Learning Disabilities & Chemical Dependency Treatment – First Half – Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min, LMFT, CADCII appears solo tonight tackling the connection between learning disabilities and chemical dependency. http://www.marycro…

 

Substance Abuse: The Power of Acceptance

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Try to tell an anorexic that she's too thin, an alcoholic that he or she drinks too much, or an enabler that he or she is perpetuating his or her child's drug addiction. The last three examples illustrate how such denial can be viewed as resistance to …
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Prison psychologist explains obstacles he faced with mentally ill

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Nicole Brooks, who spent a year at Tutwiler in 2006 and 2007, said that many of the women serving time would have been better off in a psychiatric facility or in treatment for drug addiction. "I'm not downplaying their crimes by any means, but there …
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Friday Feedback: In Search of Marijuana Answers

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Thomas J. Crowley, MD, professor emeritus in the division of substance dependence, at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. Chris Lillis, MD, primary care physician in Fredericksburg, Va., and board member of Doctors for America.
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Rehabilitation Counselors Use April to Create Alcohol Awareness

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That's why people always ask do you treat alcohol abuse or drug addiction, and reality is we treat all addiction, and alcohol is the oldest known drug to man. So, I think that needs to be empathized, along with all the other facts and figures from our …
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