniors in Summit County, including job training, nutrition and home care services, alcohol, mental health and addiction treatment, and a past …
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Drug addiction rehab refers to drug rehabilitation. Nothing can be deadlier than severe addiction to drug. It’s more like a disease that has no cure. Addicts know very well that drug consumption is fatal for them, but this knowledge doesn’t realize into any good. Addiction takes over whatever free-will or determination they have and those hapless people end up being examples of how lethal drug addiction can be.  

When we see people are falling victim to drug addiction, we just can’t sit and watch their agony. Society is not just a mutual cohabitation, it also demands one person to be active and help others. So, drug addicts need help from other people. But naïve ones lacking idea on removing drug addiction couldn’t help them, even if they want to.

That’s where drug addiction rehab centers are to play their role. Those centers have drug rehab experts working with them. They also have requisite infrastructure to reduce the degree of addiction. Procedures that follow in the name of drug rehabilitation are mainly detoxification therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, counseling and advice and medical treatment. If all those procedures are properly followed, drug addicts could be brought back to normal life.

Physical healing is a major issue in drug rehab program. Some people are so addicted that they can’t stop taking drug even for one day. If they do so, their bodies will start having problems; spasms, seizure, fever, nausea, cramps and muscle pain are some of the physical symptoms of withdrawal and to set aside such problems, detoxification and medical treatment are either merged or one is applied parallel to the other. The purpose here is to lessen physical problems, caused inevitably due to the course of detoxification.

Of course there are some other considerations such as how strong is the drug, for how many years the taker has been into it, whether it’s legal or illegal etc, but said therapeutic procedures are used more or less, if it’s a case of substance abuse or drug addiction.

Any treatment, which involves use of medically approved drug, has a problem; they can’t be run for indefinite period of time. Treatment of substance abuse therefore, can’t solely base itself on applying medicine.

There comes the importance of psychoanalytic counseling. There are a number of PAWS (post acute withdrawal syndrome) symptoms, which are to do with mental health. Such symptoms are phobia, not being able to organize thoughts properly, severe depression etc. A comprehensive psychoanalytic therapy helps one to recover himself/herself from these mental disorders. But the crux is that psychoanalytic treatments can be best applied in a drug addiction rehab center. There are more than one addict, who come to these centers for getting treated. That’s why, it’s easy to build up a community like environment between these inpatients.

Once such an environment is built up, inpatients would become more communicative and they’d appear to be more responsive to the therapist.

The bottomline is; physical and mental healing are both required for drug addiction treatment and drug addiction rehab centers can offer that.

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