substance abuse treatment

What Are Some of the Similarities and Differences Between Choice/Reality Therapy and Cog Behavioral Therapy?

...  by Nik: What are some of the similarities and differences between Choice/Reality Therapy and Cog Behavioral Therapy? I need to know some similarities and differences between the two treatment approaches. Also how they relate to Substance abuse treatment ?… Continue reading

Fewer Funds Force Drug Treatment Centers to Close

...  for nearly 20 years. But because of a cut in government funds, the Big Island Substance Abuse Council is closing most of its facilities, including its only on Oahu. …. for employees in Makaha. But counselors agreed to work… Continue reading

Dump Expired Drugs Safely – Breast Cancer – About.com

...  5 years after primary treatment, and then kept the extra pills in the back of my medicine cabinet. Finally … Prescriptions are abused more than street drugs like cocaine, hallucinogens, and … Read more on About – News &… Continue reading

Save the Date: Reclaiming Futures Webinar April 30

...  the Date: Reclaiming Futures Webinar April 30 Do you want to learn how the Reclaiming Futures model is uniting juvenile courts, probation, adolescent substance abuse treatment, and the community for cost effective juvenile justice reform? Please register for… Continue reading

Courage to Come Back: Winner in Addiction Category Helps Women Leave

...  and whiskey when I was 12 – by the time I was 17[,] I was a drug addict and an alcoholic smoking pot every day before and after school, eating my mother's Valium and Darvon and snorting cocaine." Its… Continue reading

Truven Health Analytics Study Finds Surge in the Share of Medicaid Spending

...  of Medicaid Spending … WASHINGTON, Mar 13, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Medicaid spending accounted for almost one-quarter of treatment spending for mental health and substance abuse conditions in specialty hospitals or in specialty behavioral health units of community …… Continue reading