PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment
PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment – Robyn Walser, of the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, addresses the issue of self-medication and substance abuse in returning OEF and OIF veterans, many of whom suffer from PTSD. This program presents and overview of the problem and introduces some of the effective treatments. Series: Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Families and Care Providers [10/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 16285]
A Mind-Body Intervention with Massage Helps Treat Substance Abuse
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
This mind-body connection can be particularly influential when a client is recovering from substance abuse. In 2011, Price and colleagues published study results in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, documenting the impact of the mind-body …
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Public hearing set on Kiva Recovery facility
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
CAMPTON HILLS – As one of the partners planning to manage and operate a residential substance abuse treatment facility on the former Glenwood School campus, Jim Butler has spent the past few weeks knocking on neighbors' doors to inform them about …
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Extra Steps Urged to Cut Alcohol, Drug Use in Military: Report
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17 (HealthDay News) — Alcohol and drug abuse remain major problems in the U.S. military and further measures are needed to improve the prevention and treatment of these disorders among service members and their families, a new report from the …
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