Philip Seymour Hoffman cast as a victim of 'disease'
Addiction “is a medical disease, not a choice,” Dr. Kim Dennis, CEO of Timberline Knolls, a Florida center that treats problems from eating disorders to drug abuse, wrote on her blog. It was quoted in The Washington Post. “Saying that a person addicted …
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Suncoast Rehab Center Encourages "Pain Medicine Management" Trend in 2014
Suncoast Rehab Center, in Spring Hill, FL (SRC), encourages the introduction of alternative pain management methods to counteract the public health disaster that painkiller addiction has created within American society. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire …
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Treating China's Internet addicts
Treatment for Internet addiction is now available in the U.S. Last September, the country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opened in Pennsylvania. The program features 10-day treatments beginning with a two-day "digital detox …
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The War Within: Portraits of Vietnam Veterans Fighting Heroin Addiction
Caption from LIFE. "The tears that rolled down Chad Harris's cheeks were partly a symptom of withdrawal: he hadn't had a fix in 14 hours. But he was also crying out of fear that he wouldn't be accepted into the drug treatment program at California's …
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Grants Go A Long Way When It Comes To Addiction Treatment
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 21, 2014 — /PRNewswire/ — In its second year as a non-profit organization, Runwell: The Linda Quirk Foundation awarded 10 grants to addiction treatment programs in the U.S. and abroad. Runwell's grant program supports …
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Treatment for Addiction
The most effective treatment for opioid addiction entails the use of medications, specifically, methadone or buprenorphine. While New York City has many methadone programs and buprenorphine prescribers, medication-assisted treatment remains …
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Insight Behavioral Health Centers Partners with Eating Recovery Center …
In early 2014, this will change with the opening of a new residential eating disorders treatment center. Chicago-based Insight Behavioral Health Centers (www.insightbhc.com), a leader in providing quality outpatient care for eating disorders for nearly …
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Residential Treatment Center Benefits From Rotating Lasers
Habilitat, a Hawaiian residential treatment center, is benefiting from a donation of two state-of-the-art rotating lasers to use on projects through Habilitat Construction Services. Habilitat Construction Services is an independent construction firm …
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Free clinic in Sacramento helps erase a tattooed past
Probably not, which is why Johnny Gagliano, a substance abuse counselor with Consortium for Community Services, was at a free laser tattoo-removal clinic Sunday. "It really helps people trying to turn … "It helps me with my self-esteem," he said …
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'Beyond comprehension': Man gets 25-to-life sentence for Westminster sexual …
Powell observed that "the issue of anger is one that has been prominent in his life and has been for a very long time," adding that substance abuse has aggravated that anger problem. Some characterize Edson as "a great guy," Powell said, "but at the …
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