Posts Tagged ‘substance abuse’

Preventing Alcohol Abuse in the News

Stunning rise in drug deaths puts new focus on treatment
Filed under: preventing alcohol abuse

Drug prevention and treatment services provided by the Boston Public Health Commission would be folded into the new Office of Recovery Services. The new office, in turn, would concentrate on helping addicts … The state Bureau of Substance Abuse …
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Poison Drummer Spits Some Venom
Filed under: preventing alcohol abuse

… that leaves singer/reality show participant Bret Michaels, bassist Bobby Dall or guitarist C.C. Deville — who took a five-year sabbatical from the band from 1991-96 amid substance abuse issues — as the member who is preventing the tour from …
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More than 81000 children have a parent in prison in state
Filed under: preventing alcohol abuse

Help for Addiction ?????

http://facebook.com/sobrietytelevision Learn about help for addiction. You can also find addiction treatment centers at findtreatment.samhsa.gov.

 

Renz program offers substance abuse care for minority women
Filed under: drug and alcohol abuse counseling

With funding providing by a federal grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, minority women age 18 and over will have access to trauma informed services that will provide free substance abuse treatment, mental health …
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Without a trace: New Britain woman went missing in Waterbury 10 years ago
Filed under: drug and alcohol abuse counseling

She battled alcohol abuse but had been sober for 15 years. She went back to school to become a substance abuse counselor, helping others overcome the same struggles she faced, her family said. She was well-known within the New Britain recovery …
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Drug & Alcohol Treatment Centers | Substance Abuse Treatment NYC

http://nycrehabcenter.com Drug & Alcohol Treatment Centers deal with clients with drug, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and other additions via therapy, clean and …

 

GOVERNOR JINDAL UNVEILS LEGISLATION IN SUPPORT OF VETERANS
Filed under: alcoholism treatment program

This legislation authorizes courts to create specialized Veteran's Treatment Court Programs throughout Louisiana to assist veterans overcoming drug and substance abuse issues and any mental health issues contributing to involvement with the criminal …
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What is RADD?

1800 college students die nationwide every year from alcohol related incidents, and over 75% of those deaths are vehicle related. Sometimes this gets ignored…

 

IT Upgrades Bolster PDMP In Fight Against Opioid Misuse
Filed under: national institute on alcohol abuse

To improve timely access to, and use of, PDMP information, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and The MITRE Corp.—a nonprofit … was at risk for abuse. The …
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Author Michael Moss Offers Taste of 'Salt, Sugar, Fat' in Talk at UCSB
Filed under: national institute on alcohol abuse

Dr. Nora Volcow at the National Institute on Drug Abuse looked at the brain response to food. She saw the response to high sugar and fat foods and patterns of compulsive uptake. Some similarity to tobacco, alcohol and narcotics. But one important …
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Alcohol Abuse Youth in the News

Power of Youth united in dance
Filed under: alcohol abuse youth

Council coordinator Mackenna Dickt said the programs have included topics such as anti-bullying strategies and suicide and substance abuse prevention. So far this year, the group has raised $ 15,000 for youth programs. Anna Jones, vice chair of the …
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Minimum drinking age of 21 €˜'saves lives'
Filed under: alcohol abuse youth

A 2003 study showed “heavy alcohol use” was more prevalent among youth in 35 European nations than in the United States. After the drinking age nationwide rose uniformly to 21 (from 18) in 1988, there were 5 to 9 percent fewer deaths among drivers ages …
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Nearly One-Quarter Of American Adolescents Gamble, Engage In Riskier …
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Question by Anonymous: Is it normal to feel exhausted after stopping Seroquel? Are these other symptoms normal?
I have been taking Seroquel for 6 years now since I was 13 because I could not fall asleep at night and I had mood swings as a teenager. I started on a lower dose and worked my way up to 400 mg. I have been on 400 mg for 2 years and before that I was on 300 for most of those other years, so a very high dose. I stopped taking Seroquel cold-turkey on February 1 (a month and 1 week ago) because I no longer need the medication. At first I couldn’t sleep at all and I had nightmares and would wake up in cold sweats. I also had severe headaches, my digestive system didn’t work right, I kept twitching, and it was difficult to breathe. It was severe for about a week and then lessened. Now I can sleep fine, but my problem is, no matter how much I sleep, I still feel exhausted. I have tried sleeping 7 hours, 8, 9, 10, and up but no matter how many hours I sleep, if it’s a normal amount or a lot, I still feel exhausted. It feels like I haven’t slept at all. I still have headaches and my head feels.. heavy. I also feel like a have a permanent mild case of a flu and cold. I am slightly nauseous and have cold-like symptoms like a runny nose and swollen glands. The exhaustion is really alarming me. I was wondering if it is normal to feel this way when getting off of Seroquel? And how long will it take before I start feeling normal again?