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When a loved one has a drug or alcohol problem, there is typically a lot of help available to aid the individual in his or her recovery. Recovery is not a one-time event for the individual, it's a process. It is also a process for the family. Many times the focus is helping the individual with the drug or alcohol problem. There is some help for the family, but not a comprehensive coordinated and integrated...
5/3/2009 8:52:49 AM
On February 21, 2005 the U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory on "Alcohol Use in Pregnancy" which states, "women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant should abstain from alcohol consumption in order to eliminate the chance of giving birth to a baby with any of the harmful effects of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)." Also, among pregnant women in the 15-44 age group, 4.3%, 18%...
4/11/2009 10:11:57 AM
Family is a common and familiar concept to almost everyone. A family is a natural social system, with properties of its own, one that has involved a set of rules, assigned roles, a power structure, has intricate overt and covert forms of communication, and has elaborated on negotiating and problem solving that allows various tasks to be performed effectively. Now when an individual in the family has...
3/17/2009 10:55:51 PM
By: Pete Nielsen, CADC II, ICAD, SAP, CAS Addiction treatment across the United Sates has changed over the last ten to fifteen years. It has changed from a small niche market of paraprofessionals to a thriving industry of trained professionals. From the industries humble beginnings as recovering addicts reaching out to help people still caught in the grip of addiction to an industry of licensed counselors,...
2/13/2008 2:50:32 PM