Posted in Substance Abuse on Dec 15th, 2009
Every day in America and throughout the world, babies are born already addicted to drugs. This is because the mother was a substance abuser during pregnancy. Newborns are taken away from their mothers, perhaps put in intensive care, possibly even dying because illicit drugs were taken during pregnancy.
Posted in Substance Abuse on Dec 8th, 2009
Substance abuse among nurses is difficult to gauge since not all doctor’s offices and hospitals require regular drug screening. There are, however, nurses who get caught taking medications that should have gone to patients. While there doesn’t appear to be a wide spread epidemic, there are certainly nurses who abuse substances and endanger not only themselves and other hospital staff, but patients.
Posted in Substance Abuse Counselor on Dec 1st, 2009
Behavioral disorder counselors deal with substance abuse problems every day. They are professional and experienced and can help someone who calls in to definitively set up a working plan to overcome a substance abuse problem. If a loved one calls in, the behavioral disorder counselor can help to set up an intervention. They can set up a treatment plan that can work based on a particular individual’s need
Posted in Substance Abuse on Nov 24th, 2009
A short question yet it is for you hard to answer. It is essential to understand that deciding to go to a drug and alcohol rehab is not an easy one. Addiction is something that some people fight with for years, before they finally decided that getting serious about it is not something that they can do on their own.
