Archive for the ‘Substance Abuse Intervention’ Category

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Question by charity 3xb: Can intervention really help an addict?
I have a friend who has been really dependent upon alcohol for some months now. I want her to get better, but she hasn’t subjected herself to treatment yet. I was wondering if doing an intervention will help. What do you think?

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Answer by ayana n_n
I think it’s a great idea to do an intervention. Gather your friend’s close friends and family members and talk to him. You can also seek the help of an intervention specialist so that you would have an expert facilitating the intervention. Intervention makes the addict realize what his intake of drugs or alcohol is doing to him. Intervention is usually aimed to convince a person to get himself treated for his addiction. I think it’s worth a try to do this for your friend.

Louisville groups aim to end child abuse
This was the kickoff event for Child Abuse Prevention Month organized by the Face It Movement, Kosair Charities and Family & ChildrenÕs Place. April 8, 2014 (Photo: Angela …. The event was organized by Family & Children's Place and the Face It …
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Waseca Exchange Club asks for support in preventing child abuse
Some of their many projects include establishing Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention Centers and supporting affiliate programs (agencies providing child abuse prevention services but not complying with the program or organizational requirements for an …
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MCCS hosting April activities for child abuse prevention
Nicole Young, a behavioral health administrative assistant intern with Marine and Family Programs plants a pinwheel near the H-3 Gate in support of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, April 1, 2014. … Marine and Family Programs representatives …
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Family intervention therapy – student — Student demonstration of FI therapy.

Bezos family donates M to Hutch for cancer research
CT scans of a patient with stage 4 lymphoma provided by the Hutch show that after treatment with engineered T cells, the tumors “melted away.” “These are patients with literally pounds of tumor that are treated with less than a thimbleful of T cells …
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Video: One family's urgent fight to save their daughter's life
Though there is no cure for the disease, there is a gene therapy trial scheduled at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio for late 2014. This is the hope that Eliza's parents are clinging to. The O'Neills are now in a race against time to …
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Metro Vancouver's atheist alcoholics seek recovery without God talk
“We came to accept and to understand that we needed strengths beyond our awareness and resources to restore us to sanity.” •. Six men who admit they are “powerless over alcohol” recited these words from Step 2 of a Canadian-created, secular Twelve …
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Debunking Alcoholics Anonymous: Behind the myths of recovery
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Mass. to hold prescription 'Take Back Day' to curb abuse
More than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs, more than the combined number who reported abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin, according to the advocacy organization Foundation for a Drug-Free World. The Centers for Disease …
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At 21, recovering Ill. heroin addict starts over
Cocaine. LSD. Ecstasy. Mushrooms. Pills. Heroin, though, was much more seductive. “It was just like someone had wrapped me in a blanket,” he recalls. “I'd found the drug I was looking for … all the depression and anxiety and all that stuff that I was …
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Tackling drug abuse one generation at a time
Looking well, with clear skin and bright brown eyes, she is sitting in the Talbot Centre – a place she credits as playing a vital role in breaking the cycle of addiction for families like hers. Housed in a small, two-storey-over-basement brick building …
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Flirting with drugs
The findings of United Nations survey—70000 drug addicts including 6000 women— display a gory and sad picture of our society. This indeed is horrific and shocking to say the least. Drug de-addiction centres here are witness to this alarming trend …
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Painkiller abuse to blame for three quarters of drug overdoses, UAE doctors say
Abuse of opioids – painkillers prescribed to patients suffering from any form of chronic physical pain – is predominantly found in the younger generation, according to statistics by the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC). All drug overdose cases in …
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