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Changes to Medicaid in some states aim to inspire treatment centers to work harder at getting patients who need extra counseling to agree to it.
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How much of my own personal struggles should I share with counselees? I’ve been asked how the concept of “professional distance” relates to sharing with clients how God has worke…

PROTECT YOURSELF Not having sex is the best way to protect yourself form contracting a STD (sexually transmitted disease). Having sex with only one uninfected partner who only has sex with you is also safe. Talk to your partner about past sex partners. Use a latex condom. Condoms will help protect you from most STD’s. …

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MFI Recovery Center offers a comprehensive array of alcohol and drug addiction counseling, family addiction counseling, and mental health services for struggling individuals and families
Overseen by a physician, a team of licensed therapists and certified substance abuse counselors guide each individual’s treatment. Help with depression, anxiety, raising children and parenting teenagers is also available. MFI Recovery Center accepts private insurance and Medi-Cal
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Visit us at www.pathwaysreallife.com/. Tips for staying sober in the new year. Pathways Real Life Recovery specializes in helping not only get sober b...

Despite the sappy love stories in Hollywood movies or the sickeningly sweet nothings dripping from Hallmark cards, relationships aren’t always so, well…perfect
Believe it or not, love – or the idea of being in love – can actually be addictive. Thousands of people are hooked on the notion of love and desperate to find (or keep) that “special someone.” But before we dig into the heart of the matter (no pun intended), let’s take a quick inventory.
Ask yourself the following five questions…

I accidentally joined an addiction counseling program at UCLA. It's been amazing. It hasn't just filled my mind with facts, but broadened my mind on what recovery—with or without AA—can mean.

Roughly 2.5 million Americans are addicted to heroin and opioids like Oxycontin. Researchers say addiction takes over the brain's limbic reward system, impairing decision making, judgment and memory.

A housing counselor can be a great ally for a homebuyer – especially for someone navigating the process for the first time.

Researchers and advocates want to substitute nonjudgmental medical terms for common words that blame addicted patients for their illness.

These myths about the addicted stigmatize them and can sabotage interventions.

NIH releases summary of research on early childhood risk and protective factors
March 09, 2016
An online guide about interventions in early childhood that can help prevent drug use and other unhealthy behaviors was launched today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The guide offers research-based principles that affect a child’s self-control and overall mental health, starting…

The first step to addiction recovery is more than just acknowledging you have a problem. It means admitting you need help. If you don't ask, you don't get.

Disgrace. Shame. Mistrust. These are words that go hand in hand with stigma. And even though scientific research has shown otherwise, mental illness and addiction are still seen by many through a distorted lens as forms of indulgence, or weakness, or flaws in a person's character
Together we can reduce stigma and create positive change.

Thanks to modern-day technology, patients now have another option that might be more suitable for them and their needs: online counseling...

Study participants navigate a virtual reality chamber known as the "heroin cave."

Finding and paying for addiction treatment remains a challenge for low-income Americans.

Overcoming Addictions is a scientifically proven approach to recovering online.

A brain scan study pinpoints the changes associated with child abuse that may raise people's risk of depression, PTSD and addictions later in life.