Posts Tagged ‘substance abuse’

Mindfulness therapy helps prevent drug and alcohol relapse
Filed under: Alcohol Abuse

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A treatment program incorporating mindfulness meditation is better over the long term than traditional approaches at preventing relapses of drug and alcohol abuse, according to a new study. One year after treatment for substance abuse, far fewer participants who got relapse-prevention training including mindfulness techniques had used drugs or …
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Statewide database would help officials track heroin trends
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"Better data would help us accurately track substance abuse trends," said Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. "I'm especially encouraged by Sen. Schumer's push for additional prevention …
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New York Kids Will 'Kick Butts' on March 19
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The Tioga County Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse recently hosted a "Letters of Love" writing contest for 4th- through 12th-grade students throughout the county to urge loved ones to quit smoking. A banquet will be held to announce contest …
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Strict parenting linked to obesity in children
Filed under: child alcohol abuse

She and her colleagues look at more extreme problems in childhood, such as abuse, alcoholic parents and domestic violence. They believe that they have uncovered biological changes that explain the correlation. "Two recent studies of ours have shown …
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Child welfare agency needs overhaul, not tinkering
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Last year, DCF fired an investigator who forged documents that helped mask a mother's substance abuse. Later, the mother left her baby to bake to death in her car. How does a bureaucracy begin to attack so many problems? You can hire more staff. You …
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Kent author, therapist to speak at retreat
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Editorial: Becoming safe and sound
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The idea was to get as many official agencies and other groups as possible involved in reducing injuries in the region, be it from road crashes, workplace incidents to alcohol abuse and violence. Planning sessions brought in people from the likes of …
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Entertainment: Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Brown, Lily Tomlin
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The singer was arrested on Friday, March 14, 2014, after he was dismissed from a Malibu facility where he was receiving treatment for anger management, substance abuse and issues related to bipolar disorder. (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson, Pool). Lucy …
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Gerald and Betty Ford's daughter continues their projects
Filed under: Alcoholism

Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford, with Tennessean reporter Shelley DuBois about how health care reform could affect substance abuse treatment and why bringing an addiction out in the open was one of the best things that happened to her family.
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Non 12 Step – Non 12 Step Rehab Treatment Center Program

Our intake director talks about our non 12 step program and the differences between Malibu Horizon’s non 12 step rehab recovery program and other facilities …

How a dog is making a big difference in a second career at a hospital
Filed under: alcohol abuse programs

Pauletta is a regular at the Substance Abuse Treatment Education Program (STEP) at Denver Health. "Kids come here to either overcome their trauma so they can get sober, or just figure out how to get sober because they've been experimenting," says …
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Documents show Irsay battled Rx drug abuse for decades
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According to reports filed by the Associated Press at the time, Irsay sought substance abuse treatment at least three times, beginning in 1998. AP stories at the time also cited multiple sources who alleged that Irsay overdosed on prescription drugs in …
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