mental health

Can Someone Tell Me How I’m Going to Search for Addiction Treatment Centers in La Jolla, California?

Question by celia w: Can someone tell me how I’m going to search for addiction treatment centers in La Jolla, California?
My mom lives there. I have just recently gotten word from my sister that she’s gotten involved in drugs. I think this is because of the fact that my… Continue reading

Summit County Launches Jail Program to Help Those With Mental Illness, Drug Addiction

Summit County launches jail program to help those with mental illness, drug addiction
Summit County has launched a program at the jail to help inmates … mental illness and 68 percent have a substance abuse problem. Jerry Craig, executive director of the Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health… Continue reading

My Sis Needs Rehab, but Has No $Can Anyone Recommend an Out Pt Support Drug Grp Meetings in Las Vegas? ?

Question by Lucy: My sis needs Rehab, but has no $ Can anyone recommend an out pt support drug grp meetings in las Vegas? ?

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Answer by D.D.
The whole free groups of alcoholics anonymous, narcanon could be helpful and they would know the resources for your area… Continue reading

What Do Social Workers Actually Do?

Question by Mz Lopez: What do social workers actually do?
I wanna go to school for psychology but I wanna work more along troubled teenagers or people in need of help like a social worker I guess. not giving medicine.

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Answer by Saadia
The investigate cases of child… Continue reading

Looking for a Drug-Free Psych Doctor for My Son.?

Question by Dawn: Looking for a drug-free Psych doctor for my son.?
My son who is 22 has taken long-term medications for his OCD, one anti-psychotic for nearly seven years! In the last few months, his Psych. doc has had to change his SSRI medication over and over, due to… Continue reading

Rise in Drug Addiction Hits Govt Efforts to Combat Spread of HIV

Rise in drug addiction hits govt efforts to combat spread of HIV
KARACHI, Dec 15: Between two trucks on an abandoned, garbage-strewn railway, teenagers openly shoot up drugs as children pass by on their way to school — a daily scene in Karachi, where heroin is undermining Pakistan’s efforts to… Continue reading

Rise in Drug Addiction Hits Govt Efforts to Combat Spread of HIV

Rise in drug addiction hits govt efforts to combat spread of HIV
KARACHI, Dec 15: Between two trucks on an abandoned, garbage-strewn railway, teenagers openly shoot up drugs as children pass by on their way to school — a daily scene in Karachi, where heroin is undermining Pakistan’s efforts to… Continue reading

How Does Cocaine Effects the Different Parts of the Brain?

Question by pingping: how does cocaine effects the different parts of the brain?
what is dopamine? how does cocaine effects the different parts of the brain?

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Answer by amie r
The most extensively studied effect of cocaine on the central nervous system is the blockage of the dopamine… Continue reading

UVa Among Handful of Hospitals That Offered Experimental Heart Treatment

UVa among handful of hospitals that offered experimental heart treatment
Dr. Scott Lim, a cardiologist at the University of Virginia Medical Center, led the study of the effectiveness of the MitraClip. … He was more interested in a non-invasive new procedure, but it hadn't been approved by the U.S. Food… Continue reading

Sen. Krueger Introduces Bill to Regulate and Tax Marijuana in New…

Sen. Krueger Introduces Bill to Regulate and Tax Marijuana in New…
New York, NY – December 11, 2013 – Joined by a broad spectrum of drug law reform advocates and fellow elected officials, State Senator Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan) announced that she will be introducing the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act… Continue reading