mental health

Prop 1 Supporters Use Case to Highlight Mental Health Care Gaps

Prop 1 supporters use case to highlight mental health care gaps

Filed under: drug addiction treatment facilities in iowa

At first, the foster family in Iowa declined to take his ashes but later relented. … The Boone County Children's Services… Continue reading

Help Lines and Websites for Drug Abuse?

Question by justlovely: Help Lines and Websites for Drug Abuse?
I’m doing a project on drugs and I need a bit of help. Does anyone know any hotlines in Ontario and websites to help people for drug abuse?
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Review by Sharon Packer, MD

Review by Sharon Packer, MD

Filed under: addiction help nyc

Techniques of Pleasure appeared before Fifty Shades of Grey soared to best-seller status, but shortly after reports about a NY-based district attorney/amateur dominatrix made the front page of the New… Continue reading

Diabetes Medication Could Treat Drug Addiction

Diabetes Medication could Treat Drug Addiction

Filed under: drug addiction treatment center

… for the treatment of diabetes also appears to be implicated in at least certain types of drug addiction," said Gregg Stanwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of Pharmacology and… Continue reading

Cooper Says Prescription Drug Abuse Now Epidemic

Cooper says prescription drug abuse now epidemic

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

RALEIGH — Prescription drug abuse is reaching epidemic proportions in North Carolina, according to state Attorney General Roy Cooper. Prescription drug overdose is the second most common cause… Continue reading

Report: Substance Abuse Takes Toll on Alaska Economy

Report: Substance abuse takes toll on Alaska economy

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment

The study was funded by the Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Alaska Mental Health Board and the Alaska Mental Trust Authority, and it… Continue reading