Addiction

Rendering of planned Franklin County Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Center, worth $59 million

What is the Franklin County Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Center

If all goes as planned, next month will see the grand opening of a groundbreaking, patient-focused facility designed for people in mental health and addictions emergencies. On Monday, the Columbus City Council will be asked to rezone the land for the $59 million Franklin County Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Center on Harmon Avenue, run …

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Denver mayoral candidate Trinidad Rodriguez would declare a 'state of emergency' for homelessness and push for 'involuntary deductions' for mental health and addiction treatment

Denver mayoral candidate Trinidad Rodriguez would declare a ‘state of emergency’ for homelessness and push for ‘involuntary deductions’ for mental health and addiction treatment

Standing outside the Statehouse, mayoral candidate Trinidad Rodriguez told a small crowd of supporters that he was ready to declare a state of emergency for homelessness in Denver. Something about the city’s response to homelessness isn’t working and things are getting worse, he said. For Rodriguez, who has known people who were living homeless and …

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Discovery Behavioral Health Announces Appointment of Dr. Joseph Garbely as Medical Director of Brookdale Premiere Addiction Recovery

Discovery Behavioral Health Announces Appointment of Dr. Joseph Garbely as Medical Director of Brookdale Premiere Addiction Recovery

ANGELS, December 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Behavioral Health Discovery, Inc., a growing network of evidence-based mental health, addiction and eating disorder treatment centers, announced the appointment of Dr. Joseph GarbelyDO, DFASAM, FAPA as Medical Director of Brookdale Premiere Addiction Recovery, a DBH treatment center in Scotrun, Penn. Dr. Joseph Garbely, Medical Director of Brookdale Premier …

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Drug addiction deaths rose sharply among older Americans in 2020

Drug addiction deaths rose sharply among older Americans in 2020

Deaths from drug addiction, particularly alcohol and opioids, rose sharply among older Americans in 2020, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, as shutdowns disrupted routines and isolation and fear has spread, federal health researchers reported Wednesday. Alcohol and opioid-related deaths remained much less common among older people than among middle-aged and younger people, and …

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Smartphone addiction linked to lower cognitive abilities, less self-control and poorer psychological well-being

Smartphone addiction linked to lower cognitive abilities, less self-control and poorer psychological well-being

Posted in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthresearchers have found that problematic smartphone use is linked to low self-esteem as well as negative cognitive outcomes. The majority of people who live in industrialized countries have smartphones. The fear of being without your smartphone is known as “nomophobia” and has become a social …

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Clinical Trials Manager, Addiction Medicine Job at UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY |  317310

Clinical Trials Manager, Addiction Medicine Job at UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY | 317310

Full-time term until December 31, 2025 at Surry Hills Campus, Central Clinical School Leadership opportunity to participate in clinical research projects and coordinate multicenter clinical trials Base salary between $129,847 and $137,008 (depending on experience) + 17% retirement pension About the Opportunity The Faculty of Medicine and Health is home to the largest and most …

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