substance abuse treatment

Do Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Really Work?

Question by ciana db: Do substance abuse treatment programs really work?
I have pretty much lived a sheltered life. I have an acquaintance who is going to undergo substance abuse treatment and I was just wondering whether such programs are effective.

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Answer by aryanna c
Well, the aim… Continue reading

Do You Think Alcoholism Is a Disease?

Question by ferengifighter4: Do you think Alcoholism is a disease?
AA talks about an allergy, a craving, that is only apparent in alcoholics

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Answer by KAS
No question about it!

Answer by Sara
Absolutely. Not only is it an addiction but I truly believe it’s hereditary as well.… Continue reading

Keala Simeona Pleads No Contest to Falsely Reporting She Found Newborn

Keala Simeona Pleads No Contest To Falsely Reporting She Found Newborn
HONOLULU (AP) — A 22-year-old Honolulu woman who police said tried to give her baby to authorities by pretending to find the girl on a beach pleaded no contest Thursday to filing a false police report. Keala Simeona's… Continue reading

Brownback Lights Tax Fuse, Local Governments Feel Heat

Brownback lights tax fuse, local governments feel heat
In 2014, he said, the federal Affordable Care Act could pull 8,000 under a coverage umbrella. Absent a reversal by Brownback, another 8,000 who could be added to the Medicaid roll must …. There is consensus one result could be an uptick… Continue reading

Alberta Foster Care Deaths: Government to Review How It Investigates, Reports

Alberta Foster Care Deaths: Government To Review How It Investigates, Reports
… Pulic Review, Alberta Foster Child Deaths Public Review, Cp, Canada Alberta News. EDMONTON – Alberta's human services minister says a public review of the foster care system will include how the deaths of foster children are investigated… Continue reading

Glenfield Woman Sent to Prison on Drug Sale Charge

Glenfield woman sent to prison on drug sale charge
If deemed eligible by state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision officials, she would spend six months in a military-style treatment program and then serve the balance of her sentence on parole. Ms. Wetmore was accused of selling …
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Does Anyone Know of a Good Detox and Inpatient Treatment Center in Milwaukee, WI?

Question by EzraMoon: Does anyone know of a good detox and inpatient treatment center in Milwaukee, WI?

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Answer by kermit
I’ve heard Meta House is really good.
Are you a woman? They specialize in women. Its downtown on prospect.
http://www.fare-wi.org/agencies/METAHOUSE.htm

my friend was doing outpatiet stuff there… she… Continue reading

Social Work Major Social Problem?

Question by Kady P: Social work major social problem?
I need to write a graduate paper on a major problem in America and a suggested change.
I want to involve kids in the foster care system or juvenile delinquency.
Any ideas?
Thanks

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Answer by drdr
correlation between poverty… Continue reading

Why We Should Continue to Rally for a Better Australia

Why we should continue to rally for a better Australia
The volunteers at the Parramatta Mission offering support, advice, and friendship, to the homeless, the mentally ill, the drug addicted, new migrants, some of them three generations of the one family. People on the fringe trying to find their way… Continue reading

How Effective Are Substance Abuse Treatments?

Question by scarlet j: How effective are substance abuse treatments?
I have recently convinced my husband to undergo a substance abuse treatment, and now I am searching for an addiction center that will fit him. But just a few days ago, a friend of mine called me, and said that… Continue reading