Can Virtual Reality-Based Therapy Help Veterans Overcome Posttraumatic …
Can Virtual Reality-Based Therapy Help Veterans Overcome Posttraumatic …
The article “Effect of Virtual Reality PTSD Treatment on Mood and Neurocognitive Outcomes” is coauthored by a team of specialists led by Robert McLay, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, including Editor-in-Chief of Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and …
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Zogenix Executive Says Mass. Drug Ban 'Makes No Sense Whatsoever'
Zogenix executive says Mass. drug ban 'makes no sense whatsoever'
Michael Croog. Zohydro, an opioid painkiller made by San Diego-based Zogenix, has put out a pill bottle with a combination lock as one of several measures intended to prevent drug abuse. Don Seiffert: BioFlash Editor- Boston Business Journal: Email | …… Continue reading
Marijuana Could Help Some Who Suffer From Epilepsy
Marijuana Could Help Some Who Suffer From Epilepsy
We support the rights of patients and families living with seizures and epilepsy to have access to physician-directed care, including medical marijuana as a potential treatment option. … Thank you for your interest in Honolulu Civil Beat …
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PTSD May Not Answer Fort Hood's Painful Questions
PTSD may not answer Fort Hood's painful questions
That's because long-standing anger issues, substance abuse, serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia and even just the presence of a gun in the home are far better predictors of mass shootings than depression or PTSD, Ritchie told Al Jazeera. “What …
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Bryant Signs Criminal-Justice Overhaul Bill
Bryant signs criminal-justice overhaul bill
The bill is modeled on criminal-justice changes made in recent years in Texas, Georgia and other states with Republican governors who campaigned as being tough on crime. The Mississippi bill says anyone convicted of a violent offense will be required …
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Rehab Crackdown Misses Clinics
Rehab crackdown misses clinics
Life Health Services, a drug rehabilitation clinic in South Los Angeles, took a big hit last fall when state health officials cut its funding and launched a fraud investigation. The clinic had been cited in government audits for client records that …
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How Many of You Have Parents With a Drug/ Alcohol Addiction?
Question by Rileyrenee: How many of you have parents with a drug/ alcohol addiction?
Please tell what they are addicted to and what age you are as well as your parent[s]?
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Answer by Dave
My dad has been an alcoholic for pretty much his whole life. He suffers… Continue reading
Medical Marijuana Debate: Light Up, or Pop a Pill?
Medical marijuana debate: Light up, or pop a pill?
However, experts from the UK say that the cannabis plant has been used to treat everything from cancer and glaucoma to Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis. Even so, a consultant for the Drug Free America … “My concern is there's going… Continue reading
Meth Takes Toll in Region, County Reports
Meth takes toll in region, county reports
From 2008 to 2012, the number of people in the region who died because of meth increased by 55 percent, from 140 in 2008 to 217 in 2012, according to the most recent Methamphetamine Strike Force Report Card. More than … “While San… Continue reading
217 Meth Deaths in San Diego County in 2012; Second-Worst Year O – San Diego …
217 meth deaths in San Diego County in 2012; second-worst year o – San Diego …
"While San Diego County is no longer the meth capital of the world, people's lives are still being turned upside down because of this deadly and addictive drug," said Dianne Jacob, chairwoman of… Continue reading