Recovery centre settles in Bonne Bay
The site offers a four-week program for people with drug or alcohol addictions, providing one-on-one counselling and group sessions. It also promotes healthy living through good food choices and physical fitness. The mountainous terrain surrounding the …
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'Hillbilly heroin' on black market
A powerful painkiller twice as potent as morphine has made its way on to the By of Plenty black market thanks to "easy access" , a local addiction counsellor warns. Oxycodone, also known as "hillbilly heroin", is a synthetic opiate often prescribed for …
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Drug user escapes jail after family hold him captive for forced detox
“He fears if he hits hard times he may fall back to drugs and says he needs grief counselling to get over the death of his former partner and will benefit from support in the future. “He is motivated … He said:”You have done something about your …
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NYC mayor's daughter, Chiara de Blasio, tells all on YouTube. Should your teen?
But on Christmas Eve, the 19-year-old did something else: She bared her soul on YouTube about her history of depression and substance abuse. The idea, she said, … how to get that done. It could be a therapist, guidance counsellor or parent, or all three.
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Conway announces million for drug addiction treatment
8, 2013) — More than $ 32 million recovered in settlements with two pharmaceutical companies will be used throughout Kentucky to expand substance abuse treatment, including opiate addictions. Attorney General Jack Conway announced Monday that more …
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Drug Addiction, Smoking Cessation Can Be Treated Concurrently
"Despite the pervasiveness and deadly consequences of smoking in addicted individuals, smoking-cessation treatment is typically not provided in substance use disorder treatment programs due, in part, to concern that it might impact negatively on …
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Duncanville Rehab Helpline Aiding in the Fight Against Substance Abuse and …
The Duncanville Adolescent Rehab Helpline is intended to be a helpful resource for someone who is looking for reliable substance abuse and addiction help. Asking for help isn't easy, but it truly is a crucial part of the recovery process. It's hard …
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Behavioral Addictions: A Basic Understanding
In 2012 the American Society of Addiction Medicine smartly set forth a definition of addiction that encompasses both substance abuse and certain compulsive behaviors. Using ASAM's definition it is easy to see and understand that Jane is every bit the …
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No real surprises in this year's Hall of Fame balloting
The Big Hurt was never implicated in performance enhancing drug abuse. And, while I am surprised he gets a free pass when so many … By definition, I think that makes him an incomplete player. I'm not going to jump up and down about it because Thomas …
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They're not just anti-democratic riff-raff
To their credit, however, the protesters show a genuine desire for tougher laws against corruption, abuse of power, and for devolution of centralised administrative control, among other sensible demands. The major sticking point is that as they try …
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Free Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment? We Can Fix That!
Less easy to see is why the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), often working closely with Pharma, is trying to fix one of the few things in the health care system that is not broken–free, anonymous treatment for alcoholics and addicts. “All …
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KY Attorney General Announces M for Drug Addiction Treatment
Over the next two years, $ 560,000 will be used to help create 14 drug-free homes for people completing and transitioning out of residential substance abuse treatment programs. The money will provide for start-up costs and rental assistance. Residents …
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Q5: The 'best opportunity for success'
Lisa Moon is the recovery services program manager at The Guidance Center, 500 Limit St., in Leavenworth. The center has recently expanded programming to include Intensive Outpatient Treatment, a level II substance abuse program. Here, Moon …
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Jan. 8, 2014 10:03 pm
Lisa Moon is the recovery services program manager at The Guidance Center, 500 Limit St., in Leavenworth. The center has recently expanded programming to include Intensive Outpatient Treatment, a level II substance abuse program. Here, Moon …
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Detroit program helps recovering addicts afford apartments
The program is made possible by a $ 200,000 grant from the Wayne County Economic Development Growth Engine. The money goes toward helping offset the cost of an apartment while the tenant undergoes treatment for substance abuse and receives job …
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Question by misskrisq2: What does it mean by examining the classifications?
I am doing a paper for abnormal psychology. I am unsure on what the instructions mean by examining the classifications of certain disorders. The instructions state, “Examine the various classifications of eating, substance abuse, sex/gender/sexual, and personality disorders.” These are the classifications. Because they are categories within the DSM-IV. Can someone explain to me what to do? Sorry this is probably a dumb question, but I appreciate the help.

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Answer by Kristal [Ward 7 Resident]
Generally speaking, the classifications can be found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) ~ which is a reference book used in the mental health field.

The DSM
Psychologists and psychiatrists use a reference book called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to diagnose psychological disorders. The American Psychiatric Association published the first version of the DSM in 1952. It has been revised several times, and the newest version is commonly referred to as the DSM-IV.

The DSM-IV uses a multi-axial system of classification, which means that diagnoses are made on several different axes or dimensions. The DSM has five axes:

1.Axis I records the patient’s primary diagnosis.
2.Axis II records long-standing personality problems or mental retardation.
3.Axis III records any medical conditions that might affect the patient psychologically.
4.Axis IV records any significant psychosocial or environmental problems experienced by the patient.
5.Axis V records an assessment of the patient’s level of functioning

Take LSD, stay out of prison? Large study links psychedelic use to reduced …
“Our results provide a notable exception to the robust positive link between substance use and criminal behavior,” the researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine wrote in their study, which …
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Rates of smoking, drinking and drug use are higher among people with …
The study analyzed smoking, drinking and drug use in nearly 20,000 people. That included 9,142 psychiatric patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder — an illness characterized by psychotic symptoms such as …
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Severe Mental Illness Tied to Substance Use: Which Comes First?
Do you need another reason to stop using alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, or illegal drugs? New research indicates that substance abuse may lead to serious mental conditions such as schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder with psychosis. With the help of a …
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