mental health

Substance Abuse Treatment: Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse Treatment

Every 15 seconds a woman is subjected to domestic violence in the United States. Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior that is used to gain or maintain power and control in an intimate relationship, such as marriage, dating, family, friendship or living together. Anyone can… Continue reading

Accessing Services at CAMH

Accessing Services at CAMH

Filed under: drug addiction helpline

But Linda Mohri, the intake director at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), says that it's a fight that's slowly being won. “We're certainly seeing an increase in demand for services as people become more comfortable talking about these… Continue reading

I Need This Paraphrased Please. I Don’t Know How to Paraphrase, and Online Help Isn’t Workin.?

Question by xXx_Cyber_Doll_xXx: I need this paraphrased please. I don’t know how to paraphrase, and online help isn’t workin.?
drug addiction and drug abuse, chronic or habitual use of any chemical substance to alter states of body or mind for other than medically warranted purposes. Traditional definitions of addiction,… Continue reading

Hawaii Drug Treatment Centers

Millennium Laboratories Sponsors Physician Education Programming at 31st

Filed under: Hawaii Drug Treatment Centers

"Urine drug testing, the most common medication monitoring method, helps physicians provide each patient with an appropriate treatment plan with a more complete medication profile to help prevent harmful drug-drug interactions in a patient's …… Continue reading

Video Game Helps Doctors Detect Drug Abuse in Patients

Video game helps doctors detect drug abuse in patients

Filed under: drug addiction help online

By Gene Ryan Briones on 05/26/2012 00:03 PDT Doctors at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital are using a video game to help them identity signs of addiction in their patients. The said video game, based on… Continue reading

Drug Addiction: Doctors Seek New Approach for Jailed Addicts – New York Times

Doctors Seek New Approach for Jailed Addicts – New York Times

Filed under: drug addiction

A group of prominent addiction doctors has mounted a quiet legal campaign on behalf of Cameron Douglas, the troubled son of the actor Michael Douglas, in hopes of finding a sympathetic ear for their view… Continue reading

Ohio Merging Mental Health, Drug Abuse Agencies

Ohio merging mental health, drug abuse agencies

Filed under: Substance Abuse

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) State agencies providing mental-health and substance-abuse services in Ohio will be merged pending legislative approval into a single agency with a combined 2500 employees and a budget in excess of $ 650 million.
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No Help to Quit Drug Addiction?

Question by : No help to quit drug addiction?
I’ve noticed something quite serious. There is absolutely NO help for anyone who needs discreet help in quitting a serious drug addiction. Google it. You’ll see. You have to sort through the countless websites telling you how disgusting and pathetic you… Continue reading