mental illness

Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Substance Abuse and Addiction

Intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse and addiction

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Since it is provided on an outpatient basis, an individual can still work and get the help they need. An IOP provides the structure many people need in the first stage of recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction. It may also serve as continuing-care …
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Discussing Medicaid help for mental illness, drug addiction

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Doctors Agree to Stop Prescribing Narcotics

Doctors agree to stop prescribing narcotics

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Both doctors will continue to be able to write prescriptions for the synthetic opiate buprenorphine, brand name Suboxone, provided the drug is used to treat opiate addiction, and is not prescribed for pain management. Suboxone is one of the substances …
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Have You Talked To Your Parents About Drugs? The Startling Rise Of Baby

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Area's Drug Users Getting Help

Area's drug users getting help

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For more information on the Lighthouse Recovery Center Anyone wanting more information or to donate can contact pastor Scott Reynolds at [email protected], call him at 432-269-7492 or visit http://lighthouse-rc.com/Home_Page.html. More …
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Taibbi: "Three strikes" laws are cruel and unusual

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Another result was that instead of dealing with problems like poverty, drug abuse and mental illness, we increasingly just removed them all from view by putting them in jail. It's not an accident that so many of the most ridiculous Three Strikes cases …
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Adams Man Pleads Not Guilty to Reckless Homicide Charge (With Video)

Adams man pleads not guilty to reckless homicide charge (with video)

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He previously pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia possession. About 30 friends and family members of Voss and Dybul sat in the courtroom Monday to hear an Adams County investigator describe what happened …
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GUEST OPINION: With control, medical marijuana is beneficial

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Quincy Woman Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence on Meth Charges

Quincy woman gets 10-year prison sentence on meth charges

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She said she returned to the drug after being released from the residential treatment program at Recovery Resources. She said she returned to using drugs after returning to her residence and finding drugs and drug paraphernalia in her room that had …
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San Mateo County jail: Site too toxic for housing but OK for jail?

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Since 2008, Insurers Have Been Required by Law to Cover Mental Health—Why

Since 2008, Insurers Have Been Required by Law to Cover Mental Health—Why

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act — which requires group health insurance plans that offer coverage for mental illness and substance use disorders to provide those benefits in no more restrictive way than all other treatments — was …
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Sheriff on North Liberty shootings: This is an example of Iowa's inflexible

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