Interventions » Get Help

Platform hails Govt investment in drug and alcohol treatments

Admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:46:13 +0000

More info…
Platform, the national network of mental health and addiction NGOs, has hailed today’s Government announcement of an additional $10m for alcohol and drug treatment as a major step forward.

depression interventions

Share and Enjoy:

Wallace Goodstein, M.D.: Michael Jackson’s Doctor on Trial: There is No Statute of Limitations on Addiction

Admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:46:08 +0000

More info…
By precluding evidence of the origin, duration and course of Michael Jackson’s drug addiction, the ability to ascertain the truth at trial has been compromised … There is no statute of limitations on addiction.

intervention

Share and Enjoy:

Michael M. Miller: Treatment, prevention needed to address Dane Countys opioid addiction and overdose problem

Admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:46:08 +0000

More info…
Dear Editor: The recent media attention to the epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in Dane County is quite appropriate. Nationally, prescription drug overdose deaths (largely opioids and benzodiazepines) have overtaken motor vehicle deaths as a cause of accidental deaths, and prescription drug overdoses are the largest cause of accidental deaths in young adults.

clinical interventions

Share and Enjoy:

Addiction Recovery Initiative Informs Scientists, Helps Addicts

Admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:46:06 +0000

More info…
The National Quit & Recovery Registry at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute allows scientists to observe methods used by addicts to quit and provides encouragement to those who struggle with addiction.

counseling interventions

Share and Enjoy:

Health professionals talk prescription drug addiction

Admin — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:46:10 +0000

More info…
Health care providers got together Wednesday to discuss prescription drug management and addiction. From left, seated, are Kathy Morris, Brenda Szabo and Shawnee Bigelow and standing, Bill Penman, Dr. Billy Carstens, Dr. Michael Alexandrov and Mike Kettle.

counseling interventions

Share and Enjoy:

A most fest-ive intervention

Admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:46:11 +0000

More info…
New Orleans has the potential to foster a few different addictions, but no addiction is more widespread than the addiction to fests. We just can’t help ourselves. But why should we?

intervention

Share and Enjoy:

10 People Revolutionizing How We Study Addiction and Recovery

Admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:46:10 +0000

More info…
For every Dr. Drew, there are researchers who spend all of their time coming up with a solution to a problem that affects 23 million Americans

clinical interventions

Share and Enjoy:

(Insider) The Macalope Daily: Time for an intervention

Admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:46:15 +0000

More info…
eWeek has an addiction to dumb. (This story is viewable exclusively by Macworld Insider members.)

depression interventions

Share and Enjoy:

Why do so many artists struggle with addiction?

Admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:46:11 +0000

More info…
ADDICTIONS & ANSWERS.

intervention

Share and Enjoy:

Link Between Sodium-Craving Genes and Drug Addiction in the Brain

Admin — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:46:08 +0000

More info…
Summary Craving for sodium has been found to be a deliberate instinct, triggered by deficiency and other hormonal signals. As seen from the experiments conducted on mice in conditions of sodium deficiency, the hypothalamic genes (genes related to the part Read More

interventions

Share and Enjoy: