mental illness

In SW Pa, Concern About Gains in Scrip Drug Abuse

In SW Pa, concern about gains in scrip drug abuse
[rewrite]"I think we're in a culture in which everything gets fixed — there is no level of uncomfortableness that we think we should have to endure," said Elaine Stano, treatment specialist with the Fayette County Drug and Alcohol Commission, referring to the …[/rewrite]
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Jails Enroll Inmates in Obamacare to Pass Hospital Costs to U.S.
[rewrite]Proponents say it also will make recidivism rarer, because inmates released with coverage are more likely to get treatment for mental illness, substance abuse and other conditions that can lead them to crime. “When someone gets discharged from the jail …[/rewrite]
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Prevent Drug Treatment Failing, Why Does Drug Treatment Keep Failing? Northbound Treatment Services

Prevent Drug Treatment Failing, Why does drug treatment keep failing? Northbound Treatment Services — Prevent Drug Treatment Failing, Why does drug treatment keep failing? If you have a loved one suffering from addiction, call today to discuss treatment optio…


Research Links Severe Mental Illness And Substance Use
[rewrite]“Individuals with overt, mild, or even subclinical mental disorders may abuse drugs as a form of self-medication. For example, the use of tobacco products by patients with schizophrenia is believed to lessen the symptoms of the disease and improve …[/rewrite]
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How Can You Find an ONline Mentor?

Question by Emma: How Can You Find An ONline Mentor?
[rewrite]I am 14 and I have 8 mental illnesses. I struggle with eating disorders, cutting, and suicidal ideation. I often feel so alone, because my parents don’t love me. They tell me how worthless I am, and once even told me to just go kill myself. . . It hurts. I don’t have friends. I isolate myself. But, I really want a mentor figure in my life. Is there a program that matches adults online with struggling youth, like myself?
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Health Professionals Drug Recovery Program

Health Professionals Drug Recovery Program — A recovering health care professional talks about her drug rehab treatment at Brighton Center for Recovery and the Michigan Health Professionals Recovery Pro…


Survey Shows Most Local Teens Do Not Use Drugs
[rewrite]The MiPHY is available free to all Michigan schools to assess risk behaviors, risk factors, and protective factors associated with alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, violence, sexual behavior, physical activity, and nutrition in Grades 7, 9, and 11.[/rewrite]
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Leading Health Indicators Webinar: Substance Abuse (Part 1 of 6)

Leading Health Indicators Webinar: Substance Abuse (Part 1 of 6) — Dr. Don Wright, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, provides an overview of the Healthy People 2020 leading health indica…


Hassan will speak at substance abuse conference at Pinkerton
[rewrite]Pfeifer said substance abuse professionals are seeing an increase in the abuse of prescription medications, such as pain killers, along with heroin use. He said there has been a significant increase in heroin use by people in the age range of 18 to 25 …[/rewrite]
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Spotlight on Drug Abuse Will Help Prevention

Spotlight on drug abuse will help prevention
[rewrite]LANCASTER — Although drug abuse is a constant concern in the community, one Fairfield County Opiate Task Force member said it's not something to be ashamed of. Fairfield Medical Center chief nursing officer Cynthia Pearsall, who also serves on the …[/rewrite]
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Minn. man home after being held 9 months in UAE – KWWL – Eastern Iowa
[rewrite]The video pokes fun at Dubai youth who style themselves like "gangstas" and shows fictional "combat" training that includes throwing a sandal and using a mobile phone to call for help. Burns said the UAE enforced its law arbitrarily. "To me it has been …[/rewrite]
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