Drug laws may be debated in Commons as petition passes 100000 threshold
The campaign saw a surge in support after comedian and former drug addict Russell Brand joined up with online campaign group Avaaz to encourage its 1.1 million members to sign up. Mr Brand said: "Almost 2,000 young people die in the UK each year from …
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Medicaid expansion is expected to strain mental health services
WASHINGTON — As millions of Americans gain health coverage through the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, experts say their higher rates of mental health and substance abuse disorders will be difficult to treat due to a lack of counselors and …
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Mental Health Debate Spills Over To State Bar Application
Opponents of the questions have expressed concern that law students are avoiding treatment for subtance abuse and depression for fear they will not be approved for admission to the bar. In late December, former Connecticut Supreme Court Justice David …
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MENTAL HEALTH MINUTE: Parents should watch for changes in behavior in …
In fact, substance abuse professionals have a hard time keeping up with the many new synthetic drugs that are showing up on the streets. One of the mOre … At any sign of significant behavior change, parents like "Maggie" are taking their teens to …
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Question by JustMe: Have you ever been to Timberline Knolls?
I’d like to start off by saying that it really hard and scary and weird to come out and say “Things are not okay, I’m not okay, and I need help. I’ve had some problems for quite some time now and I’ve always believed you should do things you feel you should do even if it scares you. So that’s what I’m doing or trying to anyway. I’ve had problems with self harm, depression, anxiety, and eating disorder behavior. I think that I may have borderline personality disorder or something similar. I’ve done a lot of research lately, and I found this mental health medical facility that sounds like the kind of place I could really get help from and grow as a person. Have any of you been there? Do you think it would be a good place for someone like me? Is it expensive? Do you know if they take tricare insurance? It’d be a lot of help if I could get some answers please and thank you in advance.

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Answer by Jody
Adolescents and teen girls are treated at Timberline Knoll.

There is also a residential treatment center for women “to help rediscover and harness her strengths in five core aspects of the self:”

Emotions, mind, body, social, and spirit.

They specialize in treatment for eating disorders, drug abuse, addiction, and other mental health problems that often occur with the above: trauma and PTSD, depression etc…which often lie at the root of relapse

It is expensive. They charge on a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week basis. It includes individual, family, and group therapies; all meals and lodging; clinical, educational, psychiatric, behavioral/milieu, nursing, and expressive therapeutic services.

Just found a quote of $ 995.00 dollars a day. I hope you have government insurance i.e. social security or Access.

They will check to see if your insurance will help pay. Financing options are available.

Phone: 877-907-8416 for free confidential screening

No Verdict Reached On Woodland Drug Rehab Center
Plans for a small drug treatment and recovery center in Woodland Park — a project that has sparked much neighborhood opposition and strong support by industry advocates — remain in limbo. Following a lengthy hearing last week, Woodland Park … Based …
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Honolulu Drug Detox Launches Women's Program for Substance Abuse …
Honolulu Drug Detox makes new female-only program available that stops drug dependency in its tracks. Call (888) … A Honolulu drug detox center is launching a new women's program solely focused on eliminating drug use and abuse from her life …
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Judge: Drug abuse cases are turning courts into emergency rooms
BOSTON – In 2012, the district courts in Quincy, Brockton and Plymouth ranked first, third and fourth in the state in the number of referrals for involuntary commitments to drug-abuse treatment centers. Quincy District Court court topped Boston's eight …
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Walsh announces new initiative against substance abuse
To combat rising substance abuse and reduce overdoses in Boston, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a programTuesday involving community-based workshops to make treatment more accessible. Massachusetts officials … of our communities.” Andrew Ward …
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Smoking cessation may improve mental health
By Jim Dryden – Health professionals who treat people with psychiatric problems often overlook their patients' smoking habits, assuming it's best to tackle depression, anxiety or substance abuse problems first. However, new research at Washington …
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Give Those With Mental Health Issues and Addiction Problems a Break; Elect …
Another worthwhile read on the subject is the Huff Post 7/2/12 Deni Carise blog on the addiction and recovery portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The authors of this plan possess a deep understanding of the drug and mental …
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Capital Health Care: Issa threatens waiver; AG announces arrests
GOOD CHOICE –- Community Health Network is hosting an event at 10 a.m. today in Jamaica, which is meant to help the community better understand the Affordable Care Act ahead of the March 31 enrollment deadline. Catherine Abate, President & CEO, told …
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Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dead of suspected drug overdose
A police department source earlier told Reuters that Hoffman had died of an apparent drug overdose. Hoffman, who is survived by three children with his partner Mimi O'Donnell, had detailed his struggles with substance abuse in the past. "We are …
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Hoffman and the Terrible Heroin Deaths in the Shadows
More people are using heroin, according to a 2012 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration survey. The survey found that between 2007 and 2012, the number of heroin users ages 12 and up increased from 373,000 to 669,000.
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More Attention To Preventing Opioid-Overdose Deaths With Naloxone
So many of our “drugs of abuse” – or drugs of proper use that can be misused – are derived from nature: cocaine from the coca plant, morphine and codeine from the opium poppy, mescaline from the peyote cactus. Heroin, made from morphine in a … Last …
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Suncoast Rehab Center Encourages "Pain Medicine Management" Trend in 2014
10, 2014 — /PRNewswire-iReach/ — A recent Fox Business article predicted 2014's healthcare trends, one of which is an increased focus on pain medicine management—a direct reflection of the stronghold that addiction to pain medication has on the U.S …
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