Using fMRI to Treat Substance Abuse and Chronic Pain
Using fMRI to treat substance abuse and chronic pain – Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, will be using stimulus funds to see if real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging could be used to help relieve the agony that people experience as they try to free themselves of substance abuse. Now, thanks to the national economic stimulus program, Mackey will receive 1559 over the next two years to expand upon his earlier work, using fMRI to register how blood flow to the brain may change under different circumstances.
Free Nicotine Replacement During Rehab Helps Patients Quit
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
AVENTURA, Florida — Providing patients in residential substance abuse rehabilitation programs access to free-of-charge nicotine replacement therapy enhances smoking reduction and cessation, new research shows. Dr. Stephanie Peglow. "Smoking cessation …
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Opinion: Easier to buy a gun than to access mental health care in Colorado
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
At MHAC we believe the key to keeping our children—and all of us—safe from acts of mass killing involves a multipronged approach that includes prevention, access to services for the treatment of mental health conditions and substance abuse use …
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Calhoun County Circuit Court Sentencings
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
Sarah Ann Hurt, 23, 222 E. Superior St., Holland, pleaded no contest to 2nd degree retail fraud: 5 consecutive weekends in jail, 18 months probation, must successfully complete substance abuse assessment and treatment program and cognitive behavior …
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Facility for homeless vets may soon break ground
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
The veterans will receive any needed medical treatment and substance abuse or mental health counseling at VA facilities in Gainesville, Marchese said. The new Gainesville project comes shortly after a similar facility opened at the Ritz Historic Inn in …
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