Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
Supervised injection sites are sensible health care interventions
While first and foremost it is a health intervention aimed at keeping drug users alive – it provides a place of refuge where people who use drugs can inject, access nursing care, access referrals into housing, drug treatment, methadone treatment and detox.
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Alcohol is good for your health: Leading science writer claims tipple can …
No drug, herb or medical intervention can come close to offering that level of protection. Breast Cancer … In 2009, researchers at Canada's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health analysed more than 1,500 studies on the link between alcohol and diabetes.
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District court news
Timothy Roger Hicks, 25, third-degree retail fraud on Oct. 20, 10 days in jail suspended with credit for two days, $ 350 fines and costs, six months probation, attend substance abuse program and mental health counseling, may complete 60 hours community …
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Guest opinion: Hiding substance abuse problem a common occurrence
In Southwest Florida, SalusCare, Inc., is the first call for someone facing substance use and mental health challenges. We offer a complete continuum of services from detoxification to residential treatment and outpatient counseling. Services are …
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Mental health parity update – final regulations incorporate prior FAQs and …
For purposes of these regulations, the terms “mental health benefits” and “substance use disorder benefits” (the categories of protected benefits) have the following definition – “benefits with respect to services for mental health conditions or …
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Teenage Tyrants
She continued: “Currently, in its official definition of domestic abuse, the Home Office still leaves out children who are under the age of 16. “On top of this, police services do not currently have a system of flagging domestic violence … Families …
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Monterey County DA to be a leader in recidivism program
Harris said the new unit will be financed by "existing" Department of Justice monies, and will work with counties by "partnering on best practices and policy initiatives, such as the development of a statewide definition of recidivism, identifying …
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National Addictions Awareness Week – 50% of people who abuse drugs also …
20, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – During National Addictions Awareness Week, which runs from November 18 to 24, Portage is seeking to raise awareness about the co-occurrence of mental health problems and substance abuse, a problem that has grown on a …
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The Addiction Puzzle, Part 2: Could ADHD Meds Promote Future Cocaine Use?
Most researchers don't think ADHD medications are the culprit, but Kathleen Kantak has a different idea, and it's based on at least five years of research made possible through funding of $ 2.25 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The …
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Olivia Newton-John's daughter battled anorexia and drug addiction
Olivia Newton-John's daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, suffered from anorexia for many years, but has recovered from the eating disorder, thanks to rehab, therapy and medication, ABC News reported Nov. 18. “My eating disorder started when I was 15 and carried …
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California Recovery Center Starts Special Program For Videogame Dependency
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Nov. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Morningside Recovery, a leading substance abuse and mental health recovery center in Southern California, has founded a highly unique, all-inclusive recovery program focusing on compulsive …
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Eating Recovery Center changes name, expanding facility
The Sacramento-based Summit Eating Disorders and Outreach Program changed its name to Eating Recovery Center of California, a year after quietly being acquired. "For us, as a local organization, this offers an opportunity to refer patients who need a …
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Crews respond to fire at recovery center
Crews respond to fire at recovery center. Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:44 PM EST. Updated: Thursday, November 14, 2013 12:08 AM EST. News on WMCTV.comNewsMore>> · U of M may eliminate out-of-state tuition · U of M may eliminate …
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Question by Maryy: What percent of rehabilitated people actually are cured?
ok so this is for a project….
does anyone know what percent of rehabilitated people get out and dont do the same mistake agian??? (i.e.- they would use drugs daily, went to rehab, then when they got out they quit completly)
i searched yahoo, google, and ask jeeves. i did all of my project and this is just a small part of it wich isnt really gonna be graded so keep your useless coments to yourself
Best answer:
Answer by raysny
Rehabs often claim amazing results, but the reality is less than spectacular.
According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_addiction
“The effectiveness of alcoholism treatments varies widely. When considering the effectiveness of treatment options, one must consider the success rate based on those who enter a program, not just those who complete it. Since completion of a program is the qualification for success, success among those who complete a program is generally near 100%. It is also important to consider not just the rate of those reaching treatment goals but the rate of those relapsing. Results should also be compared to the roughly 5% rate at which people will quit on their own. A year after completing a rehab program, about a third of alcoholics are sober, an additional 40 percent are substantially improved but still drink heavily on occasion, and a quarter have completely relapsed.”
That estimate is based on information from Dr. Mark Willenbring of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and in my opinion, optomistic.
” About 80 percent of addiction patients will relapse, studies suggest, and long-term success rates for treatment are estimated at 10-30 percent.
“The therapeutic community claims a 30 percent success rate, but they only count people who complete the program,” noted Joseph A. Califano Jr., of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. “Seventy to eighty percent drop out in three to six months.” ”
http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/1633/1/Little-Evidence-that-Costly-Treatment-Programs-Work/Page1.html
90-95% of rehabs in the US are 12step-based. The rest are Scientology or religion-based.
The 12step treatment method has been shown to have about a 5% success rate, the same as no treatment at all:
Although the success rate is the same, AA harms more people than no treatment:
1) Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
2) Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
3) Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
4) Doctors Orford and Edwards found that having a doctor talk to the patient for just one hour was just as effective as a whole year of A.A.-based treatment.
5) Dr. George E. Vaillant, the A.A. Trustee, found that A.A. treatment was completely ineffective, and raised the death rate in alcoholics. No other way of treating alcoholics produced such a high death rate as did Alcoholics Anonymous.
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-letters85.html
1) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Brandsma
2) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Ditman
3) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Walsh
4) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Orford
5) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Vaillant
New Programs at Drug Rehab Carrollton Tackle Prescription Addiction
Long term abuse of prescription medications can cause significant damage to a person's health and overall well-being. Drug Rehab Carrollton is promoting the awareness of prescription drug abuse with their new, comprehensive treatment programs.
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Newton Medical Center improves treatment for mental health, substance abuse
NEWTON — Newton Medical Center has launched First Step, a new program to improve the health and well-being of those in Sussex County with both mental health and substance abuse disorders by closely combining treatment for the conditions. The new …
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