Methadone Rehabilitation

Unproductive bodies [part 1]: narcotisation of dependency.
By increasing the client's awareness of their problems, the disconnect between their behaviours and their values, and by reinforcing change-talk and positive thinking the idea is that is that MI is a non-coercive strategy because it doesn't impose from …
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Pair opens 'recovery-based' center to treat addictions
Abstinence is goal at Maryland Addiction Recovery Center in Towson When Samuel Bierman and Zachary Snitzer opened Maryland Addiction Recovery Center last January, they'd done their homework. The co-founders knew they wanted to be in Maryland, particularly Baltimore County. But they chose Towson, where their center is located at 110 West Road, for a few reasons.
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The GOP's Limp 'Emasculate Obama' Ploy
Economist Aparna Marthur with the American Enterprise Institute, a free-market oriented think-tank in Washington, believes what people spend shows you how well people are actually living, and it doesn't matter if they pay for it using credit cards …
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Spain's LGBT Nursing Home
The federation also reports that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is rampant in the work force, where many LGBT workers have to hide or lie about their sexuality. More than …… Further, Right Sector paraphernalia and crisp new $ 100 …
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Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe

Boston to shutter drug treatment facility Boston Globe In a 6-to-1 vote last week, Boston's Board of Health decided to end more than 40 years of city-run methadone treatment, which uses the narcotic to wean addicts from heroin and other opiates. The addiction services will now be handled by Community …

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Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics – Daily Free Press (subscription)

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Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics Daily Free Press (subscription) With lives at stake, methadone clinics play an integral role in treating opiate addicts. However, the actions of city and state government, insurance companies and private equity firms may impose financial difficulties on patients seeking opiate …

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Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles
Two weeks later, after a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit to withdraw from methadone, Jacob went home with Carter's parents, who live in Brookfield. Carter, now 23, says she'd suffer through more labor and delivery just to hold Jacob, smell him …
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Pair opens ‘recovery-based’ center to treat addictions – Baltimore Sun

Pair opens 'recovery-based' center to treat addictions Baltimore Sun "We call it recovery-based," said Bierman, meaning that detoxification is part of the treatment. "I see other treatment centers, especially with opiate addicts, use replacement medication, also known as medication management, where they substitute …

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Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – Insurance News Net (press release)

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … Insurance News Net (press release) Suboxone clinics, which provide an alternative to methadone for opioid withdrawal, treat an increasing number of patients in the privacy of a clinician's office. Many of those seeking treatment at suboxone clinics are hooked on painkillers. Local detox … and more »

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Finding treatment for opiate addiction fraught with challenges – Worcester Telegram    Read more...