Meth Addiction May Be Harder to Treat in Teen Girls
Meth Addiction May Be Harder to Treat in Teen Girls
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FRIDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) — Teen girls have a more difficult time kicking their methamphetamine habit than boys, according to a small new study which suggests that new methods are needed to treat methamphetamine abuse in girls. The study included …
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Virtual reality worlds could help treat drug addicts learn coping methods to …
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Zach Rosenthal, an assistant professor at Duke, created the simulations with funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Defense and has tested the programs on about 90 people. The methodology used in this is called cue …
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32 Million Americans to Get Drug Abuse, Mental Health Care from Obamacare in …
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When Obamacare goes into full affect in 2014, about 32 million Americans will finally have access to substance abuse and mental health treatments (video below). Mental health and drug abuse treatment falls under the “Essential Health Benefit” section …
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