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Question by Laura: What does the term “chronic addiction” mean to you? What images do you get when you hear this term?
If a doctor writes the term “chronic addiction” into a patient’s chart, what would you think of that patient? What sort of person do you think a person with a “chronic addiction” diagnosis might be? What impressions will other doctors get of the patient if they see this term in the chart?
Best answer:
Answer by PINKY
Chronic just means ongoing. A disease or illness that will continue without medical treatment. As far as what other doctors may think, well was it a chronic drug addiction? Is so they will probably never prescribe you drugs like those unless absolutely neccessary.
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Drug Rehab Center Passaic Introduces New Drug Addiction Treatment Programs
New therapy from Drug Rehab Center Passaic is designed to prevent relapse. Passaic, NJ (PRWEB) September 27, 2013. The objective of Drug Rehab Center Passaic is to help rehabilitate addicts and help them maintain a clean and sober lifestyle.
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Drug Rehab Center Xenia Restructures Addiction Treatment Programs
Drug Rehab Center Xenia has created new, customizable treatment programs to help reach more recovering addicts than ever before. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on LinkedIn Email a friend. With a variety of comprehensive …
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Internet Addiction Gets Its Own Treatment Facility
Internet addiction — it's a real thing. So real that this coming Monday (Sept. 9) the first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction will open at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Some liken the disease to alcohol addiction …
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Rights restoration pushed at forum
… recovering from drug addiction, and had even considered suicide. But he entered a treatment center and then a homeless shelter and, eventually, enrolled in an associates paralegal studies program. Meade graduated at the top of his class and …
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September is National Recovery Month
For the last 40 years, the Broward Addiction Recovery Centers has often been the only hope for those folks who are willing to turn their lives around on their way to recovery and become productive members of our society. The program treats more than 4 …
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Specialized Online Treatment Programs for Military Service Members …
For the 2.6 million war Veterans coming home in the last 10 years, the average wait for those needing addiction treatment services is anywhere between 2 months to 2 years. The VA does not have the buildings or the staff to handle even 1% of the …
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How Obamacare Could Revolutionize Addiction Treatment
Obamacare's treatment of alcoholism and other drug addiction as chronic diseases that must be covered by insurance plans could lead to as many as 40 million Americans entering rehabilitation programs, according to California Health Report. Government …
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Dual diagnosis rehab centers treat psychiatric illnesses, accompanied by substance abuse issues. Treatment at dual diagnosis rehab centers should address the mental health disorders along with the substance abuse issues like alcoholism and/or drug addiction. The centers that treat dual diagnosis conditions understand that both illnesses have deleterious effects on the psychological, spiritual, social, and physical well-being.
Diagnosing two illnesses
A person diagnosed with dual disorders is affected by two or more conditions that are different but interrelated. Treatment at dual diagnosis rehab centers addresses the symptoms of illnesses identified by the treatment providers in order to devise a unique treatment program that addresses those conditions. As multiple illnesses are present, the symptoms may and commonly do overlap contributing to the complexity of treatment.
The goal of dual diagnosis rehab centers is overcome the substance abuse issues and properly manage, and ideally overcome, the mental health issues. Treatment requires time and significant commitment on the part of the patient and the treatment provider at dual diagnosis rehab centers. If all conditions are not discovered and address, relapse is very likely.
Finding the right dual diagnosis rehab centers
Dual diagnosis is a complex illness that requires proper care and attention from appropriately trained and experienced health care professionals. Families and patients, themselves, are advised to carefully select only dual diagnosis rehab centers that provide all of the necessary treatment services required to achieve symptomatic relief and management of the conditions. A comfortable, safe, and conducive environment is a significant aid in promoting wellness and healing.
Dual diagnosis Miramar Recovery Substance Abuse and Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center is located at Laguna Beach. It is a facility that provides rehabilitation programs for clients suffering from drug abuse and alcoholism. We are fully licensed by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs of the State of California to provide chemical dependency rehabilitation and detoxification for our patients. To ensure that our clients are getting the best quality of treatment from medical professionals, our staff members are all certified, licensed, and accredited. Our medical expertise allows us to treat co-occurring issues that have been caused by drug or alcohol addiction.
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Battle brewing between Malibu residents and pricey drug rehab centers
A sign at the entrance to the Eisenhower Medical Center at the Betty Ford Center, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation clinic in Rancho Mirage, California. These rehabilitation centers are scattered throughout the state, but residents of Malibu in …
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'Game changer' to reshape rehab
by: TRIBUNE PHOTO: ADAM WICKHAM – Jerome Gilgan, now an addiction counselor, It took Jerome Gilgan three stints in residential treatment before he started to get a handle on his drug addiction and his life of crime. Gilgan was one of the lucky ones.
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Zac Efron in Rehab Twice This Year? New Report That Zac Relapsed
More details are surfacing about Zac Efron's secret rehab treatment–with TMZ.com reporting that he actually went twice this year. Zac allegedly sought treatment for cocaine addiction twice, as TMZ notes the return to treatment was "after a major relapse."
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Zac Efron — Reportedly Completes Stint In Rehab
Zac Efron is clean and sober after reportedly completing a round of treatment in a rehab center. It's unclear why Efron entered treatment or what he was specifically treated for … but according to the report, which insinuated Zac was being treated …
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