Brattleboro Retreat ranked among 15 largest behavioral health providers in US
In the second half of 2013, the Retreat opened two new specialty programs—a 14-bed inpatient unit for Emerging Adults (ages 18—26), and an outpatient pain management program called the Mind-Body Pain Management Clinic, which provides clients with …
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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Bain paid $ 58 million to acquire the for-profit centers through CRC Health Corp., a California company it has owned since 2006. CRC Health is the biggest provider of substance abuse treatment and behavioral health services in the country. This foray …
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Redwood Cliffs Drug Rehab, the Country's Leading Non 12-Step Addiction …
After rigorous inspections at the California drug rehabilitation programs in Watsonville, Placerville and South Lake Tahoe, the international non-profit organization CARF granted three-year accreditation, which is the highest level possible. Share on …
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Taunton preacher reflects on his heroin-addicted past
Editor's Note: This is the first installment of a Taunton Daily Gazette series, Kicking the Habit, focusing on recovering opiate addicts and their road to recovery. TAUNTON — The preacher recalled scenes from his youth of vomit on the floor, with no …
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square heroin
His story is all too typical — nearly four out of five people who recently started using heroin used prescription painkillers first, according to the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics. Ever since … Medical-assisted recovery centers have been …
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New Beginnings Recovery Center Offers a New Detoxification Breakthrough in …
New Beginnings Recovery Center has been a leader in the addiction treatment field in South Florida for over 8 years. They have now … This program can jump start recovery and help give the best possible starting place for a new, dependency free life.
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Afghan Vet Dies of Overdose in VA Substance-Abuse Center
An Afghanistan war veteran went to the VA to get help fighting his struggles with drugs and alcohol. That's why he was in a 24-bed section of Miami, Florida's VA hospital dedicated to treating addicts. The Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation …
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New Website For Summit Behavioral Health As They Launch New Facilities And …
Summit Behavioral Health anchors on the belief of quality life for addicts; hence provision of needed assistance to help addicts overcome addiction and life drug and alcohol-free lives. The new website, http://www.summithelps.com, showcases the … The …
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Question by sam: Do Wellspan Behavioral Health “Early Recovery Groups” Drug Test?
I got a DUI last July and as part of my punishment I was ordered to get a CRN and drug and alcohol evaluation to determine if I needed any “counseling” or to attend group therapy. My therapist at Wellspan Behavioral Health told me that basically anyone who gets a DUI is required to attend some sort of counseling. She put me in what is referred to as Early Recovery Group Therapy because she felt it was just a mistake that I made and I do not have an alcohol problem (haven’t drank since the DUI). The group therapy is weekly one hour long sessions. I was under the impression that I would be getting drug tested (no one said this to me, I just kind of assumed). I have been to 2 meetings so far and have yet to be drug tested or see anyone else get drug tested. It seems like we just talk things out and discuss addiction and yada yada yada. I’m basically just asking if anyone has experience with these courses and can tell me if they do in fact drug test? Once again, I am attending the EARLY RECOVERY group sessions at Wellspan Behavioral Health. Thanks guys!
oh! and i’m not sure if this makes a difference but the group therapy is for 12 weeks – 12 sessions 🙂
I am asking because regardless of whether or not I do drugs I would like to know if I am being drug tested…. SO CRAZY RIGHT. If you don’t have an actual answer to my question, don’t answer it! Thanks 🙂

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Answer by Poppy
What difference does it make unless you are looking to do drugs while attending the class. The whole idea is to not do the drugs. If you’re not doing them, who cares.

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O'Malley names episcopal vicar for Boston area
He most recently worked as president of the St. John Vianney Center, a treatment center for behavioral health and addiction in Downingtown, Pa., said church spokesman Terrence Donilon. “We are happy to have him back home,” Donilon said in a phone …
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The state of mental health treatment in the United States
In November, the Obama administration implemented the final pieces of the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. The law addresses the fact that mental health care benefits have traditionally been less generous than coverage for medical …
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