Lakeview Behavioral Health, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based mental health and substance use treatment center, will begin treating patients with gambling addictions, according to a July 13 report from an ABC affiliate WDIO.
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Florida-based Palm Point Behavioral Health has opened a substance use detox program at its Titusville location, according to a July 14 report from Florida Today.
Discovery Behavioral Health, a treatment center network specializing in substance use and eating disorders based in Irvine, Calif., opened a new residential facility, Horizon Hills, in Malibu, Calif.
The Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health, based in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., received a state-awarded grant of $306,250 to support underserved populations struggling with addiction, according to a July 9 report from Mid Hudson News.
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health has received a $2.38 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to expand its substance use disorder services.
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The American Hospital Association sent a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 14expressing support for the reauthorization of programs in the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act…
Lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals are more likely to struggle with substance use, according to a recent report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Former New York physician Frank Parasmo, MD, was sentenced to three years in prison on 32 counts of unlawfully distributing oxycodone, the Justice Department said May 25.
Ohio physician Jeffrey Sutton, DO, was sentenced May 23 to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and illegally prescribing and distributing opioids and other controlled substances, the Justice Department said.