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Question by : eating disorder treatment?
I am wondering, if I want to be treated for my eating disorder in college, will I have to pay for treatment??? I cannot afford it now and obviously will not be able to afford it then, but I have been bulimic for 5 years and worry that it will become extremly bad in college without my parents there for me to worry about catching me…….does anyone know anything about this??? Please help, I need some advice.

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Answer by A-me-lia
no if you find the right people to help then it won’t cost you at all. try the help line for free of the teen disorder line too. they will help you.

Answer by wolf
the best thing to do is join a gym

also watch how much you eat…if you are eating and start to feel full…stop

Webinar for Applicants Responding to the SCA Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health — On February 18, 2014 the National Reentry Resource Center hosted this webinar to assist organizations with their 2014 applications for the Adult Co-Occurring…

Accountable Care Organizations are the key to better care
Under public managed care, Local Management Entity-Managed Care Organizations are given a set yearly budget for mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse services. A key component to the successful budget management is the …
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Summit County hosts annual prescription drug take-back day
Prescription drugs should not be flushed down toilets or drains, the release stated. Healthy Futures Initiative is a cooperative effort among local agencies and community organizations to reduce youth substance abuse through education and collaboration.
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Question by mechiee13: how do you become a substance abuse nurse?

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Answer by Kevin
Maybe ask that question to a local community-college advisor?

Answer by Angela S
Well there are trauma and addictions courses at most community colleges, and online, but that will get you a certificate in trauma and addictions counselling or communuty work, not a nursing degree.
If you want to be a nurse who specifically deals with substance abuse, you have to first get your nursing degree, then specialize in substance abuse. The former is faster and cheaper and generally easier, the latter is much more intense.

Mental health nurses pilot launched
… Bristol, Leicester, Sussex, Dorset, Sunderland and Middlesbrough, Coventry, south Essex and Wakefield. Mentally-ill people as well as those with substance abuse problems and learning disabilities will be assessed when they come into contact with …
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Question by bodollar: mental illness and substance abuse?
How is substance abuse a mental illness?

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Answer by Joni
Many people that are mentally ill self medicate with alcohol and/or other drugs. Mentally ill people are also more prone to addiction than people that are not mentally ill.

Answer by jb
It’s considered abnormal psychology, I believe. Most mentally stable people do not self-harm. People that abuse substances are often self-destructive, suffer compulsive thinking, among other things.

Peer support mental health program a win at Montfort, Queensway Carleton
The Queensway Carleton and Montfort Hospitals are the first in the region to offer a peer support and family support program that helps people who live with mental illness or substance abuse get on the right track. And it's one that staff say really works.
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Highland Park family hopes to bring heroin addiction out of the shadows
… seeking treatment and causing addicts to abuse alone. “If you had cancer, you wouldn't try to hide it.” Jordan's parents spared neither time nor expense in trying to help their son break free of the addictions he'd battled since the age of 16 …
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Mental Health Groups Split on Bill to Overhaul Care
And its backing of the expanded use of involuntary outpatient treatment has drawn opposition from some advocacy groups. But the bill, the Helping … The bill also provides money for suicide prevention programs and for so-called telepsychiatry, or …
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Heritage School marks 30 years
Established in 1984, Heritage School, Inc. is a nonprofit residential rehabilitation and therapy center for adolescents with emotional, behavioral, academic and substance abuse issues. Youth from throughout the country come to Heritage to receive …
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