Posts Tagged ‘substance abuse’

 

HHS Integrates Federal Data for HIV/AIDs Services Locator Tool – The spread of HIV/aids is an epidemic that continues to affect the us and most parts of the world today. To help fight this disease, the us Department of…

 

Links Made Between Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse, and Lack of …

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4, 2013 — Problem gamblers are a hidden population among people with mental health or substance abuse issues who often don't get the treatment they need, a new study shows. Anywhere from 10 to 20 per cent of people with substance abuse problems …
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Suspension: SCHSC can't provide substance abuse treatment for 90 days

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Question by Mr. X: Has anyone ever tried “Electroconvulsive Therapy” ? Did it work for you ?
Apparently many psychiatrists claim that “Electroconvulsive Therapy should only be used as a last resort and that the results are not always promising, however I also heard that it can be a good tool in controlling severe depression and ultimately allowing the patient to overcome their depression.

Have you ever tried it ?

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Question by Lane: Does every NEW psychiatrist have EVERY information about you or no?
I new psychiatrist who had prescribed me klonopin for severe anxiety that i have been dealing with for years. During my visit today he said if my blood pressure and pulse rate was low he could start me on adhd medications (amphetamines). For both these disorders he did a proper diagnosis and things were improving a lot after the anxiety medicine. However i had a meltdown one day, and the hospital sent me to a “psych ward” (they keep you in their for 3-20 days to get “stabalized”. I am only 21 but have gone their 3 times in different states and times in my life and i always feel like i’m going more crazy in their. Needless to say i was shocked that the psychiatrist whose patient i was in the psych unit took off my klonopin, and specifically wrote no benzos or opiates/amphetamines (never been prescribed any in my life or abuse history). The reason i was shocked was because MAJORITY of the 40 other people in the psych ward were on ativan or xanax (in my opinion even more dangerous than klonopin). And the very odd thing about it is that even though i’m 21 my parents distribute my medications even the ones i don’t find helpful so there were so signs of abuse. Anyways so i got out of the psych ward last week (my real psychiatrist actually works their too 2 days out of the week, but he didn’t know i was their at the time). Finally i was ready to address my adhd today because my blood pressure has lowered along with my heart rate, and OH MY GOD! Let’s just say i explained to him that I flipped out in the psych ward a few times because i was withdrawing from my meds especially the only one that stopped most my symptoms. I’m assuming the psychiatrist from the psych ward passed on the notes to my psychiatrist and my psychiatrist being newer probably felt that he should not prescribe me anymore controlled substances because of the psychiatrist from the psych ward. We had a long discussion and the only medication he was willing to put me on was the ones I have already tried (seroquel, and other ineffective meds) and “therapy” which i was in for 3 months. I almost had a panic attack because we were making so much progress for the first time since i was like 4 years old but everything went backwards. I had to angrily tell him that this isn’t going to work and we had to discontinue our treatment. I told my dad about it, because i am also on the klonopin,seroquel,gabapentin, and blood pressure medication, and that i would have to withdraw from all! My father who doesn’t believe much in depression and anxiety was being rude and saying he doesn’t give a f*** at this point, and it escalated and after so many months later we were about to get physical again because him telling me it’s fine if i die, and i mean screaming, and things were being brought up from the past. I called an ambulance and of course in this new city they don’t do anything for you, or even write you prescriptions.
Now sorry i got a little off track i just hope that i don’t wake up to my dad throwing me out the house and that we move past forward real quick because i NEED to find a new psychiatrist before my deadly withdrawals kick in. If i don’t take one of my meds for one day i feel like so sick and even more nervous than i already am, but this will be far worse and i don’t want to or should have to go through that unbearable pain. I already cut my all my arms with a razor blade after the hospital because i feel like things were getting better and suddenly BOOM! So my main concern is that i get to a point with my dad where he is fine with me scheduling to see a new psychiatrist (seriously) and to get stable again before things just get even worse.-However my question was that, is it necessarily going to be in every NEW psychiatrist that i see that a previous psychiatrist didn’t want me on benzos with no logical reason? I believe my current psychiatrist only did this is because he works with the psychiatrist who didn’t want me to be on benzos and i am sure he told my psychiatrist to take me off, because if that wasn’t the case he would of never cut me off the klonopin and not treat my adhd. So my question is this something that is like on my every psychiatrist go see can see that specific no benzos thing for the psych ward and because my psychiatrist works for the other one (excluding my medical records, because this psychiatrist didn’t even know some of the meds i tried in the past) i go to or probably not, i don’t think it is, but i could be wrong. I’m terrified i had my first panic attack start again today, and the days are yet to get worse, i’m so scared.1) I want to say if i hopefully see a new understanding psychiatrist nothing about it should pop up, but technology is getting advanced, and i have tried every non anxiety medicine and just want to live a normal life. Thoughts/opinions about the question (sorry for the ramble)

 

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Sterling chooses worker for August

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… preparing injections, taking vital signs, changing bandages, and dressing wounds. Richmond has a son and daughter. They live in Duncan Falls. Sterling Suites is a 50-private suite, skilled short-term inpatient rehab center at 1126 Adair Ave. in …
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Health law could overwhelm addiction services

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With money for treatment limited, slots in rehabilitation centers and hospitals are scarce. In Minnesota, which has one of the higher substance abuse rates in the nation — 11.6 percent of the population — there are slightly more than 3,900 inpatient …
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Four beds ready to treat Internet addicts

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Tolerance: The person becomes acclimatized, requiring increasing amounts of Internet time to get that "buzz." 4. Withdrawal symptoms: Abruptly ceasing Internet activity can cause the personal emotional or physical distress. 5. Relapse: The addict tends …
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Alcohol Treatment Youngstown Reveals New Substance Abuse Treatment …

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Relapsing is undeniably part of the addiction recovery process for most people, but thanks to the new and enhanced treatment methods at Alcohol Treatment Youngstown, the rate of returning patients has gone down considerably. The counselors equate the …
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MAINE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST REPORTING Some get Maine …

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Johnson began substance abuse counseling “which he successfully completed after 28 days at a facility located in Ft. Fairfield,” according to state records. He then faced legal proceedings related to his theft and was convicted on June 9, 2004. He …
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