What Is 25-I, the Drug Used by Fatally Shot USA Student Gil Collar?
What is 25-I, the drug used by fatally shot USA student Gil Collar?
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“You're so high,” said Ashleigh Simon, clinical director of The Bridge Addiction Treatment Centers, which works with adolescents who use drugs. “You don't feel the effects of any type of physical attack.” Simon, who has counseled some teens who have …
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Medical-Addiction Question?
Question by Brett H: Medical-addiction Question?
Hey, I’m 26 and have been reliant upon opiates since I was 18. Finally, at 23 and after months of fatigue/sickness, countless attempts at anti-depressants, treatment centers, counseling, and psychiatrists, I began methadone at the Southern Indiana Treatment Center. At first I felt much better, but rather than decrease the dose my levels were increased to “find me a stable dose where I feel semi-normal.”. Needless to say I am now on 110 mg of methadone once daily. I still feel crappy half the time and have started realizing that my body, with the way it metabolizes medicine so quickly, may never be OK without it. The peak-and-trough blood serum test suggests my body needs 140. Should I accept the fact that my body will always need opiates? Anyone have any suggestions?
Mental Illness: A Difficult Diagnosis With Sometimes Deadly Consequences
Mental illness: A difficult diagnosis with sometimes deadly consequences
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Even Clackamas Town Center shooter Jacob Roberts, though never diagnosed with a mental illness, behaved like a person grappling with depression and suicidal notions before he opened fire outside Macy's. He sold his … In a typical study, Nagel and …
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Large Study Shows Substance Abuse Rates Higher in Teenagers With ADHD
Large study shows substance abuse rates higher in teenagers with ADHD
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This study is the first to examine teenage substance abuse and treatment for ADHD in a large multi-site sample. It also is the first to recognize that increased use of cigarettes in teenagers with ADHD histories commonly occurs with use of other …
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Venezuela: The Inside Story With Paul DeRienzo
Venezuela: The Inside Story with Paul DeRienzo – Dr. Zulema Cendon is a director of the Venezuelan Society of Psychiatry and currently director of a public drug treatment center in Caracas. She was in Washington, DC on February 15, 2008 with Dr. Rosalía Dávalos to discuss working with addict and self help groups in the United States. In the following days Paul DeRienzo visited Caracas and met with treatment professionals and government representatives. Translation by Ximena Vargas