Addiction Treatment for Healthcare Professionals


 

Addiction Treatment for Healthcare Professionals – One in ten healthcare professionals struggle with addiction but few get help. Hazelden’s Health Care Professionals Program is designed specifically to help doctors, nurses, dentists, anesthesiologists and other medical professionals recover from alcohol and drug addiction to regain their lives. Teams of experienced medical and clinical professionals develop treatment plans based on the unique recovery needs of each patient in a gender-specific treatment environment. Former Hazelden Medical Director, Dr. Omar Manejwala, is a leading expert in addiction medicine and explains the pressure situations medical professionals experience. For more information about Hazelden’s Health Care Professionals Program, please visit www.hazelden.org or call 800-257-7810.

 

Serious Complications from Opioid Overuse in Hospitalized Patients Prompts

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Opioids are associated with numerous problems—underprescribing, overprescribing, tolerance, dependence, and drug abuse. … drugs. Pain-management specialists or pharmacists should review treatment plans and also track incidents involving opioids.
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'If you commit a crime, there's a good chance you will be caught'

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When that plan is published it will be very clear what the public have asked the commissioner to hold me to account to deliver. Figures show …. One of the unfortunate consequences, apart from the misery caused by drug addiction, is that people …
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County hopes to reopen drug, alcohol treatment program to court-ordered patients

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They said we need to stop taking involuntaries," said Kim Phillips, director of the Substance Abuse Services Center — known to many simply as detox. Involuntaries are those people — about 150 a year — ordered by a judge to get substance abuse treatment.
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Governor Rick Snyder introduces state budget plan for 2014

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An additional $ 2.5 million for the Infant Mortality Reduction Plan to reduce the number of infant deaths. · A new investment of $ 1.6 million for a jail diversion initiative to help those with mental illness or substance abuse diagnoses so they can be …
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