INSIDE ADDICTION: Inside Interventions 2

INSIDE ADDICTION: Inside Interventions 2 – Episode 1 Pt 2

The Bridge reaches out to troubled families

Filed under: drug abuse intervention

If there's no intervention, a traumatic childhood can lead to damaging behaviors like substance abuse, he said. Often clients are referred to The Bridge by schools that report poor behavior, Stockey said. When a child arrives at the organization, the …
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Homelessness, childhood trauma, put youth at risk for drug use, HIV and hep C …

Filed under: drug abuse intervention

He hopes policy-makers understand that early intervention strategies pay off, whether it's in providing better housing for street youths or resources that assist youths who have suffered childhood sexual abuse. For Gerri Tootoosis, program manager and …
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Experts: W.Va. must curb drugs to stop child abuse

Filed under: drug abuse intervention

The Justice Center at the nonpartisan Council of State Governments says West Virginians are more likely to die from drug overdoses than residents of any other state, and one in 10 adults has a substance abuse problem. Nationally, child abuse and …
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