VAC Preparing to Help Female Offenders Succeed
VAC preparing to help female offenders succeed
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Best known for its early education and day care services as well as family support services and the Mitchell Therapy Pool, the nonprofit organization will soon add the Mandala House — a name that signifies a unified life in Indian Sanskrit — to it's …
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UIHC works to curb side effects of prescription abuse
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Drug overdose deaths increased nationwide for the 11th consecutive year in 2010, with prescription drugs accounting for 60 percent of those deaths, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Opioid …
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Mental illness still carries stigma
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According to news reports, family services earlier this month removed McCready's two sons and a court had committed her to a treatment facility for a mental-health and alcohol-abuse evaluation. She was released two days later. The answer to public …
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Treatment, enhancement or recreation – why sports and Stilnox are a bad mix
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Wayne Hall receives funding from NHMRC and ARC for research on alcohol and other drug use and ethical and policy issues raised by neuroscience research on addiction. The Conversation provides independent analysis and commentary from academics …
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