Posts Tagged ‘mental health’

Solutions For Alcoholism in the News

WestCare Foundation and UNLV to Host 'From Their Point of View' – National …
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Tribune, Newhouse won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism in 2000 for a 12-part series of stories on the effects of alcoholism in Montana. Through personal, in-depth interviews, … “Our President and Chief Executive Officer Dick Steinberg, a …
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Letter: Let's find solutions for treating mental illness
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One example is treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction—most programs have a huge wait list. Mental health services need to be provided in our communities; to the people who say “not in my backyard,” please help us find an appropriate location.
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Film "Anonymous People" shows the recovery side of addiction
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The Dangers of Alcohol Poisoning (Don’t Turn A Night Out Into A Nightmare Ad)

 

If You Talk, They Hear You
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Donna and Alan don't seem aware of the potential dangers. Ron's parents can equip him to make good choices if … The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) launched a website and other media messages directed at parents of …
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Torrance drug and alcohol counselor to stand trial for 2012 hit-and-run murder
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Deputy District Attorney John Harlan said a prior conviction for DUI was not necessary to prosecute Wilkins for murder, and that Wilkins – as a drug and alcohol counselor at the Twin Town Treatment Center in Torrance – was well aware of the danger she …
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Alcohol Abuse Services in the News

Officials keep eye on bill poised to consolidate health services
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Garry Smith, R-Greenville, has sponsored a bill that proposes to create a Department of Behavior Health Services, which would include a Division of Mental Health and a Division of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services rather having them as individual …
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Rights, outcomes, and the Golden Rule in drug policy
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My conclusion from that was the necessity of regulation, since the industry that sells the drug (or offers other potentially habit-forming services such as gambling) will always be financially dependent on dependent problem users, while the public …
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Teenage Alcoholism in the News

A Close Look at Kids' Mental Health
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The rate of autism was highest among children aged 6 to 11. The researchers also looked at substance abuse among teens. Although only 2.8 percent of those aged 12 to 17 smoke regularly, 4.7 percent had an illegal drug addiction and 4.2 had alcoholism …
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Philly420: Marijuana refined
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In Philadelphia, Thomas Drayton of Fox29 reported the sensationally headlined “Teens Cooking Up Dangerous Weed Oil To Get 'Honey' High.” Reading between the maximum foxiness, it seems that the harms Drayton 'uncovered' … Then she picked up a glass …
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Lana Del Rey On Criticism: Singer Says Disrespect Makes Her Want To Drink
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Mental Abuse Symptoms in the News

Major depression: Who is at risk?
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One may also experience some of the following symptoms on most days: Low self-esteem, fatigue most of the day, reduced sex drive, guilt feelings, frustration or irritability, lack of sleep or excessive sleeping, restlessness, inability to concentrate …
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NINR welcomes five new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing …
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She is a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Minority Fellowship Program. Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Ph.D., R.N., is the associate … NINR supports basic and clinical research …
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HIV Outcomes Could Improve By Integrating Treatment Of Comorbid Mental Illness
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Long Term Alcohol Abuse in the News

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But mostly what we struggle with are the old morbidities. Tobacco smoke and alcohol abuse, and the consequences of self-neglect though financial impoverishment. In other ways, I think we've very much kept up with the rest of the world. … it involves …
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The DSM-5 is here: What the controversial new changes mean for mental health …
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Similar to the changes made to the autism spectrum disorders, substance use disorders will also be categorized more on a sliding scale, depending on the severity of each patient's symptoms. “You're going to have many people with alcohol and cannabis …
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Man waved a claw hammer
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