Local business partners hope to bring one-of-a-kind treatment center to Lawrence
Lawrence business partners Anthony Barnett, a dog expert, and Jill Reese, a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker, have been working together for four years on their dream to build a unique behavioral center in Lawrence. The Symbiotic Behavioral …
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A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
For the past several months, a Dane County drug treatment facility has been trying to help opiate-addicted men and women coming out of jail with a new medication that could boost recovery chances by more than 50 percent. Called Vivitrol, the monthly …
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Details emerge from Colorado mountain tragedy
Benson said federal patient privacy laws forbid the emergency management department from public release of information as to which three were taken to hospitals for treatment of their injuries and which two walked away unhurt. The Bryans had recently …
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Motivational Enhancement Therapy: Treatment For Substance Abuse & More
Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “is a counseling approach that helps individuals resolve their ambivalence about engaging in treatment and stopping their drug use.” It is a method offering more …
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Painkiller addicts hit Medicaid limits
A report commissioned by the American Society of Addiction Medicine found that Medicaid agencies in just 28 states cover all three of medications that the Food and Drug Administration has approved for opioid addiction treatment: methadone …
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Judith Munaker: Website offers parents insight into drug addiction, treatment …
Housed on the Safe Communities of Madison-Dane County website, the new Parent Addiction Network is for parents, families and friends who have loved ones affected by drug addiction. This site can help people find answers to the many questions that …
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Local addiction treatment providers urged to have clients go smoke-free
Almost half of all Dane County residents who die each year from tobacco use also have mental health disorders or are addicted to other substances, a state report says. Because of that, a new joint venture will try to convince the 30 addiction treatment …
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Drug Addicts Beaten To Reduce Their Cravings In Siberia
Siberian psychologist Dr German Pilipenko started practicing a unique form of addiction therapy termed the "method of limited exposure or pain" in 2004, according to the Siberian Times. The technique involves beating drug addicts with a cane on their …
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Controversial Surgery for Addiction Burns Away Brain's Pleasure Center
How far should doctors go in attempting to cure addiction? In China, some physicians are taking the most extreme measures. By destroying parts of the brain's “pleasure centers” in heroin addicts and alcoholics, these neurosurgeons hope to stop drug …
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Local addiction treatment providers urged to have clients go smoke-free
Because of that, a new joint venture will try to convince the 30 addiction treatment providers in Dane County to go 100 percent tobacco-free. The Dane County Tobacco Free Project is a collaboration of the Dane County Chemical Dependency Consortium and …
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Replacing Prison Terms with Drug Abuse Treatment Could Save Billions in …
Newswise — RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Sending drug abusers to community-based treatment programs rather than prison could help reduce crime and save the criminal justice system billions of dollars, according to a new study by researchers at …
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
The program gives addicted parents residential treatment that allows them to stay with their children; it also provides intensive outpatient treatment, case management, peer mentoring and drug-free housing for parents and pregnant women. State …
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