Medical Professionals Need Pain Treatment Training
Medical professionals need pain treatment training
Filed under: drug abuse treatments
It requires that most health care professionals, including doctors and nurses, take course work or training every four years in, among other things, “pain” and “preventing, identifying and responding to abuse of and addiction to prescription drugs …
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Rodeo raises K to fight substance abuse
Filed under: drug abuse treatments
“These grants fund prevention efforts in Sumner County; however, they do not fund substance abuse treatment efforts,” Hennessy-Pierce said. The event was organized by the Anti-Drug Coalition with assistance from the city of Gallatin, the Tennessee Army …
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A Family Affliction: Meth use destroys relationships
Filed under: drug abuse treatments
The ruinous effect Deming's drug abuse had on his family is all too common. Barb Caskey, who coordinates substance abuse treatment programs at Elko's Vitality Center, has seen meth rob users of their ability to hold together healthy familial relationships.
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Social Networking Sites May Trigger Drug Relapse
Filed under: drug abuse treatments
May 18, 2012 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Use of online social networking sites may trigger relapse in adolescents in substance abuse treatment programs, new research suggests. A study presented here at the American Psychiatric Association's (APA's) …
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