Billings Program Aims to Keep Children With Mental Health Issues Out of the ER
Billings program aims to keep children with mental health issues out of the ER Addressing issues early also cuts down on overall health care costs, McCall said. The average child younger than 18 who has spent time in residential treatment will cycle through six to eight different placements, from hospitals to therapy-focused … Read more on Billings Gazette Arbor Health Spotlighted By State of Missouri Department of Health For Care Of … LOUIS/January 19, 2016) – Arbor Health, an all-male residential care facility assisting veterans with reintegration into civilian life, was recently spotlighted in a blog by the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (www.health.mo.gov). The … Read more on STLtoday.com Read more... ...
Rehab Center Planned for Sweet Home
Rehab center planned for Sweet Home Samaritan Health Services has announced plans to convert its Wiley Creek Lodge in Sweet Home from an assisted living center to an inpatient treatment facility for drug and alcohol addiction. Current residents have been given three months to find new … Read more on Corvallis Gazette Times Telehealth Takes the Lead in Addiction Treatment Texas-based MAP Health Management is adding 1,200 counselors to its national MAP Recovery Network, with the goal of creating programs that connect providers with the estimated 22 million Americans with addiction problems on a continual basis, rather … Read more on mHealthIntelligence.com Read more... ...
Lice Clinics of America Opens New Treatment Center in Chicago
... Clinics of America Opens New Treatment Center in Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Head lice infamously cause stress, disgust and embarrassment for millions of moms whose kids get infested each year. But thanks to the opening of Disentangle, moms in Chicago can stop worrying about … Read more on GlobeNewswire (press release) Cancer Treatment Centers of America® Named Among Top 100 Workplaces for Fourth … CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For the fourth ...
Exec Who Jacked Up Price of a Life-Saving Drug Is Arrested
Exec who jacked up price of a life-saving drug is arrested Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, after being taken into custody … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph Drug task force claims it's making progress AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — A special statewide task force, which was formed after the Governor's controversial Drug Summit last summer, said it's making progress on a plan to fight the state's opiate drug crisis. Leaders of the task force … They … Read more on WCSH-TV Read more... ...
Problem-Solving Therapy May Improve Coping Skills After Stroke
Problem-solving therapy may improve coping skills after stroke "Depression after stroke has a negative effect on the person's ability to participate in rehabilitation, causing functional outcomes to be much worse," Hildebrand, who wasn't involved in the study, said by email. Because not all stroke patients may … Read more on Fox News Buffy star Nicholas Brendon returns to rehab for depression after brush with … But it seems it wasn't enough for Nicholas Brendon as the 44-year-old star – who this month made a public plea to get help for his depression – returned to a facility last week. The news follows another worrying incident where police found the troubled … Read more on Daily Mail Read more... ...
ZBA Hears Appeal on Process for Alcohol, Drug Treatment Center
... hears appeal on process for alcohol, drug treatment center CHARLES – Attorneys sparred for nearly three hours Tuesday over what sections of the Kane County zoning ordinance should apply to a petition seeking a special use to allow an alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility for up to 120 people. At issue was … Read more on Kane County Chronicle In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs Last week, President Obama traveled to West Virginia, a mostly white state with high levels of overdoses, to discuss his ...
California Editorial Roundup
California Editorial Roundup In theory, at least, the neediest children in California will live in "short-term residential treatment centers" where youth will mostly stay no more than six months. But for the program to truly reach success, more California families interested in … Read more on Miami Herald FAIL – Tomah VA Let 63 Key Healthcare Policies Expire If you are wondering “why” protocols and policies matter, it is because failures to update these documents can put patients at risk of injury or death from expired medical treatment standards. For example, Tomah VA failed ….. All veterans need to … Read more on DisabledVeterans.org Read more... ...