Illinois Gaming Board to consider 24-hour Casinos
Some of those people end up at the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery. Coleen Moore works there and said greater accessibility is bad for compulsive gamblers. "Now with the video gaming terminals, the accessibility of that, we've certainly seen …
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Hospital Opens First Internet Addiction Treatment Center in US
Internet addiction is a real thing, in case you were skeptical. The Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery describes it as an impulse control disorder, similar to pathological gambling. Internet addiction can consist of a serious preoccupation with …
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Bangor conference sheds light on drug, alcohol addiction treatment differences …
BANGOR, Maine — When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, there are differences between men and women, and that means treatment programs need to be different, local substance abuse providers learned Friday at a conference about addiction and …
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Drug Addiction Amongst Healthcare Professionals
This week the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting warns that over the past decade, 13 Maine pharmacists were relicensed/reinstated despite documented histories of substance abuse and theft. These numbers seem disconcerting. They're not.
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Lamar Odom paid 0 a day for drugs during summer bender: report
With his marriage reportedly on the rocks, and a recent DUI arrest – Lamar Odom's substance abuse drama has already cost the basketball star quite a lot. But sources say the athlete's alleged addiction to crack cocaine has also cost the "Khloe & Lamar …
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Report: Lamar Odom receiving treatment following DUI arrest
Report: Lamar Odom receiving treatment following DUI arrest. By Royce Young | NBA writer. September 5, 2013 11:22 AM ET. Lamar Odom was reportedly arrested on DUI charges. (USATSI) Lamar Odom is reportedly getting help. (USATSI). Lamar Odom is …
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Lamar Odom NOT in Rehab, Despite Report
… has NOT entered rehab for drug and alcohol abuse, despite reports. On Wednesday, People claimed the athlete entered a treatment center after he finally “realized he needs help,” but a source close to the situation tells Gossip Cop the report is …
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Alcohol Treatment Newark's New Programs Prepare Alcoholics for Life After …
New treatments targeting alcohol addiction and recovery are now available at Alcohol Treatment Newark. Alcohol is a legal drug that found in most restaurants, gas stations, and even grocery stores. It is extremely hard to avoid outside of a rehab center.
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Tehran Allows Test Run Of Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Tehran has issued a licence for the establishment of the city's first alcohol rehabilitation centre. ISNA reports that the head of the Public Health Department's Addiction Prevention Centre announced that the licence is for a pilot project for the …
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Tehran Allows Test Run Of Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Tehran has issued a licence for the establishment of the city's first alcohol rehabilitation centre. ISNA reports that the head of the Public Health Department's Addiction Prevention Centre announced that the licence is for a pilot project for the …
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Addiction centre boss calls for abstinence approach to drug treatment programmes
THE boss of a Burton rehabilitation centre has called on government ministers to honour commitments to move heroin addicts away from methadone treatment programmes. Noreen Oliver, chief executive of Burton Addiction Centre, made the comments after …
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Now There's A Hospital-Based Treatment Facility for Internet Addicts
The program is run by Kimberly Young, a psychologist who began studying Internet addiction in 1994 after watching her friend's marriage disintegrate while her husband spent 50 hours a week in AOL chat rooms. The divorce made Young curious about how …
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Journey Healing Centers Now Contracted with Blue Cross Blue Shield of …
Journey Healing Centers addiction treatment centers is now contracted with Blue Cross coverage in Arizona for their Intensive Outpatient clients in their Scottsdale centers. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on LinkedIn Email a …
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Advice on Addiction in Boomers, Part 1
Readers have been sending questions about baby boomers and addiction to Dr. Barbara Krantz, an addiction expert at the Hanley Center, a nonprofit addiction recovery center in West Palm Beach, Fla. Enlarge This Image. Dr. Barbara Krantz, medical …
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Now There's A Hospital-Based Treatment Facility for Internet Addicts
In that sense, Bradford's Internet Addiction Treatment and Recovery Program is the first of its kind—and it's already garnering press attention. Young and her colleagues treat Internet addiction like a real physical and mental affliction, on a par …
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Recovering addicts convene in Phila.
The organization, widely praised by area drug prevention and treatment experts, is patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous and similarly based on a 12-step recovery program. NA says it hosts 60,000 meetings a week in 129 countries, and meetings will be …
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New Treatments Concentrate on Prescription Addiction at Alcohol Treatment …
Alcohol Treatment Trenton has recently begun offering new treatment programs targeting addiction to prescription drugs. A drug that is prescribed by a doctor can often be abused without friends or family members noticing. This is why the new therapies …
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