Sentences with phrase «as addiction treatment»

The special programs at this treatment facility include groups for women, men and those with a dual diagnosis needing mental health counseling as well as addiction treatment.

The program offers special groups and accommodations for those with a dual diagnosis of mental health as well as addiction treatment needs.

The special programs and groups at the treatment facility include a group for pregnant and postpartum women and intervention for those with a dual diagnosis, requiring treatment for mental health conditions as well as addiction treatment.

Their outpatient program provides special groups and counseling for people with a dual diagnosis; those needing mental health counseling as well as addiction treatment.

Several also address the needs of those with a dual diagnosis: who need mental health counseling as well as addiction treatment.

They also provide services for those with a dual diagnosis; clients needed mental health services as well as addiction treatment.

The treatment facility offers special programs and groups for those with a dual diagnosis in mental health as well as addiction treatment needs, men and criminal justice clients.

In his writings, he has looked at such topics as addiction treatment, identity theory, trauma and violence, contingency management, harm reduction, and assessment.

Prior to this I worked in public and private education and I have worked in the private prison system as an addictions treatment specialist.

Not exact matches

That's already a major barrier to people seeking treatment in the first place (as is a dearth of affordable treatment options); but it can be magnified by a conviction and incarceration, which exacerbate a vicious cycle of lackluster employment opportunities, social exclusion, and continued crime and addiction.

The B.C. Liberal government has missed deadlines for the past three years, and as a result over 60 per cent of the promised addiction treatment spaces remain unopened.

Besides, if you want to reduce religion to social work, there's a religious group in Afghanistan that provides counseling and mediation services for people in rural areas, as well as free treatment for people struggling with drug addiction.

Even if use resumes, it may not reach the same level of intensity as before treatment — at least for a while (Landry, Overview of Addiction Treatment Effectivenesstreatment — at least for a while (Landry, Overview of Addiction Treatment EffectivenessTreatment Effectiveness, p. 62).

Early models of addiction viewed successful treatment and relapse as «all - or - nothing.»

I work as a chiropractor in drug addiction treatment centers.

Dr. Schwartz completed her internship at the Manhattan V.A. Hospital, where she received extensive training in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as well as other clinical issues including depression, anxiety, sleep, addiction, and adjustment disorders.

Ranches for troubled boys offer a range of services including psychological counseling for addiction, behavioral or emotional problems, drug and alcohol treatment as well as imparting important life skills to those enrolled.

This epidemic is the scourge of our time and demands that we come together as a community to address the issue, provide treatment and services for the addicted and those impacted by addiction, and begin to heal as a community,» said Poloncarz in a released statement.

A panel of experts will discuss the connection between the treatment of sports - related and other injuries and opioid addiction, as well as the responsible use of opioids and alternatives to addictive pain medication for injury treatment.

«To move forward, this project simply needs the Broome County Legislature to vote to accept funding from the State to bring much - needed addiction treatment services to the former Broome Developmental Center, just as they have accepted state funding for other projects,» Akshar said.

Poverty - related issues such as homelessness or family crisis treatment like opioid addiction need more than a simple infusion of cash.

Bruso served as president of the board of directors with Kids Escaping Drugs, a group dedicated to combating teen addiction through treatment and education.

As people continue to die from heroin and opioid addiction in central and northern New York, communities like Oswego County are offering new treatment programs to combat the crisis.

The Task force has been charged with many goals, such as helping Erie County develop new, community - based paradigms for treatment to assisting families of those addicted cope with the addiction.

As a defense lawyer, Clegg said he has fought for a rehabilitative approach in the treatment of nonviolent criminals and has worked to help clients with addictions to heroin and other street drugs get treatment instead of jail time.

«We can help disrupt the supply of this poison that is killing people at an alarming rate,» Flynn said, adding that those suffering from opiate addiction who commit non-violent crimes such as petty larceny will receive treatment rather than a prison sentence.

Avi Israel said it's time society stops looking at addicts as people who need to be jailed, recognizing instead that addiction is a disease which needs treatment.

If elected, Mr. Giardina pledged to evaluate current law enforcement programs and policies for interdiction and intervention; support 12 - step programs for addiction recovery; double the number of children and teenagers involved in after - school and sports programs sponsored by schools and faith and community - based groups; establish mentorship, apprenticeship, and internship programs that link East Hampton's youth with year - round homeowners and those who visit seasonally; create a volunteer program for those in recovery to be reintegrated into the job market; triple the number of police, firefighters, educators, and medical personnel trained to administer Narcan, and investigate the establishment of an easy - access residential treatment facility available as an alternative or supplement to incarceration.

