Tag: addicts
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Psychologist Offers Advice On Addiction This Vacation
The festive vacation season can be particularly difficult for those struggling with addiction – those who have not yet come to terms with their substance abuse, the recently rehabilitated as well as the families of addicts. Being prepared is the best way to navigate through the season of excesses. Des Wilkinson, Clinical Psychologist at Riverview…
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Opioid Crisis: How COVID-19 Has Accelerated Addiction Risk
What happens when two epidemics meet? The opioid epidemic has been one of the most growing public health emergencies in American history. As such, it wasn’t long before the top two public health emergencies met and created a bigger crisis. According to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in…
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What Are The Goals Of A Drug Rehab Center?
Longevity Live Paid Content. Addiction cannot be cured without abstinence, and abstinence comes from having access to effective treatment for addiction. If not treated on time, addiction can progress and reach a point where a person can develop serious mental and physical disorders that may or may not be cured. So one of the main…