behavioral health

Laura Hieb Column: Community Effort Confronts Alcohol, Drug Abuse

Laura Hieb column: Community effort confronts alcohol, drug abuse

Filed under: drug abuse treatment plans

Bellin Health, Bellin Psychiatric Center, Bellin Medical Group, Prevea Behavioral Health, Aurora Health Center, health departments from Brown County and De Pere, Brown County Treatment Center, Brown County Sheriff's Department, De Pere Police …
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California's medical board backs some prescription-drugabuse reforms

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Jamaica Plain Methadone Clinic Reopens After Former Management Shut Down

Jamaica Plain methadone clinic reopens after former management shut down

Filed under: drug addiction treatment for women boston

The JP location is one of 15 drug and alcohol abuse treatment centers that the private company runs across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut. The company said in a statement that the new facility operates as a private, fully licensed …
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ESPN cover story goes in-depth with the Tyrann Mathieu: Jeff Duncan's Weekly

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Hiring Lag Hits County Clinic — Facing Strong Demand, Delay Stymies Services

Hiring lag hits county clinic — Facing strong demand, delay stymies services

Filed under: drug addiction help substance abuse

“It's not that we're not serving a significant number of people, it's just that the need in the community is so great,” said Michelle Goggins, the county Human Services Department's mental health and addiction manager. To date, the Behavioral Health …
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Marijuana research cut as support grows

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Scientology-Linked Rehab Narconon Under Fire From Two Former Executives

Scientology-linked rehab Narconon under fire from two former executives

Filed under: free drug rehab centers

Rock Center. In the wake of a Rock Center with Brian Williams report on three deaths at a Scientology-linked drug treatment center in Oklahoma, the former president of the facility, and a former executive at a Narconon facility in Michigan have come …
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Trial over proposed drug rehab in Lebanon Twp. is on Friday

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Locals Applaud Changes – the Southern Illinoisan

Locals applaud changes – The Southern Illinoisan

Filed under: drug addiction treatments

Southern Illinois healthcare providers who specialize in addiction treatment said the Affordable Care Act has good points with its insurance eligibility to help more drug addicts and alcoholics get treatment. Like any new legislation, however, there …
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Insurance companies pushed to cover addiction treatment

Filed under: drug addiction treatments

Top Photo. Trudy Avery of Sandwich went on a mission to get Blue Cross Blue Shield to cover her son's long-term treatment for drug addiction after initially being denied. It wasn't until her son overdosed that the company agreed he had the medical …
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Children of Deployed Parents at Higher Risk for Alcohol, Drug Use

Children of deployed parents at higher risk for alcohol, drug use

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse

Using data from a statewide survey of sixth-, eighth-, and 11th-grade students in Iowa, the researchers found an increase in 30-day alcohol use, binge drinking, using marijuana and other illegal drugs, and misusing prescription drugs among children of …
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Plan to teach primary pupils about drug abuse

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