Mental Health

Addiction Treatment: Bangor Adopts Contentious Moratorium on Suboxone Treatment Expansions

Bangor adopts contentious moratorium on Suboxone treatment expansions
Filed under: Addiction Treatment

Posted Nov. 25, 2013, at 10:26 p.m. BANGOR, Maine — No Bangor drug treatment facility will be allowed to expand its use of Suboxone treatment for the next 180 days after the City Council passed a moratorium in… Continue reading

Addiction Treatment: Mental Health Treatment and Addiction Care Expands Under New Obama … – PR Web (Press Release)

Mental Health Treatment and Addiction Care Expands Under New Obama … – PR Web (press release)
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Mental Health Treatment and Addiction Care Expands Under New Obama
PR Web (press release)
Insurance companies are now required to provide equal benefits and coverage for addiction and mental… Continue reading

Phencyclidine-Related Hospital Visits Increase by 400%

Phencyclidine-related hospital visits increase by 400%
Filed under: alcohol rehab statistics

A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) has found that visits to hospital emergency departments as a result of hallucinogenic drug phencyclidine has increased by more than 400% between 2005 and 2011 …
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Addiction Treatment: Newport Treatment Program Focuses on Video Gaming Addiction – OCRegister (Subscription)

Newport treatment program focuses on video gaming addiction – OCRegister (subscription)
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Newport treatment program focuses on video gaming addiction
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Morningside Recovery, a substance abuse and mental health recovery center in Newport Beach, announced in a press release last week that it has developed a… Continue reading

Addiction Treatment: Kantor & Kantor Applauds the Department of Health and Human Services for Issuing the Final Rule for Mental Health …

Kantor & Kantor Applauds the Department of Health and Human Services for Issuing the Final Rule for Mental Health …
Filed under: Addiction Treatment

NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Nov. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — On November 8, 2013, after five years of deliberation, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued… Continue reading

Building a Bridge Between Oncology and Physical Therapy

Building a bridge between oncology and physical therapy
Filed under: maryland alcohol rehab

Laurie Sweet, a clinical resource analyst at The Johns Hopkins Cancer Rehabilitation Program in East Baltimore, Maryland, describes physical therapy as the Yin to cancer's Yang, and just as much a part of a cure for the… Continue reading