Substance-abuse treatment: Cutbacks will create more problems

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

North Carolina farms out most treatment for drug and alcohol abuse to private centers that help people with a combination of contributions and federal and state money. No one pretends that's enough, and there are three state-run centers as well. Sadly …
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Chronic Care Management Does Not Result In Increased Abstinence From Alcohol

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Persons with alcohol and other drug dependence who received chronic care management including relapse prevention counseling and medical, addiction and psychiatric treatment were no more abstinent than those who received usual primary care, according to …
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Vaccines for newest pandemic flu threat to be tested at Emory in national effort

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health is sponsoring the clinical trial through the Emory Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) and seven other VTEUs around the country. … “Although the …
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