PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment
PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment – Robyn Walser, of the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, addresses the issue of self-medication and substance abuse in returning OEF and OIF veterans, many of whom suffer from PTSD. This program presents and overview of the problem and introduces some of the effective treatments. Series: Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Families and Care Providers [10/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 16285]
Matter of substance: Drug addiction as disease, not subject of shame
Filed under: drug abuse treatment
They are stories of a disease, which, if not treated, will kill them. “Addiction” means someone needs drugs to function normally. It is a medical problem, and overcoming it requires both physical and psychological treatment. Maine can do much more to …
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Riley Regan, Pioneer and Advocate in Alcoholism Drug Treatment and …
Filed under: drug abuse treatment
Mr. Regan, who had a life-long personal and professional relationship with the field of alcoholism and drug abuse, was the founding director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholism where he was credited with implementing the Alcoholism Treatment and …
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Drug overdose deaths up 296 percent from 2000 to 2010 in Kentucky
Filed under: drug abuse treatment
Federal and state funding for substance-abuse treatment in Kentucky remained flat from 2006 to 2011 at about $ 28 million a year, even as the drug problem increased, according to figures from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. However …
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