Community Services for Jan. 12

Community Services for Jan. 12
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF ETOWAH COUNTY offers stress and anger management, domestic violence prevention and parenting classes for adults at the Robert Echols Family Success Center, 821 E. Broad St. The parenting classes are at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. The … Read more on Gadsden Times

Fighting addiction with a pill has potential for abuse, officials say
Combined with traditional therapy, studies have shown that buprenorphine is as effective a tool as methadone in opiate addiction recovery, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. However, unlike methadone … Read more on Zanesville Times Recorder

Addiction recovery part of daily life
… but recovery is possible. “When I started working here, alcohol was the prevalent drug. In the last 10 years or so, meth and pain medications have increased,” Duane Wirth, licensed alcohol and drug counselor with the Panhandle Mental Health Center … Read more on Scottsbluff Star Herald