Rehab Drug Centers: 2010-11-14

Friday, November 19, 2010

Smoking Cessation Support with Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment - TestCountry.com (blog)

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a report which coincided with the annual Great American Smokeout. It discussed smoking cessation support for people undergoing treatment for drug and alcohol addiction.

nicotine addiction According to a feature on the Los Angeles Times, there was an increase in the number of substance abuse facilities that offered nicotine-replacement therapy to their clients, on top of support services designed to overcome substance abuse.

The question of providing smoking cessation services have reportedly been debated, as there are therapists who believe that those who are undergoing treatment for substance abuse already have enough to deal with as it is, and it may not be a good idea to throw nicotine addiction treatment into the mix as well. On the other hand, there are those who believe that one cannot simply do away with the effects that smoking has on a person’s health.

The SAMHSA report shared that as of last year, 19 percent of treatment centers said that they offered nicotine-replacement therapy to their clients, as opposed to 13 percent in 2006. Nicotine-replacement therapy is more likely provided by hospital-based treatment programs, when compared against residential facilities and outpatient programs. Seventy-nine percent of hospital-based treatment programs said that they offered the therapy; 28 percent of residential facilities and 16 percent of outpatient programs also said that they offered nicotine-replacement therapy.

Pamela Hyde, SAMHSA administrator, said: “By helping individuals in treatment say no to cigarettes — we are helping them to take an important step towards a healthier, more product life.”

Tags: nicotine addiction, nicotine replacement therapy, nicotine therapy, quit smoking, stop smoking

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Residents await drug rehab proposal City: Drug rehab centre will be tenant - The Beacon Herald

By LAURA CUDWORTH , STAFF REPORTER

Posted 5 hours ago

Residents on Water St. are taking a wait-and-see approach to a drug rehabilitation clinic that could open in their upscale neighbourhood.

The owner of the property at 210 Water St., Gordon Naylor, declined to give details about the intended use.

"This company is not mine alone and I hesitate to say what we're doing," he said in a recent interview.

He didn't return a call asking for more details.

However, Dave Carroll, the city's chief building official, said his understanding is the building will be turned into a treatment clinic for drug rehabilitation.

Water St. resident Sean Blaine said most of the neighbours are aware a drug rehab clinic is a possibility.

"There's a lot of people in the neighbourhood interested in what happens in the neighbourhood," he said.

"There's no sense fretting over what might be. We're just waiting to see what happens."

Another resident, Rob Ritz, echoed similar sentiments.

Just last year, Hatts Off, a company part-owned by Naylor, applied for a zone change to allow for a drug rehab centre in Cambridge called Caverhill Manor.

The request met with opposition from area residents, in part because the property is across the street from Galt Collegiate Institute.

A public meeting was required because of the zone change and there is still footage of that meeting on YouTube.

Cambridge council did allow the zone change in March this year.

The property at 210 Water St. does not require a zone change or a public meeting.

The building was zoned for several uses when it was a school board office and sold by the Avon Maitland District school board.

"When we did the new bylaw the owner requested those uses remained . . . it's a reflection of the use that was there," said Barb Dembek, director of planning.

Naylor and Water St. neighbours have had conflicting ideas about what should be allowed on the property. The Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute founder wanted to turn the Water St. property into a school, but the neighbourhood opposed any zone changes.

Council agreed with the neighbourhood and Naylor appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board.

Naylor lost his bid at the OMB and three years later pulled Nancy Campbell out of Stratford and moved it to London.

The property at Water St. operated as a condominium sales centre recently.

lcudworth@bowesnet.com

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Semester Finals Bring Added Pressures for College Students on the Road to ... - PR Newswire (press release)

STATESBORO, Ga., Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Research shows that most college campuses continue to struggle with the prevalence of alcohol and other drug-use problems. For those collegians just out of treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction, the danger of relapse in this type of environment can be significant—and only exacerbated by the stress and anxiety associated with taking final semester exams. However, The Center for Addiction Recovery, a joint partnership between Willingway Hospital and Georgia Southern University, is proving successful at lowering the risk for recovering students, both during finals and throughout the year.

Housed on campus within The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH), the Center has enrolled 44 students since its opening in August 2008. This past spring, the Center graduated its first class—one that boasted an average institutional GPA of 3.74—and became the first on-campus recovery initiative to record a zero number of relapses for students within the program.

"The main issue facing a collegiate recovering population is lack of structured addiction and recovery programs, particularly those built on peer support," said Kristen Harper, M.Ed., director of the Center for Addiction Recovery. "Our partnership with Willingway Hospital, through its Foundation, has allowed us to afford recovering students the opportunity to enjoy and leverage the full collegiate experience while minimizing the risk of relapse that often peaks during stressful periods such as exam weeks. The fact that we've had a relapse rate of zero percent within the program speaks volumes to the difference a strong on-site support system can make. These types of numbers are simply unheard of on college campuses."

Almost 25 percent of all individuals entering drug or alcohol treatment in the United States are between the ages of 17 and 26.(1) It is estimated that there are more than 50,000 students in recovery currently attending a college or university.(2) Yet, there are only eight collegiate campuses that offer full-blown addiction recovery programs.

"This is a miniscule number if you consider that there are approximately 7,000 higher education institutions, enrolling more than 15 million students," said Harper.

As More People Ages 17-26 Enter Treatment, Colleges Need to Do More

The Willingway Foundation, the non-profit affiliate of Willingway Hospital, donated start-up funding to initially develop the Center and continues to drive fundraising efforts that contribute to the daily operations. The long-term goal of the Willingway Foundation is to generate enough funding so that the Center will be known as the Dot and John Mooney Center for Addiction Recovery.

