behavioral health

Craig Allen Loughrey Killed: Police Say Boy Shot in Pennsylvania Was Buckling

Craig Allen Loughrey Killed: Police Say Boy Shot In Pennsylvania Was Buckling

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William Lewallen. William Lewallen was arrested after Tulsa police found his 18-month-old daughter locked in a metal dog cage, his naked 4-year old daughter outside on a cold afternoon and him asleep in a drug or alcohol induced stupor. … Cops found …
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Tech guru McAfee's legal appeals win him respite in Guatemala

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Prescription Drug Use on the Rise Among Teens

Prescription drug use on the rise among teens

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Teens are finding increasingly clever ways to abuse commonly-prescribed drugs such as Xanax, Adderall and pain pills, Terry Childers, a representative from Bradford Health Services, told a small group of parents Thursday at the Columbia County …
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Their View: Multifaceted approach needed to reduce prescription drug abuse

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Database Funding Key to Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse

Database funding key to fighting prescription drug abuse

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The first step is to provide adequate treatment to help nonviolent addicts get off the pills. In the Sixth Circuit we have created Drugs Courts, which set out to do just that. Drug Court brings treatment centers, counselors and the justice system …
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Delray Beach Treatment Center Aids Sandy Victims

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Have You Ever Received Inpatient Treatment for Self Abuse? if It Helped, What Was the Name of the Place?

Question by Mountain Bear: Have you ever received inpatient treatment for self abuse? If it helped, what was the name of the place?
I use to know of two highly affective treatment centers for self abusers, both have closed; not sure why. I am looking on behalf of a woman I recently meant through her bishop, to find her a treatment center that is for adults. That deals with self abuse beyond just cutting. She is a cutter, she burns, she’s done it all. She will never get the help she needs here in Ogden Utah, at any hospital. I have seen 70 people personally die from self abuse & anorexia her in our area. Her bishop is willing to pay for treatment if it is specialize & can prove it works. Also, we are looking for a therapist not connected to McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah & not out of the Weber County Mental Health, as both are where I’ve seen many get nothing but drugs & the treatment they offer self abusers isn’t effective. I have helped many but this woman needs at least one month of intense inpatient help & is willing to go inpatient, only in a specialized setting.
Please don’t give me a list. I only want to hear from those who have been in successful inpatient treatment or has a loved one or friend who has & it gave them the help they needed to stop their self abuse. Drugs have done nothing to help her stop. She needs a place that will help her do memory work, that will teach skils for better coping.
Once out, we need to find a therapist who is patient, supportive &doesn’t use committments & drugs to control people. We need this to be someone in Ogden, Riverdale, Roy, Bountiful, Layton, Brigham or near by areas to Ogden. A therapist who has had success with treating self abusers, people with drug &alcohol problems in their past. Someone who will see her for reduced rates. Someone who is a psychologist in private practice not connected to McKay Dee hospital or it’s behavioral health unit outside the hospital or the county mental health center. Someone with proven success in this area as they will be checked out by us.
If you leave an answer would you please post the name of the treatment center, it’s address if you know it & if you don’t know the address, the state & city where it is located. The name of a contact there that I can speak to about the center & a phone number if you have it. All this would be on a copy of a bill from the treatment center.

Five Potential Addictions We Sometimes Overlook

Five Potential Addictions We Sometimes Overlook

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David Sack, M.D., is board certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine. He is CEO of Elements Behavioral Health, a network of addiction treatment programs that includes Promises Treatment Centers, The Ranch outside Nashville, …
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First Alcohol and Drug Court hearings

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Justice Minister Judith Collins has marked the first hearings at the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment (AODT) Court pilot sitting in Auckland and Waitakere District Courts today. Ms Collins says it is extremely pleasing the pilot Court is now up and …
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What Usually Are the Therapy or Activities That Are Included in Drug Treatment Programs?

Question by kaycee: What usually are the therapy or activities that are included in drug treatment programs?
My husband will undergo a drug treatment program next month and I want to know the sort of therapy or activities that are included in the program. Are there exercises included in the program? Let me know.

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Answer by Eva
If I’m not mistaken, such treatment programs include lectures, group discussions, yoga, exercises, acupuncture and therapy with psychiatrists and psychologists. The patients are also give healthy meals and whirlpool baths in order to regain the good health they lost and to provide the relaxation they need.