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fromwww.amny.com
5 days ago

Mamdani invests $12M from AG opioid settlement into community-based addiction recovery | amNewYork

Investing in programs that connect those struggling with addiction with both medical services and support from peers who have gone through the recovery process has been shown to be one of the most effective paths to helping people out of addiction. Peer specialists offer something no other provider can provide: the credibility of a shared experience and evidence that recovery is possible.
NYC politics
fromMission Local
6 days ago

Cuts could send S.F. veterans back to criminal court

"All the progress that I've made will be for nothing," said Kurt, a participant in the court who Mission Local is identifying here by his first name as his case is still open. "I'll lose everything."
Mission District
Medicine
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Why some people get hooked and others don't: genetics, childhood and brain circuits explain addiction

Addiction is a mental disorder requiring professional treatment, not a matter of willpower or personal choice, yet society continues to stigmatize it as a moral failing.
Public health
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 months ago

San Mateo residents voice concerns over proposed substance abuse treatment center

San Mateo residents oppose a proposed 69-bed substance abuse treatment center, citing proximity to schools and requesting more transparency and alternative locations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Shia LaBeouf blames small man complex' for alleged assaults and homophobic slurs

My behavior I gotta deal with that, LaBeouf remarked in the interview. Does that mean I gotta go to rehab again? I'm just not into it, bro. He continued: I don't think my answers are there. I don't. I really, genuinely, don't. If I genuinely did, I'd go. I don't think I have a different problem.
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Public health
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

Homeboy Industries to convert Monastery of the Angels into treatment facility

Homeboy Industries acquired the Monastery of the Angels to create a 60-bed residential center for substance abuse and acute mental health treatment.
fromwww.amny.com
3 months ago

Op-Ed | Do rehabilitation programs in prison help, both legally and personally? amNewYork

RDAP is a voluntary program that lasts between nine and 12 months (ordinarily, it requires roughly 38 weeks to complete in five-day workweeks, three-hour-a-day segments). The 500-hour program strives to educate inmates on the dangers of addiction. Most importantly, relapse prevention is stressed with the goal of helping inmates during post-release stay clean and sober to avoid reoffending. Congress appropriates more than $100 million annually for RDAP.
Public health
fromThe Mercury News
7 months ago

Posh Healdsburg B&B wants to convert to ultra-luxury detox center

The proposal submitted to Healdsburg by The Ruse Treatment, LLC, explained that the facility will target an "elite clientele" comprised of "affluent male and female professionals, offering a discreet, personalized recovery experience in a serene resort style estate." The "non-12-step, holistic program" will offer private suites and "gourmet dining" while integrating "evidence-based therapies like CBT and EMDR" - cognitive behavioral therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - "with extensive one-on-one counseling and holistic practices such as yoga, meditation and acupuncture."
Mental health
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
7 months ago

Posh Healdsburg B&B wants to convert to ultra-luxury detox center

The proposal submitted to Healdsburg by The Ruse Treatment, LLC, explained that the facility will target an elite clientele comprised of affluent male and female professionals, offering a discreet, personalized recovery experience in a serene resort style estate. The non-12-step, holistic program will offer private suites and gourmet dining while integrating evidence-based therapies like CBT and EMDR cognitive behavioral therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing with extensive one-on-one counseling and holistic practices such as yoga, meditation and acupuncture.
Mental health
San Francisco
fromMission Local
10 months ago

A 19-year-old in S.F. treatment program passed some notes. Now, he faces years in prison.

Alan Elizalde was removed from his substance-use treatment program due to program rule violations, jeopardizing his plea deal for robbery charges.
Mental health
fromThe Atlantic
1 year ago

Why Has America Ignored Its Best Addiction Treatment?

Buprenorphine significantly reduces opioid cravings and overdose risks, but its adoption in the U.S. remains low.
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