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Mental health approach to teenage alcohol prevention is successful, finds new … – EurekAlert (press release)
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Mental health approach to teenage alcohol prevention is successful, finds new … EurekAlert (press release) The authors argue that the intervention could be administered in schools throughout the UK to help prevent teenage alcohol abuse. The 'Adventure Trial' is led by Dr Patricia Conrod, King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, in collaboration with … and more »

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Suicide – alcohol abuse must be tackled – Irish Health
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Suicide – alcohol abuse must be tackled Irish Health The high suicide level among young Irish men could be reduced if more was done to tackle the issue of alcohol abuse, Alcohol Action Ireland has said. The national charity, which deals with alcohol-related issues, made its comments in response to the … and more »

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Revisions to Mental Health Manual May Turn Binge Drinkers into 'Mild' Alcoholics
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Revisions to Mental Health Manual May Turn Binge Drinkers into 'Mild' Alcoholics
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"Mad Men" season 6 gets premiere date
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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Lift a highball, television lovers: "Mad Men" will return to screens this April. The critically adored, relentlessly blogged about, frequently awarded AMC show will kick off a sixth season of alcoholism, infidelity and advertising accounts with a special two-hour premiere. Will Don cheat on Megan? Did Betty lose the weight? Is Peggy happy at Cutler, Gleason, and …
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Revisions to Mental Health Manual May Turn Binge Drinkers into ‘Mild’ Alcoholics
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Are you an alcoholic— or just a problem drinker? It may not matter, according to the latest version of the DSM, psychiatry’s diagnostic manual. And now, in a new study of the different levels of alcohol misuse, scientists say the changes made to the DSM-5 may not even represent a significant improvement in the diagnosis of alcoholism. In fact, the revised definition collapses the medical …
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Support Groups
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AL-ANON ALCOHOLISM SUPPORT: If someone's drinking is bothering you, Al-Anon can help; meets each Mon.
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Coping With Alcoholic Spouse in the News

Support Groups
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Alcoholics Anonymous meets weekdays at noon and 8:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and Sundays at 9 and 11 a.m. and 7 and 8:30 p.m. at Unity Place, 8610 Railroad Ave. Call 301-464-2628. Alcoholics Anonymous meets Sundays at 7 p.m. at Laurel Regional …
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Things to do in the Caldwells, Fairfield, Roseland, Essex Fells
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Family Education Group for families struggling with alcohol or drug addiction will be held at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at 96 Pompton Ave. in Verona. Will teach families about the … Mood Disorders: Mental Health Association of Essex County and Intensive …
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A Post-Mandela South Africa
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Depression And Signs in the News

'Loneliness can weaken your immune system'
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Lonelier participants had higher levels of antibodies against cytomegalovirus than did less lonely participants, and those higher antibody levels were related to more pain, depression and fatigue symptoms. “No difference was seen in Epstein-Barr virus …
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The Dilemmas of Andrew Solomon
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If the catalyst for “The Noonday Demon” was his personal struggle with incapacitating depression, the spur for “Far From the Tree” was his experience growing up in the 1960s and '70s in an affluent and assimilated Jewish family, the gay son of parents …
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Society trying to find an answer to the question: Why suicide?
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Alcoholic Detox in the News

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Schoenberger: Wants The County Exec Job He Helped Create
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… the Mental health Out Patient Unit, the Pre-Natal clinic transferred to Nyack Hospital on January 1, 2013, Mental Health's Alcohol and Detox Clinic now provided by a private provider, and the Mental Health Inpatient Unit in the process of being …
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Do you need to detox to rid your body of toxins?
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