Posts Tagged ‘mental health’

Overcoming Alcohol Abuse in the News

Single mom struggles for economic self-sufficiency
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As thousands of women in Rochester strive to find financial freedom and remove themselves from being a member of the devastating statistics, some feel if they remain in the city, their circumstances will be much harder to overcome. Melissa Parrish …
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Can one mom's devotion to her kids overcome lifelong FASD struggles?
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I am the adoptive single mother of 6 children, all of whom struggle with the birth defect of prenatal alcohol exposure and several with substance abuse, along with many mental health issues. They are now from 18 to 28, all currently living at home, and …
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This Spoken Word Poem Powerfully Expresses The Pain Of Growing Up Around …
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Good Luck Smarts
Filed under: Alcoholism

The moment you tell your 13 year old daughter to live and love better than you do in life, then you know life is hurting you. Filed under: addiction, alcoholism, Bipolar Disorder, Health, life, Mental Health, Moody Monday
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Black People Don’t Commit Suicide
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One episode of the informative and engaging web series Black Folk Don’t challenges the myth that Black Folk Don’t suffer depression and commit suicide. I must say that I got a little turnt while watching Black Folk Don’t episode on suicide because the content was so empowering. The episode speaks to …
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April 29, 2014 – The Eye Opener
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Treatment Of Alcohol Abuse in the News

Healthcare Reform Brings Expansion to Drug & Alcohol Treatment Industry
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January 1 marked the beginning of an expansion of healthcare coverage for drug and alcohol addiction treatment under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This expansion is leading to a growth in the rehabilitation facilities market but what that growth looks …
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Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk
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Pervasive problem: The latest drug use data from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, released in 2007, indicated that an average of 103,000 doctors, nurses, medical technicians and health care aides a year were abusing …
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Girl Aged Just 9 Treated For Vodka Abuse In Durham
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Alcohol Abuse Problems in the News

Art City Substance Abuse Prevention focuses on underage drinking
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“The results of the Student Health and Risk Protection (SHARP) survey showed us there is a specific problem with underage drinking,” Acor said. “The SHARP survey showed that while drinking among 12th-graders has gone down this past year, drinking is up …
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Scenes from Floyd County, Kentucky
Filed under: alcohol abuse problems

Thanks to the law, substance abuse and mental health treatment coverage is mandatory for Medicaid and private insurance policies, and treatment must be comparable to that provided for other medical problems. For the addicts and alcoholics among the …
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Solutions To Alcoholism in the News

Finding a new way home
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“Suicide rates increased, in tandem with domestic violence, alcoholism and the trafficking of women and children," the report concluded. Despite the despondency of not knowing their fate for year after year, the refugees continued to educate the …
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EC action in Punjab
Filed under: solutions to alcoholism

Poverty is the main cause of children leaving home. Problems in families like violence and alcoholism make children run away from home. … Most of the money that the children earn by working 10 to 12 hours a day is spent on food but they also buy …
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Capital Health Care: State commits to Interfaith; Where's that waiver money?
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Question by raygunaut: is susan smith a victim of christian hypocrisy and the barbaric state of mental health care in this country?
No doubt of her guilt but there were many exigent circumstances that while ignored in her case have helped other women in similar circumstances…rape by a trusted family member( christian pillar of community of a stepfather?)and cries for help that were ignored or downplayed…
what is the true state of mental health care in this country and why is the need for it soo stigmatized that people cannot seek help for fear of social repercussions

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