PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment
PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment – Robyn Walser, of the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, addresses the issue of self-medication and substance abuse in returning OEF and OIF veterans, many of whom suffer from PTSD. This program presents and overview of the problem and introduces some of the effective treatments. Series: Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Families and Care Providers [10/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 16285]
My Turn: New Hampshire alcohol revenue comes with high costs
Filed under: drug abuse treatment
… prevention and treatment services is not suspended. (Tym Rourke is director of programs for the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and chairman of the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment.) …
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Progress made, but drug war continues
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Earl Ray Tomblin unwrapped the report of his Advisory Council on Substance Abuse, one that leans to a great extent on funding abuse treatment efforts in six specific regions of the state. Not only should existing centers be maintained, but the council …
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Over 2500 Community Advocates to Participate in Community Anti-Drug …
Filed under: drug abuse treatment
30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 2,500 substance abuse prevention and treatment specialists from throughout the country will convene in the Washington, D.C. area for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America's (CADCA) 23rd annual …
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