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 →