January 2011

Training The Brain To Think Ahead In Addiction

More info…The growing numbers of new cases of substance abuse disorders are perplexing. After all, the course of drug addiction so often ends badly. The negative consequences of drug abuse appear regularly on TV, from stories of celebrities behaving in socially inappropriate and self-destructive ways while intoxicated to dramatization of the rigors of drug withdrawal [...]

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Victims Assistance Program gets help

More info…The Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services board agreed Monday to fill in funding gaps effective Feb. 14 to restore after-business hours service for the Victims Assistance Program. Drug Rehabs Program drug rehab program

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New director of ADAMHS has experience with agency

More info…DAYTON A former chairman of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Montgomery County will become executive director of the agency July 1.Helen Jones-Kelley, a Clayton resident, will replace longtime executive director Joe Szoke, who has held the position since 1990. Szoke plans to retire for a second time June 30. [...]

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Genetically Targeted Medication Shows Great Promise In Treating Alcohol Addiction

More info…For the first time in alcohol addiction research, UVA investigators have successfully treated alcohol-dependent individuals with medication that is tailored specifically to match their genetic profile. “Our findings suggest a new paradigm for the treatment of alcoholism, as well as a major breakthrough in individualized medicine for predetermined genotypes,” says Bankole Johnson, MD, PhD, [...]

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Addiction expert testifies

More info…SAN BERNARDINO – A drug and alcohol addiction expert testified for the defense Tuesday in a capital trial for two Crestline men accused of killing an elderly man and his adult daughter in Lake Arrowhead. Drug Rehabs Program drug rehabilitation program

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Alcohol use curbed by anti-nausea medication

More info…An anti-nausea drug may curb desire to drink. ( Andy Rain / EPA ) Alcoholics who were given a medication approved for quelling nausea were able to cut back on their alcohol intake, researchers reported. Drug Rehabs Program inpatient drug rehab program

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