"The Willingway staff is enthusiastic about the success of the Center," said Jimmy Mooney, CEO of Willingway Hospital and board member of the Willingway Foundation. "It is such a reward for our staff to see the other side of addiction, which is recovery in process, with alcoholics and addicts going on to lead productive lives and doing things like returning to college and becoming contributing members of our community. The Center for Addiction Recovery assists with this process, and we are thrilled to be able to support them in their efforts."

Recent graduate Joshua H.* credits the Center for providing the necessary programs and services that facilitated his academic success. The 25-year-old Kentuckian received treatment for alcoholism as an inpatient at Willingway Hospital initially as an 18-year-old. He later enrolled in a private college in Kentucky and relapsed a year later, returning to Willingway Hospital for additional treatment. Willingway staff helped facilitate his enrollment at Georgia Southern, which he entered with a 2.6 GPA. He graduated with a degree in psychology and an institutional GPA of 3.5. He is attending law school at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., this fall.

"After unsuccessfully trying to make a go of it at another school that offered no support system for recovering students, I can absolutely say The Center for Addiction Recovery at Georgia Southern was a key element to my college success," said Joshua H. "The Center helped me build my self-confidence, develop important decision-making skills and foster healthier, more supportive relationships. These are all things I can use as I move into the next phase of my life."

About Willingway Hospital

Willingway Hospital is a privately owned, 40-bed hospital specializing in the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction. Founded in 1971 by the late John Mooney, Jr., M.D. and his wife, the late Dot Mooney, the hospital is recognized as one of the first treatment facilities in the United States. It is located in Statesboro, Ga., on a serene and wooded 11-acre campus. Willingway offers a full range of services including assessments, medical detoxification, inpatient/residential, intensive outpatient, family counseling, extended treatment for men and women and continuing care. For more information, visit www.willingway.com.

* In support of the traditions that coincide with 12-step recovery programs, we keep any references to, media interviews with and images of patients in treatment or recovery anonymous.

(1) Cleveland, Harris & Wiebe, "Substance Abuse Recovery in College," 2010.

(2) Harris, Baker, Kimball, Shumway, "Achieving Systems-based Sustained Recovery: A Comprehensive Model for Collegiate Recovery Communities," 2005.

SOURCE Willingway Hospital

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Born into Alcohol and Drug Addiction: New Video Series Explores Successful ... - PR Leap (press release)

(PRLEAP.COM) Rachel was born into a family of drug addiction, and was actively using cocaine at age 12. Philip started with painkillers and moved onto using cocaine. A new video series from The Recovery Place drug and alcohol treatment center explores just why Rachel and Philip have been successful, when the odds were so against them. It isn’t just chance. Customized interventions helped them find their way out of alcohol and drug addiction.

What Philip and Rachel have in common is the success they have achieved by going through a specialized drug rehab program that sees the client as the center of focus, not the drugs and alcohol. In this new video series they share stories about their total powerlessness over drug use and abuse. They are frank about the pain and loss-and near death-that their addictive behaviors caused. Philip and Rachel both relapsed in the past after attending drug rehab treatment programs that seem to view treatment as one-method-for-all. They credit their success this time to the intensive individualized care that they received at The Recovery Place.

John Cates, CEO of The Recovery Place explains: "Drugs and alcohol are a symptom of the disease, and that’s not what our program is about. What causes the addiction is unique to every person, but there are common behaviors that are manifested." By viewing each client as a unique individual, a more effective drug addiction treatment plan can be put into action. John knows personally what works in drug treatment, and what doesn’t. He has been clean for ten years.

Philip knew he was morally bankrupt during his drug use. And Rachel had years of living in an addictive home. The first time she used drugs was with her mother. Their frankness in this new video series makes an impact on the viewer. Rachel and Philip have shared their stories about successfully fighting their drug addictions in hopes of helping other addicts and their loved ones take that first step towards recovery.

About The Recovery Place:
As a comprehensive drug and alcohol treatment center, The Recovery Place provides individualized care for those battling opiate, cocaine, heroin, crystal meth and other addictions. Certified drug and alcohol addiction professionals combine multiple therapies so that clients receive what they need at the most appropriate and effective time. A full spectrum of drug and alcohol rehab options is provided through intensive inpatient treatment, community housing and sober living programs, outpatient programs and aftercare. Families are included throughout the drug recovery plan.

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Sex addiction treatment increasing - UPI.com

Published: Nov. 15, 2010 at 1:28 PM

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Treatment of sex addiction is on the rise though it has yet to be officially acknowledged as a disorder and is not under government regulation, experts say.

Celebrity sex scandals have moved the controversial diagnosis, not recognized by the medical establishment, into the mainstream and led to the establishment of a growing number of for-profit treatment centers, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

When Alexandra Katehakis began as a sex addiction therapist in 1997, she says, she had only a handful of colleagues.

"There were five people in this field and we all knew each other," she said.

Now Katehakis, a licensed marriage and family therapist, runs the Center for Healthy Sex, "a full-blown organization" with a team of counselors, an intensive outpatient program, a range of therapy groups, a Web site and training for other therapists.

Celebrities have been the greatest evangelists for treatment, she says.

"My practice wouldn't exist without them," Katehakis says.

Just how many people are seeking treatment is unclear, since the rapid expansion of sex addiction programs is occurring without the government regulation that exists in drug and alcohol treatment, the Times reported.

Dr. Martin Kafka, a Boston-area psychiatrist, says there is serious disagreement in the scientific community over whether humans could be addicted to sex in the same way they could be to alcohol or drugs.

There is a lack of data demonstrating that sex addicts build up a tolerance over time or go through withdrawal if deprived of sex, two characteristics of substance addiction, he says.

"That's not to say that in the next decade that there won't be an empirical scientific backing for withdrawal and tolerance, but it's just not there now," Kafka says.