Archive for the ‘Substance Abuse Intervention’ Category

Santa Clarita, Sheriff's Deputy To Talk About Cellphones, Sexting, Social …
The Juvenile Intervention Team focuses on drug-related offenses, working a three-pronged approach with prevention, intervention and enforcement, with Action Family Counseling, the city of Santa Clarita and the William S. Hart Union High School District …
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Thousands of lives put at risk by clinical trials system that is 'not fit for …
But doctors hoping to test drugs or other interventions in patients can face delays of more than a year before they can recruit a single case. The delays mean that doctors have almost no hope of learning which treatments might save lives during an …
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ACC: Metformin No Help in MI Recovery
Left ventricular ejection fraction was no different with a 4-month course of the drug started immediately after percutaneous intervention for acute ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) than with placebo (53% versus 55% of predicted, P=0.096). N …
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Setback for High Blood Pressure Treatment
A promising treatment for severe high blood pressure has failed in a large, rigorous study, doctors reported on Saturday. The treatment, called renal denervation, involves threading a tube through blood vessels into the renal arteries, then zapping …
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Hunters Hollow sewage treatment plant discharging raw sewage
(WDRB) — Bullitt County Emergency Management says there has been a complete failure of a sewage treatment plant in Northern Bullitt County. The plant serves the city of Hunters Hollow and is currently discharging raw sewage into a nearby creek at a …
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Question by valerie: my boyfriend has a drug addiction!?
i just found out that my boyfriend has been doing meth every weekend. he has always had a problem with meth long before i got with him. but he told me he would get help. i thought he was doing ok, though he did it every once in a while i thought he was starting to try. i have already left him once for this and he said he quit and i really thought he did. i think he did for a while but he decided that since he had been doing good that it was ok for him do a little bit. he thinks doing a dime is not a big deal.
i really need some advice. we have been together for a year and he just wont stop. i want him to go to rehab but i dont know how to talk him into going. i live in fort worth texas, so if anyone knows of a good place for him to go or if there is a way to have him taken by someone else where he has no choice, please tell me, im so lost.

This Cat Really Loves Touching Paper, May Need Intervention
Meet Bibia, a cat out of Japan with a problem. What likely began as experimentation, then just a weekend habit, has now become a full-blown addiction. Yeah, you probably know where this is going right now: touching paper!
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Ken Seeley provides intervention services in Palm Springs
Ten years into his sobriety, in 2001, Seeley opened his own company and introduced his Intervention 911 method in Los Angeles. The method includes a pre-intervention meeting with an addict's family. The objective is to learn as much as possible about …
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Question by ed g: Autism- What is the best prescribed medication for intervention or behavioral improvement?

Best answer:

Answer by Joan F
Check out the Autism treatment site. It gives you information about treatment interventions.

Answer by special-education-teacher
As autism is not technically a “disease,” there is no medicine specifically for autism.

About interventions, each person with autism is very different and has different needs, so I cannot recommend a specific program. I would suggest, however, that if the person with autism you are asking about is in school, to be sure to contact his or her teacher(s) and make sure that what he or she is learning at school is being worked on and reinforced at home, to promote generalization of learning.

Here are some recommendations for more information:

“Teaching Tips for Children and Adults with Autism” by Temple Grandin, Ph.D. – http://www.autism.org/temple/tips.html

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Question by Ethan1981: My friend is suffering from addiction to crack cocaine.?
My friend is suffering from addiction to crack cocaine. This addiction is destroying our relationship.

How do I get involved this problem? I live in Murphy, North Carolina.

Any info you can give to assist would go a long way to help.

Best answer:

Answer by Heyvenn
check in to a rehab and get out asap.

Answer by Matt Kevin
definitely you have to get him into some rehabilitation program. I got these links, maybe they help a bit http://www.4therapy.com/centers/north-carolina-drug-rehab.html
http://www.addictionsearch.com/treatment/NC/city/murphy.html
it’s such a pity, there’s much more to life than drugs!

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Quizzed About Crack Cocaine Use in Debate
But Ford's opponents proved surprisingly reluctant to utter the words "crack cocaine," mention an ongoing police investigation into the mayor or otherwise raise the many political scandals that have made Ford a punch line for U.S. late night TV comics.
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