Counseling Center Offers Personal, Group Sessions
Counseling Center offers personal, group sessions
Ian Sherwood and Jennifer Turner work at the UA Counseling Center, providing personal and group sessions as well as community outreach, such as alcohol and drug abuse awareness. Last year alone, The University of Alabama Counseling Center saw … Read more on The University of… Continue reading
University Studies Find Prescription Drug Abuse Rising Among Teenagers
University studies find prescription drug abuse rising among teenagers
Nearly two million Americans are addicted to prescription opioids, a family of drugs that includes the commonly prescribed Vicodin and OxyContin. Two recent University studies further demonstrate the prevalence of these painkillers among adolescents … Read more on The Michigan Daily… Continue reading
DePaul's Office of Health Promotion and Wellness Aims to Improve Student Health
DePaul's Office of Health Promotion and Wellness aims to improve student health
The office approaches sexual health and substance use through the harm reduction model, wherein efforts are focused on preventing harm rather than eliminating the use or action itself. For example, per the harm reduction model, some suggestions for… Continue reading
Drug Rehab Center Mansfield Offers New Treatments for Prescription Addiction
Drug Rehab Center Mansfield Offers New Treatments for Prescription Addiction
Addiction to prescription medications are often the hardest to treat, because they were often prescribed to treat pain or other medical ailments the patient may have. Some commonly abused prescription drugs are used to treat pain, ADD, or anxiety and… Continue reading