Alcohol and Drug Treatment | Substance Abuse Austin

Published December 25, 2013

Alcohol and Drug Treatment | Substance Abuse Austin – When someone is dependent on drugs or alcohol, it is often hard to come to the decision to seek outside help. If you feel like you no longer are in control, …

Veterans' treatment addresses both mental illness, substance abuse

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Integrated dual disorder treatment recognizes that substance addiction and serious mental illness — bipolar disorder, schizophrenia severe post-traumatic stress disorder — need to be treated together, said Gary Stofle, coordinator of the Columbus VA …
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2013 a bad year for the fight against prescription drug addiction

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When Zalicus announced in November that its lead, non-opiod pain reliever drug proved ineffective in trials, it wasn't only a blow to the shingles patients who were specifically targeted in the trial. It was a setback to efforts to fight drug abuse …
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