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By ABBY GOODNOUGH and KATIE ZEZIMA Published: April 9, 2011 BANGOR, Me. — The mother got the call in the middle of the night: her 3-day-old baby was going through opiate withdrawal in a hospital here and had to start taking methadone, a drug best known for treating heroin addiction, to ease his suffering. The [...]
Last week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) re-introduced the Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011, a bill that would expand federal health information technology payments to previously ineligible community behavioral health providers and organizations. This legislation was originally introduced in 2010 by Sen. Whitehouse and cosponsored by a bipartisan group of 12 Senators; however, it [...]
‘As tragic as that is to watch, almost 20 million people are living in recovery,’ Robert J. Lindsey says of ex-Alice in Chains bassist’s death. By Ryan J. Downey The death of ex-Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr raised a number of questions for his fans, as the loss of anyone who publicly struggled with [...]
HEALTH JOURNAL FEBRUARY 8, 2011 In Search of Alcoholism Genes Identifying Links to Drinking May Lead to Drug Treatments Tailored to Your DNA By MELINDA BECK Millions of Americans know all too painfully that alcoholism runs in families. Children of alcoholic parents are four times as likely to develop drinking problems as the general population. [...]
MESSAGE Drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery saves lives and money. Rates of substance use are on the rise and state budget cuts threaten essential drug and alcohol funding. Cuts to SAMHSA in FY 2011 would seriously harm the ability of community-based organizations around the country to effectively deal with these issues. BACKGROUND This [...]
Faces & Voices 2011-2014 Strategic Plan Faces & Voices board of directors is pleased to release its 2011-2014 Strategic Plan. Developed over the last six months, the Strategic Plan lays out our vision for a society where Individuals, families and communities affected by alcohol and other drugs have universal access to the support needed to [...]
Susan Okie, M.D. N Engl J Med 2010; 363:1981-1985November 18, 2010 Faced with an epidemic of drug abuse and overdose deaths involving prescription opioid pain relievers, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to require opioid makers to provide training for physicians and patient-education materials on the appropriate prescribing and use of extended-release and long-acting [...]
The Herald-Sun | Christine T. Nguyen The Durham County Detention Facility, like many jails, houses inmates with mental illnesses requiring treatment. slideshow By KEITH UPCHURCH kupchurch@heraldsun.com; 419-6612 DURHAM — The recent suicide of an inmate in the Durham County Jail raises the question: How many people in jail are mentally ill? Durham County jail officials [...]
LONDON (Oct. 31) — Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study. British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and marijuana, ranking them based on how destructive they are to the individual who takes them and to society as a whole. Researchers analyzed how [...]
(Updated September 2010) LEGISLATION H.R. 3839 [Sponsor: Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL)] cosponsors (as of September 20, 2010): 17 LATEST INFORMATION For many years, licensed professional counselors have been the only mental health service professionals required to operate under physician referral and supervision within the TRICARE program. Finally, however, in the wake of continued concerns regarding [...]
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