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Maternal substance abuse a concern at Barstow Community Hospital
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We want patients to feel safe and let them know we want to help them,” according to several nurses at a meeting discussing perinatal substance abuse at the Family Follow-up Center on Thursday. Any kind of addiction is problematic because of the social …
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Cheri L. Walter commentary: Ohio needs better mental-health help
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The safety net for mental-health and substance-abuse services in Ohio has been decimated by losses in funding over the past decade, leaving many Ohioans without access to the services they need. When services are scarce, fewer people get help and …
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Women's substance abuse center planned
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SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (AP) – An Indianapolis hospital that focuses on substance abuse has announced plans to open a drug- and alcohol-treatment center for women at a secluded central Indiana site that its chief executive says will become one of only a …
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