Hollowing Out NC Addiction Treatment
Hollowing out NC addiction treatment
Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment
The NC Senate's approved budget proposes closure of the three state Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers (ADATCs): Walter B. Jones Center in Greenville; R.J. Blackley Center in Butner; and the Julian Keith Center in Black Mountain with a reckless …
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South Carolina Soul-Searching on Welfare of Children
Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment
A river of drugs and alcohol flowed through his parents' lives. They broke … The boy told the staff, the lawsuit says, but did not receive medical treatment until he pulled a razor blade out of a pencil sharpener and tried to kill himself a week …
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Most residents dissatisfied with quality of substance–abuse training, survey finds
Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment
Wakeman and her colleagues designed their survey to assess residents' basic knowledge of substance use disorders, how they evaluated the training they had received and how prepared they felt to diagnose and treat addiction to alcohol or drugs. In May …
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