PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment


 

PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment – Robyn Walser, of the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, addresses the issue of self-medication and substance abuse in returning OEF and OIF veterans, many of whom suffer from PTSD. This program presents and overview of the problem and introduces some of the effective treatments. Series: Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Families and Care Providers [10/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 16285]

 

'Better City for All' report calls for improved access to substance

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A report on substance abuse and anti-social behaviour suggests that a contributory problem for accessing treatment is the fact that there is a clustering of …
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Prescription drug addiction a growing issue in Montana

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Those who are most familiar with prescription drug abuse call it the worst drug …. was sentenced to nine months in a lockdown drug treatment center for women.
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Port Jervis: COSI unites drug abuse, mental health efforts

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Port Jervis: COSI unites drug abuse, mental health efforts … clinic is the county clinic, people with mental illness had no other place to get professional treatment.
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