Cross-Cultural Issues in Recovery From Addiction

Published May 13, 2013

Cross-Cultural Issues in Recovery from Addiction – Emphasizes that successful treatment for addiction for many ethnic groups must encompass cultural sensitivity to more traditional values. These include: an a…

Meth Addiction May Be Harder to Treat in Teen Girls

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The teens who took bupropion provided far fewer methamphetamine-free urine samples than those who took the placebo, which suggests that bupropion did not work as a treatment for methamphetamine addiction, the researchers said. They also found that …
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Coverage Problems Could Still Remain For Young Adults

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For example, up to half of physicians who specialize in treating addiction don't take insurance, estimates Stuart Gitlow, president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a psychiatrist in private practice. "I could get more money by taking …
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