MENTAL HEALTH: Prescription Drug Abuse: Definitions, Symptoms, and Help

MENTAL HEALTH: Prescription Drug Abuse: Definitions, Symptoms, and Help

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If you, yourself, are struggling with prescription drug abuse, be aware that help is available. You may want to talk to your doctor, attend a 12 Step group such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA), or call a local treatment center for help. Contact information …
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Health center gets HIV treatment grant

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The center will use the money to provide approximately 250 clients with comprehensive medical, dental, substance abuse and mental health services. “HIV/AIDS remains one of the deadliest and most expensive pandemics in our lifetimes, and too often those …
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MSTEPP seeking Havasu volunteers

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Mohave Substance Treatment, Education and Prevention Partnership, or MSTEPP, is seeking volunteers in Lake Havasu City to round out its countywide exploratory efforts to implement a residential substance abuse facility in Mohave County.
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Vets helping vets succeed

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This post-conviction Veteran's Treatment Court is designed to combine substance abuse and mental health treatment, federal benefits and services already available to veterans, and punishment for the crimes they committed, advocates said Tuesday during …
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