Posts Tagged ‘mental health’

National Institute On Alcohol Abuse in the News

Workshop on alcohol fights common myths
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According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, each year, an estimated 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes, and another estimated …
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Screening for Mental Health's Annual National Alcohol Screening Day Highlights …
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HowDoYouScore.org, an online resource that offers anonymous screenings for alcohol abuse as well as resources for treatment and recovery. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, fewer women than men drink. However …
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KY's Operation UNITE oganizes national Rx Abuse Summit
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Alcohol Abuse Effects in the News

Horse riding time offers therapeutic benefits
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Participants include individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, speech impairment, emotional, behavioral or mental health issues, muscular dystrophy, visual and hearing impairment, Down syndrome and multiple sclerosis. People affected by substance abuse …
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Mental health crisis center proposed
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BREMERTON — It starts like this: Somebody has a crisis brought on by a mental health or substance abuse issue, or both. They may have committed a low-level crime. Sometimes it is their family who has called the police, in a desperate attempt to find help.
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Counselor responds to study linking child abuse to excessive drinking
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Bipolar And Alcohol Abuse in the News

Sentencing delayed for man who left children behind after Sycamore crash
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Colpen, 34, of DeKalb, has a checkered history: He's been to prison twice and faces up to 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to retail theft and obstructing justice. He started drinking and doing drugs around age 13, when his mother divorced …
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Amanda Bynes 'does suffer from bi-polar disorder and schizophrenia'
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But the lawyer pointed out she was never had a substance abuse problem. 'She's never had a history of abusing alcohol or hard drugs,' he said. Instead the former brunette has been talking out her troubles. 'Amanda continues to undergo outpatient …
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How Video Games Can Improve Dialogue on Mental Illness
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Question by : Is it borderline personality disorder or social anxiety? Or both?
These are some of the symptoms:
-low self confidence
-little self worth
-feeling like a failure
-painfully shy around people I don’t know and sometimes even shy and awkward around friends
-a need to be liked and understood
-feeling like an outsider
-a fear of being alone and of being rejected or abandoned
-empty feeling
-quick changing moods including violent emotional behaviour towards family and loved ones
-suicidal thoughts
-self harm
-manipulative emotional behaviour to avoid being abandoned
-in a emotionally damaging relationship but I don’t want to leave it because I can’t handle being alone
-being hurt by someone very easily – can lead to feeling rejected and deciding I hate the person, even if what they have done to upset me is something really small

Alcohol top reason for treatment

New research shows alcohol outstrips all other drugs, as a reason for people seeking treatment in rehab. See more at tennews.com.au.

Despite Obamacare promises, little help for substance abuse patients
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The nation's health law has promised sweeping changes to help millions of people with drug or alcohol addiction get treatment. Many unable to afford services in the past now can receive them without first landing in jail or an emergency room, health …
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ACA Brings Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment to Millions
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While the ACA now requires insurers selling plans on the online exchanges to offer substance abuse treatment and “mental health parity,” these changes may not translate into effective or immediate help for everyone. But the experts interviewed for this …
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Symptoms Of Withdrawal From Alcohol in the News

Will legalization spark marijuana research?
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There was another WSU animal marijuana researcher, psychology professor Michael Morgan, who had a federally funded and approved study to look at the drug's potential as pain medicine in 2009 at WSU Vancouver. At the time he was awarded $ 148,438 in …
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A Look at the Many Ways Bollywood Mishandles Mental Health
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… drink to steady his nerves. Why was this on-screen celebrity never shown entering a rehab facility? Instead he goes on an alcohol abstinent weekend getaway with his girlfriend, where he miraculously suffers little to no alcohol withdrawal symptoms: …
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April is Alcohol Awareness Month
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