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Breast biter told to get alcohol treatment

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Judge David Saunders sentenced Toni-Leah Bower, 19, of Cobden, to three months' community detention, nine months' supervision including treatment for alcohol and drugs abuse and anger management counselling. He also ordered her to pay $ 540 in …
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De-addiction centre in need of more counsellors

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It is in dire need of more counsellors and a ward for women, an official said. Though it was set up for the benefit of conservancy workers, the facility is open to one and all. “A large number of conservancy workers take to alcohol to cope with the …
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15-minute counselling can help alcoholics

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A new research in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that even simple measures such as behavioural counselling can significantly reduce alcohol abuse among people. Behaviour counselling is a technique widely used by psychologists to modify the …
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