Mental Health/substance Abuse Treatment Mergers Continue, With Mixed Feelings …
Mental health/substance abuse treatment mergers continue, with mixed feelings …
Mergers are always touted for their hoped-for cost savings and improvements in patient care and recent behavioral health mergers are no exception. Nationwide, mergers between state-level mental health and substance abuse administrations, as well as …
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Well of support for Martin Walsh among those in recovery
A Savin Hill kid whose life spiraled out of control in his 20s, he quit drinking 18 years ago and began helping others do the same. In the Legislature, he became the leading advocate for funding for substance abuse treatment programs. He's also a go-to …
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Substance abuse treatment before, after liver transplantation has lower …
New research reports that liver transplant recipients who receive substance abuse treatment before and after transplantation have much lower alcohol relapse rates than those untreated or only treated prior to transplantation. A second study determines …
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Alcohol Abuse – Geoffrey Phillips, M.D., of St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California, discusses alcoholism and the negative health and social impacts drinking and alcohol a…