The Impact of Addiction on a Family


 

The Impact of Addiction on a Family – Watch one family’s story about the impact that substance abuse had on their young son and the value of having good quality youth addiction treatment services…

 

Recovery is forever

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He decided to call his old friend Bob Forrest from “Celebrity Rehab” and asked him and Dr. Drew Pinsky for help. “You saw 'Celebrity Rehab. … The actor who showed so much promise before being beaten down by substance abuse is making a comeback.
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Does mental illness really exist?

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“The statement isn't just an account of the many problems of psychiatric diagnosis and the lack of evidence to support it,” she said. “It's a call for a completely different way of thinking about mental health problems, away from the idea that they are …
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Veterans court takes shape

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Assigned to a the District Court Veterans Treatment Court, prior military members will receive treatment for their wider problems such as alcohol and drug abuse, mental health issues and lack of veteran's benefits. The newest effort at a treatment …
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Has neuroscience left us 'Brainwashed'?

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Satel, in particular, worries that the ubiquity of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans of the brain now seen in every brain science news story are ingraining faulty ideas into the public mind about matters such as addiction, deception …
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