How Can I Tell if I Need Extra Help With Addiction Recovery?

Published May 3, 2013

How can I tell if I need extra help with addiction recovery? – The need for extra help is a very personal decision. I, of course, as a mental health professional think that extra help is always useful. If you were on a d…

Wait may get longer for help with addiction

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Two local treatment agencies expect to see increased demand as more people gain health coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2014, but they're not in a financial position to expand. The Prairie Center, which provides drug and alcohol treatment for … Read more on Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

The No-Help Cycle: Jail Fails Addicts

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She hopes the Bronx criminal court offers her husband, a heroin addict, a residential substance abuse treatment program in exchange for sentence time. Everyone knows that you can't have too long a drug record to get a treatment offer, but he's pretty … Read more on Scientific American (blog)