mental health

Where Can You Take a Person for Free Drug Rehab?

Question by Cooks in ’08: Where can you take a person for free drug rehab?
If they have nothing and are homeless how do you get help in America for drug rehab?

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Answer by meeka o
The local Mental Health department would have information regarding free drug rehab. The person may need to be admitted first to an emergency room of a county hospital (some states require medical clearance before admit.).

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How Can You Have Someone Committed to a Mental Institution?

Question by Haley J: How can you have someone committed to a mental institution?
My brother is 50 years old and a drug addict. He lives off my 67 year old mother. He has had heart attacks and strokes but continues to do drugs daily. How can I have him committed to a drug treatment center or better yet a mental health institution because he is mental and he has no control over his life or his addictions. I live in Ohio. Serious answers only please.

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Answer by Mark
You need to find out about the mental health code in Ohio (I live in Michigan).

Questionnaire About Psychology of Drug Addiction/recovery?

Question by xSweetiex07: Questionnaire about psychology of drug addiction/recovery?
I am doing a service learning project, and my mom is an active member of Narcotics Anonymous, so I thought I could ask her friends (that are in the program) some questions about their recovery. I need help thinking of questions to ask and how I would be able to tie them into the psychology aspect of my class. Thanks.

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Keneally Thief Fed Gambling Addiction

Keneally thief fed gambling addiction

Filed under: gambling addiction help

A COMMONWEALTH BANK account manager who stole nearly $ 250,000 from her clients, including a large sum from the author Thomas Keneally, was driven by a gambling addiction that at one stage left her in fear for her life, a court has heard.
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State needs to provide help for addiction

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What Are All the Drug Rehab Centers in California?

Question by Amanda M: What are all the drug rehab centers in California?
What are all of the drug rehab centers in California, I am looking for my dad and all i know is he is in a rehab. also phone numbers please.

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Answer by Stephanie K
To give you information like phone numbers I would have to know your city. If you go to www.samhsa.gov then you can look up substance abuse treatment facilities in California. I know to find it sometimes I have to go through the mental health treatment services first but there is a link for substance abuse treatment facilities. Good luck on this but remember that these places have a lot of privacy laws to follow.

Are There Substance Abuse Treatment Centers in Oakmont, Pennsylvania for Prescription Drug Addicts?

Question by clare r: Are there substance abuse treatment centers in Oakmont, Pennsylvania for prescription drug addicts?
A friend of mine is asking for my help because her mom is suffering from a case of prescription drug addiction. I never really thought that people can get addicted to prescription drugs. I really want to help them out.

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