Practice Demonstration – Substance Abuse Counseling

Practice Demonstration – Substance Abuse Counseling – Part 7 of 10 Produced by the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – SAMHSA.

Legislators push health insurance parity for substance abuse

Filed under: drug addiction treatments

Almost all Pittsfield's robberies and break-ins are drug-related, police say, and abuse treatment centers in the city have seen increases of up to 70 percent in clients being treated for opiate dependency over the past three years. "It's heroin and …
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A Lifesaving Treatment, and a Killer

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To the Editor: Re “Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side” (“The Double-Edged Drug” series, front page, Nov. 17): Buprenorphine is not a panacea, but it is one of the most highly effective treatments we have for a deadly disease that now kills more …
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Column: Resources for families affected by drug addiction

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Casey's Law provides a means of forcible intervention to parents, relatives, and friends when the addicted person is unable to recognize their need for treatment due to their active addiction. Treatment is sought without that person's consent, without …
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