Suboxone Might Be the Most Effective Way to Beat Heroin Addiction. So Why Is …
Suboxone might be the most effective way to beat heroin addiction. So why is …
[rewrite]Emily, uninsured and unemployed, sought help from Dane County, which by statute is the alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) treatment provider of last resort. She went to the county's contracted outpatient treatment provider, Journey Mental Health, to …[/rewrite]
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Shoals Drug Addiction Counselors See Spike In Heroin Cases
[rewrite]“About seven or eight months ago, consistently have seen more people coming and saying heroin was their drug of choice, or if I can find it I will use heroin,” explained Heath Haddock, program director at the Shoals Treatment Center in Sheffield.[/rewrite]
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Veterans Push to Smoke Pot to Ease PTSD, Other Ailments
Veterans push to smoke pot to ease PTSD, other ailments
[rewrite]Fort Hood gunman sought mental health treatment 2 minutes ago … “They think that marijuana research is going to prove that this drug is safe and effective, and they don't want that,” she said of opponents to the research. “They don't want any of that …[/rewrite]
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Williamsburg's Jeremiah Denton, Vietnam War hero, dies at age 89
[rewrite]The Navy commander who blinked a message in Morse code to let Washington know he was being tortured by the Vietnamese died March 28 in a Virginia Beach hospice. Retired Rear Adm. Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., a resident of Kingsmill in James City …[/rewrite]
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Heroin Addiction, Need for Mental Health Services Often Intertwined
Heroin addiction, need for mental health services often intertwined
[rewrite]Drug addiction, like mental health illness, often takes a structured, prolonged treatment program to manage, Denihan said, as opposed to 60 day inpatient programs. "We need longer treatment, 6- to 12-month programs," Denihan said. "But we don't have …[/rewrite]
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Intranasal Ketamine Confers Rapid Antidepressant Effect in Depression
[rewrite]Mount Sinai Team Cautiously Optimistic That Door Could Swing Open to A New Antidepressant Drug Class … Of 18 patients completing two treatment days with ketamine or saline, eight met response criteria to ketamine within 24 hours versus one on saline …[/rewrite]
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California Prisons Find 1 in 4 Inmates Used Drugs
California prisons find 1 in 4 inmates used drugs
[rewrite]More stringent penalties for drug use would increase prison safety and help inmates complete substance abuse treatment programs, the agency said. "We recognize a problem with the use of drugs in our population, and the culture that it creates, and we …[/rewrite]
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ACA Brings Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment to Millions
[rewrite]While the ACA now requires insurers selling plans on the online exchanges to offer substance abuse treatment and “mental health parity,” these changes may not translate into effective or immediate help for everyone. But the experts interviewed for this …[/rewrite]
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