The Bridge Counseling Associates focuses on mental health services and the treatment of those with a dual diagnosis needing drug intervention and / or
alcohol intervention as well as mental health services.
Not exact matches
The group noted some of its most notable
interventions in the last year, this included ensuring responsible
alcohol ad targeting,
as well
as gambling and junk food restrictions.
Each LEA participating in the drug testing of students must develop policies and procedures to ensure that those students receive the assistance needed, including an assessment to determine the severity of the student's
alcohol and drug problem and a recommendation for referral to
intervention or treatment resources
as appropriate.
Teen dating violence can provide a point of potential
intervention as specific types of TDV have been associated with increased
alcohol and tobacco use, depressive symptoms and suicidality, eating disorders, and high - risk sexual behavior, according to the study background.
«These results are important
as they help demonstrate that
alcohol use is associated with an increase in suicide risk, and that this increase may be partially due to insomnia symptoms,» said principal investigator Michael Nadorff, PhD, assistant professor at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss. «By better understanding this relationship, and the mechanisms associated with increased risk, we can better design
interventions to reduce suicide risk.»
«Even though tobacco shops have rarely been targeted by the police or community for
intervention,» he added, «based on our data, we believe tobacco shops in urban communities of color should be regulated to improve community health in the same way
as alcohol outlets and other public nuisances.»
They indicate that web - based
alcohol screening and brief
intervention should not be relied upon alone to address unhealthy
alcohol use in this population,» the authors state, while noting other potential
interventions such
as restriction in the physical availability and promotion of
alcohol.
«At present, there is little direct evidence demonstrating that electronic
alcohol screening and brief counseling
intervention has a meaningful population - level effect on excessive
alcohol consumption or related harms in any group, and therefore its utility
as a stand - alone public health approach is in doubt.
The Inpatient
Alcohol and Drug Unit offers specialized care to people who are addicted to drugs and / or alcohol and need detoxification as well as psychiatric interv
Alcohol and Drug Unit offers specialized care to people who are addicted to drugs and / or
alcohol and need detoxification as well as psychiatric interv
alcohol and need detoxification
as well
as psychiatric
intervention.
A multimedia game was designed to serve
as an
intervention that aligned with National Science Content Standards, attempting to convey knowledge about
alcohol consumption and positively impact adolescents» attitudes toward science.
But fixing K - 12 education will be a long slog, so let's redirect some energy to children aged 0 to 5 (including prenatal
interventions, such
as discouraging
alcohol and drug use among pregnant women).
Interesting study on the website of NCBI: OBJECTIVE: Various
interventions have been implemented
as components of sentencing for driving under the influence of
alcohol.
It is an
intervention program for 13 specific non-violent, misdemeanor infractions, such
as petty theft under $ 300, trespassing, vandalism,
alcohol use and disruption of campus.
Screening and
intervention for patients drinking
alcohol at unhealthy levels is more effective when medical assistants are utilized
as part of the health care team, especially with the skills and knowledge medical assistants have in providing patient education and
interventions.1 Medical assistants can play a key role in screening for unhealthy
alcohol use due to the nature of their responsibilities
as active members of the health care team:
• Assisted in creating and implementing youth programs to meet the individual requirements of each participant • Engaged participants in conversation to determine what their specific needs are and provided feedback to youth worker • Provided support in determining the need for
intervention in issues such
as drug and
alcohol abuse • Assisted participants in determining the type of services and resources they needed, and arranged for them to be made available • Acted
as participants» advocate in front of social services and government departments
Individual therapy is effective in the treatment of depression / anxiety, grief / loss issues, trauma, the development of coping skills, and the
intervention into maladaptive patterns of behavior such
as addiction to
alcohol / drugs, pornography, gambling, or other issues.
Adolescents and teens are particularly vulnerable to drug abuse and it's become evident that substance abuse counseling in schools is vital to protecting and educating this age group about the dangers of drugs and
alcohol,
as well
as providing prevention and
intervention services.
A strength of the present study is that the effects of the
intervention on
alcohol use (disorders), depression, mental health symptoms and
intervention satisfaction are assessed in comparison to a waiting list control group,
as well
as explored relative to a comparable «
alcohol - only»
intervention regarding its differential effects.
As you might expect with any complex
intervention in a complex problem, there have been some people who have welcomed the outcomes, particularly improved personal safety from measures that result in reduced
alcohol consumption.
The project was designed
as a randomised comparative trial of two
interventions for youth and families, where the young person (12 to 25) presents with depression, anxiety, or
alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems.
The search strategy will include terms for participants, setting,
intervention, study design54 and outcome (sourced from current Cochrane systematic reviews examining the effectiveness of tobacco,
alcohol and illicit substance use
interventions; see web only appendix 1 for MEDLINE search strategy).4 — 6 The search strategy will be tailored
as required for implementation in other information sources.
For example, a tobacco - focused review which included any
intervention type, classified
interventions with a component of resilience content into different subgroups such
as social competence or social influence
interventions, finding evidence for both broad
intervention approaches.6 For the
alcohol - focused review, only universal
interventions were included with such
interventions grouped according to whether they targeted
alcohol alone or targeted multiple substance types.5 While meta - analysis was not conducted due to the heterogeneity of studies, the review concluded that some psychosocial and developmental prevention programmes were effective.
The BEST
intervention was originally developed by Toumbourou and Bamberg
as a professionally led, multifamily group education program for parents, with content focussed on
Alcohol and Drug (AOD) use by adolescents.
• The family
as a developmental system • The genogram and the family
as an emotional system • The marital relationship • Parenting young children and adolescents • The Extended Family • The major issues of sex,
alcohol, money and death • Summary & review with plans for follow - up and further education /
interventions
There is a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient
alcohol treatment and drug treatment facilities,
as well
as intervention, detoxification, and mental health programs.
Delaware offers more than 260 treatment facilities in Wilmington to address drug rehab and
alcohol rehab
as well
as mental health needs for those needing
intervention programs in Delaware.
The impact of the Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence programme was clearly documented showing positive outcomes on reducing prevalence of current use
as well
as intention to continue using
alcohol, tobacco or cannabis in the
intervention compared to the control group of students who did not receive the programme.
Most
interventions target a clearly defined population that is identified on the basis of risk factors for child maltreatment, such
as teenage mothers, drug or
alcohol addicted parents, or multiproblem families.
Each of the
Intervention communities had big blue signs erected outside them which, amongst other things, loudly proclaimed restrictions on
alcohol and pornography -
as if everyone living behind those signs are alcoholic, perverts and perpetrators!