Support Groups are plentiful in the area to help in many ways
FRIENDS & FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP: Big Stone Gap, Va., Behavioral Health Services, behind Powell Valley High School, hosted by Frontier Health; offers tools, friends and families needs to assist people with addiction, move toward recovery; Tuesdays, 6:30 …
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Gathering gives hope over drug addiction
The annual event, set for 6 p.m. Sunday, features a candle-lighting ceremony in remembrance of people who have lost their lives to drug addiction or are struggling with addiction, and to support families who are struggling with such problems. The event …
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Stigma Of Mental Illness: Families Are Often Embarrassed By Mentally Ill …
Specifically, the research suggests that mental health conditions such as alcoholism and depression are more likely to be accompanied not by familial support but by family shame and embarrassment. The study, which … The study estimates the degree to …
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50 Years of Night: A drug-addled city hits bottom, strives to get clean
The hilly county had long been one of the poorest in the nation, and the coal mines that once provided at least some jobs were mostly gone. Rising drug abuse added misery to the economic malaise, and corruption … able to operate almost openly without …
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Women who smuggle drugs into Costa Rica prisons will face lighter sentences
One hundred twenty women are residing in halfway houses, with more expected in the wake of the modified law, according to the General Directorate of Social Rehabilitation. “These women are convicted like any other drug trafficker moving a large …
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Changing lives, one job at a time
Employment success also results from strong partnerships with employers and outside support services, like those of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Autism Treatment Services, the Learning Disabilities Association, the Open Door Society and the …
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.5M awarded to help inmates with mental health, addiction problems
Inmates are less likely to re-offend if they are receiving proper treatment, but that doesn't mean the average taxpayer wants to shell out money for drug abuse counseling in addition to medical care already paid by county residents, said Kathy Coate …
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Long Beach services offer help, treatment to people with HIV
Kirby, director of development at the Gardena-based Behavior Health Services, was instrumental in founding the ADAM (Alcohol and Drug Advocacy for Men) Project, which offers substance abuse counseling and HIV prevention outreach to Latino and …
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Chief Keef Ordered to Rehab in California
After being jailed for violating his probation, Chief Keef is headed to rehab in California. On Friday (Nov. 8), a Chicago judge ordered the 18-year-old rapper to enter a drug treatment facility after testing positive for marijuana. According to the …
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Immune system may play crucial role in mental health
Merely adding inflammation to their thinking has helped neuroscientists cast a broader net when searching for causes of and possible treatments for mental illness, mood disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism, researchers say. And …
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Bruno urges Trott to fight through
"I felt very sorry for him," said Bruno, who was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in 2003 and was later diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. "It is brave of him to come out and say he is suffering from mental health. "All different people are …
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What to say when someone's struggling with mental illness
More awareness is being brought to mental illness, such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia. Those who struggle are told not to be ashamed or hide their disorders. They're encouraged to talk about them. But how do we as …
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North Tampa Behavioral Health opens in Wesley Chapel
In Florida, the Baker Act is a way of providing emergency services and temporary detention for mental health evaluation and treatment, on either a voluntary or involuntary basis. The Marchman … This puts a burden, he said, on local hospitals. He …
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CHATTAHOOCHEE ARSENAL IS CONFERENCE CENTER, FUTURE MUSEUM
A new conference center and future museum was unveiled in a ceremony Wednesday, November 20, on the grounds of the Florida State Hospital (FSH) in Chattahoochee. … Several special guests made congratulatory remarks following a welcoming by hospital …
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