Impersonated doctor was in drug treatment while fake practice operated
… theft, according to state medical board records. Graham Scott Meyer, who specialized in emergency medicine, was treated at the Florida Recovery Center from October to February, a North Carolina Medical Board consent order released last month said.
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Places to go and things to do in the Pensacola area.- 5:25 pm
Milton Community Center, 5629 Byrom St., Milton. 983-3527; email [email protected]; visit www.yesyoucanyoga.com. • IQuit with AHEC: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. IQuit with AHEC is the in-person option of Tobacco Free Florida's 3 Free …
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Question by : new york city what are my options for emergency housing as a female?
I am a recoving alcoholic and need to find sober living housing for women. any ideas??

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Question by Laura: What does the term “chronic addiction” mean to you? What images do you get when you hear this term?
If a doctor writes the term “chronic addiction” into a patient’s chart, what would you think of that patient? What sort of person do you think a person with a “chronic addiction” diagnosis might be? What impressions will other doctors get of the patient if they see this term in the chart?

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Answer by PINKY
Chronic just means ongoing. A disease or illness that will continue without medical treatment. As far as what other doctors may think, well was it a chronic drug addiction? Is so they will probably never prescribe you drugs like those unless absolutely neccessary.

Answer by gaurdianangelic
because i am a psychology major the first thing i would have to cosider is where it is that i work but to anwer your question

if i saw chronic addiction i would think that this person is supseptible to becoming an addict to anything that would do with medications such as illegal pills, needles, or whether it is over the counter! and this can go in another way, chronic addiction could also mean that this person has a mental illness and they could ne addicted to sex! or burning themselves, or cutting themselves

In addiction, meditation is helpful when coupled with drug and cognitive therapies
Using a computational model of addiction, a literature review and an in silico experiment, theoretical computer scientist Yariv Levy and colleagues suggest in a new paper this week that rehabilitation strategies coupling meditation-like practices with …
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Breaking the Silence event targets substance abuse, addiction issues
She had a successful career as a health educator with a Positive Approach to Teen Health, or PATH. But her personal life was falling apart, as her son, Michael, 18, slipped deeper into drug addiction. Bauer and her son were among several families who …
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Psychiatric hospital company's staffing problems nationally overlooked by …
And when regulators in North Carolina last year took steps to revoke the license of a residential treatment center after violence at the facility, they cited, among other things, incompetent clinical staff. All three facilities were owned by Universal …
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Only hope for Boyd is 8-screen complex, movie chain owner says
His campaign is a lead-up to the official approval process, which will begin with a review of the proposal before the Philadelphia Historical Commission, probably in December. The plan promises the restoration of the original façade of the Boyd, which …
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Providence to expand women's recovery program
But Providence provides a number of services to those in need, and one of its newest is a women's alcohol and drug recovery program nestled in a secluded area near Tunnel Hill. “It's a residential program with a minimum of 90 days,” said Providence …
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Harm Reduction Makes Strides in North Carolina [FEATURE]
Attilio played a key role in the passage of the Good Samaritan/naloxone/alcohol amnesty bill earlier this year, and she said there are real issues facing vets in the state. … We also do training in rehabs, at methadone clinics, in jails and prisons …
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Gov. Fallin signs bill regulating Narconon Arrowhead
Narconon Arrowhead is a non-profit drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Canadian that uses the teachings of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.The bill originally passed the Senate unopposed in February. Then in April the legislation …
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New group to help alcoholics and drug addicts recover
A NEW group made up of recovering drug addicts and alcoholics has been formed to help NHS bosses shape their treatment. It has been created by patients using the Edward Myers substance abuse unit at the Harplands Hospital in Hartshill. The group will …
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Is food truly addictive?
The 'major' addictions, like alcoholism and drug abuse, stimulate significant amounts of research and are now largely well characterised, but others, like pathological gambling and internet addiction, are much less understood. And then there is food …
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North Carolina Senate OKs drug testing requirement for welfare
An applicant or recipient determined to be addicted to alcohol or drugs must complete a substance abuse treatment program and submit to drug testing, however, to continue qualifying for benefits. Bill supporters said the state should go a step further …
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