addiction treatment

Addiction treatment programs offer therapeutic, medical, psychological, physical, and psychiatric support during addiction recovery treatment. A treatment center may offer individualized treatment, inpatient drug detoxification, 24-hour nursing, family recovery programs, relapse prevention programs, holistic treatments, and aftercare planning. Many addiction treatment plans are modeled on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, and embrace total abstinence.



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Former Child Star Todd Bridges Talks Addiction, Hitting Bottom

Child star Todd Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on "Diff’rent Strokes," discussed addiction, Corey Haim, and his new book, "Killing Willis," on "Fox & Friends."
March 18th, 2010 | Research & News | Read More

Former Child Star Todd Bridges Talks Addiction, Hitting Bottom

Child star Todd Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on "Diff’rent Strokes," discussed addiction, Corey Haim, and his new book, "Killing Willis," on "Fox & Friends."
March 18th, 2010 | Research & News | Read More

More Army Soldiers Seeking Treatment for Alcoholism

After driving with a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit and nearly decapitating a 19-year-old woman, Army Sgt. Edison Bayas is serving a 15-year prison sentence for intoxication manslaughter. The decorated career soldier is just one of thousands whose problems with alcohol spun...
February 22nd, 2010 | Alcohol Addiction | Read More

Scientists Discover Cause of Addiction to Some Prescription Drugs

Scientists announced Wednesday that they have solved the mystery behind why people become addicted to a class of prescription drugs that includes some anti-depressants, muscle relaxants, and sleeping pills.
February 12th, 2010 | Addiction Treatment | Read More

Actor Wes Bentley Rebuilds Career after Beating Addiction

Eleven years ago, Wes Bentley was a 21-year-old Julliard dropout living in Los Angeles with a Polaroid for a head shot and not enough money to eat at Taco Bell, writes Patrick Healy of the New York Times. But after his performance as Ricky Fitts in “American Beauty,” which won the Academy...
February 11th, 2010 | Types of Addiction | Read More

What if the Buddha Were an Alcoholic?

Author and meditation instructor Kevin Griffin will be lecturing on the interrelationship between the 12 steps and Buddhism and leading a meditation retreat this weekend at Against the Stream Meditation Society, located at 4300 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The first event, hosted by Writers In Treatment,...
February 5th, 2010 | Alcohol Addiction | Read More

Redmond O’Neal Returning to Drug Rehab

Redmond O’Neal, the troubled son of Ryan O’Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, is headed back to a residential drug treatment program after being in custody since late December on a probation violation stemming from a series of drug offenses, a judge ruled Tuesday.
February 3rd, 2010 | Research & News | Read More

Former Addict Helps Those with Substance Abuse Problems in Kentucky

In Somerset, Kentucky, a 24-year-old wife and mother shares her experiences with people entering rehab as part of her recovery from drug addiction. Ashlee Steele, a former cheerleader, was just 15 when she began experimenting with Ecstasy. "Addiction is not picky," she said. "It grabs...
January 18th, 2010 | Addiction Treatment | Read More

Artificial Intelligence May Provide Insight into Biology of Addiction

An artificial intelligence that can automatically plan and execute experiments may soon provide new insights into the biology of addiction to drugs and alcohol. The artificial intelligence (AI) that controls the experiments, called “Eureqa,” could help detect disease organisms or traces of...
January 11th, 2010 | Addiction Treatment | Read More

Cocaine Found to Alter Genes in the Brain

A new study shows that cocaine not only changes the way you feel and behave—it also changes the way the genes in the brain operate. Maia Szalavitz of TIME writes that understanding this process could eventually lead to new treatments for the 1.4 million Americans who are addicted to cocaine, and...
January 8th, 2010 | Addiction Treatment | Read More