«To move forward, this project simply needs the Broome County Legislature to vote to accept funding from the State to bring much - needed addiction treatment services to the former Broome Developmental Center, just as they have accepted state funding for other projects.

The lawsuit lists Purdue, Teva, Janssen and Endo pharmaceutical companies as the defendants, and attempts to hold them responsible for health care and treatment costs related to opioid addiction, rising crime rates and escalating social issues across Albany County, said Elizabeth Smith, an attorney with Motley Rice.

«The addition of a treatment center, such as the one being proposed for Broome County, would be a major development and would greatly reinforce our efforts in the fight against opioid addiction here in Erie County and the surrounding counties within the Western New York Economic Development Zone.»

MICA Housing - MICA — are Group Home and Treatment Apartment Programs capable of providing specialized staffing and services for consumers who are diagnosed with an addictions disorder as well as a psychiatric disability.

OASAS will also be charged with developing two «demonstration programs» offering alternative courses of treatment: one for addicts who don't require detoxification, another for those emerging from treatment programs as they try to rebuild their lives without falling back into addiction.

This epidemic is the scourge of our time and demands that we come together as a community to address the issue, provide treatment and services for the addicted and those impacted by addiction, and begin to heal as a community,» said Poloncarz.

His plan, he explained, is to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable, remove insurance barriers to addiction treatment and recovery services and put forth legislation that would designate 11 variations of fentanyl — a potent opioid that has surpassed heroin as the main culprit in opioid overdose deaths in Suffolk County — as Schedule I controlled substances under the state's Public Health Law.

That's being distributed under terms set by state law, as well as the money for addictions treatment, according to the district attorney's office.

Since the equality vote Hoylman, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D - Manhattan) and a host of other Democratic legislators have tried to pass GENDA, a bill guaranteeing protections for non-gender-conforming individuals, and a bill to ban gay conversion therapy — a debunked process by which therapists use talk therapy, apply shock treatment or treat the individual as though they suffer an addiction akin to alcohol or drug dependence.

Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health added: «I am very pleased to see participation at today's event from law enforcement officials from throughout Erie County, as well as several addiction treatment providers.

«I voted for the opioid surcharge as part of this year's budget and am in support of ensuring dedicated funding is committed towards the prevention and treatment of opioid addiction.»

Huber offers insight on not only the number of people battling drug addiction and the amount of money that is involved with fueling addiction, but also what can be done to ensure proper treatment is available to addicts, as well as what needs to be done to help reduce the addiction numbers in Chautauqua County.

A federal prison in Kentucky was a temporary home for thousands, including Sonny Rollins, Peter Lorre and William S. Burroughs as well as a lab for addiction treatments such as LSD

Alcoholics Anonymous, one of the largest treatment providers for addiction, frames the disorder as a kind of character defect — one that can be fixed and forgiven through willpower and spirituality, not science.

David Matia, a drug court judge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where deaths also have risen significantly, said incentives are needed to get hospitals to build more detox facilities, to encourage physicians to expand access to medication assisted treatments and to encourage medical students to pursue addiction and behavioral health specialties as their area of practice.

A dozen human studies of MDMA, LSD, a powerful African drug called ibogaine and psilocybin, from so - called «magic mushrooms,» are now under way, testing the once - stigmatized drugs as treatments for not only PTSD, but also cluster headaches and addiction, as well as anxiety and depression in cancer patients.

«The results were quite impressive, particularly in some of those categories that are very resistant to treatment, such as heroin addiction,» recalls Grof, who is now 76.

«Countries using these measures should instead increase the availability of proven opioid - agonist therapies, such as methadone, and ensure there is adequate access to voluntary treatment programs in community settings and facilitate people with opioid addiction to seek treatment.»

With the results of the current study in hand, Snyder has brokered a deal between that company and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for NIDA to test CGP3466B as a treatment for cocaine addiction.

As the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which spent more than $ 664 million on research grants in fiscal year 2014, how have you tried to improve addiction treatment?

Within the past 10 years, the prescription of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain has increased and the abuse of opioid medications leading to addiction has been described as epidemic.

«As prescription opioid use is under national scrutiny and because surgery has been identified as an avenue for addiction, it is important to recognize effective alternatives to standard pharmacological therapy, which remains the first option for treatment,» the authors writAs prescription opioid use is under national scrutiny and because surgery has been identified as an avenue for addiction, it is important to recognize effective alternatives to standard pharmacological therapy, which remains the first option for treatment,» the authors writas an avenue for addiction, it is important to recognize effective alternatives to standard pharmacological therapy, which remains the first option for treatment,» the authors write.