Drug Treatment Programs

Published February 4, 2013

Drug Treatment Programs – There are no quick fixes for the diseases of drug abuse and alcoholism. Recovery is an ongoing process. The skills one learns during intensive rehabilitation treatment must be integrated into everyday life and this takes time.

"Inside Rehab": How it could work better, and why it doesn't

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Maybe Amy Winehouse had a point: However flippant that sounds, many a reader will be thinking it (or something like it) after finishing Anne M. Fletcher's “Inside Rehab.” Fletcher visited 15 addiction-treatment programs, from the high-end to the bare …
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Family Video Counseling Aids in Substance Abuse Treatment

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"Based on the encouraging results and positive feedback from families who participate in video counseling sessions, we plan to roll out Family Video Counseling to other Gateway Foundation residential substance abuse treatment centers this year," says Dr.
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Counties look at drug treatment program in Scioto

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Lorain County has decided to implement a Naloxone program modeled after Scioto County's “Project D.A.W.N. (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone).” The project was named after Leslie Dawn Cooper, a local woman who lost her life to prescription drugs.
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Tuscaloosa drug treatment program in financial straits

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TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, AL (WBRC)- FOX6 News has learned that a Tuscaloosa County drug treatment program isn't accepting new clients because of financial problems. This pre-trial diversion program is for first time, non-violent criminal defendants …
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