Are prisons prepared to treat combat veterans with PTSD? A question in …

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Morgan enlisted in the Army with the hope of getting away from his addiction. … After he returned home and was honorably discharged – despite an AWOL – from the Army at age 24 he received mental health treatment at Mountain View Psychiatric Hospital …
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Study Shows A-CHESS Addiction Support App Helps Prevent Relapse [Video]

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The study monitored 349 patients who entered and completed one of three residential treatment programs in the U.S. The patients were divided into two randomized groups. Both groups received treatment as usual, but one of the groups also received a …
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Lakeland practices come under fire from experts

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15 in a phone conversation to stop dispensing the drugs as a "chemical restraint," to restrict the freedom of movement of patients or control behavior, according to letters from the Arkansas Department of Human Services. Lakeland's medical files …
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South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts

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Few know the addiction struggle as well as Linwood resident Michelle Bacon, a recovering heroin addict who spent two months trying to get her brother into rehab before finally succeeding in late March. The biggest issue Bacon and many others in the …
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