We regret to inform our readers that long-time Counselor magazine columnist and contributor, David J. Powell, PhD, died on November 1, 2013. He is survived by his wife Barbara and their daughters Heather and Kirstin. ...
In September, the world-renowned Betty For Center merged with the Hazelden Foundation to create the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. The immediate focus of this new organization will be to create outpatient treatment centers across Southern ...
The Solace is a new addiction recovery center and resort in Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia. It opens its doors in February of 2014 as the first and only forty-bed luxury treatment resort in Asia. The ...
In October, Timothy P. Condon, PhD, was named the chief science advisor to the Center or Health and Justice (CHJ) at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC). Condon is a distinguished expert in the neuroscience ...
Visions, a play about addiction and recovery, had its start in 1991 as the brain-child of recovering alcoholic Bob L. After several unsuccessful attempts at getting local colleges and community theaters in New Jersey to ...
This summer, after President Obama’s call for a national conversation about mental health, ten cities planned to host community events to begin the dialogue. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provided these community ...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the first report to ever examine bath salt drugs in relation to emergency room visits. The study concluded that in 2011, an estimated 22,904 cases ...
Huffington Post and addiction and recovery news website The Fix dubbed ten US cities as the “best” for sober-living. Each city is listed with its unique contribution to wellness and recovery: Boston, MA: While it ...
Dabs—also known as ear wax, honey oil, wax, hash oil, or shatter—is quickly becoming a fad with marijuana smokers all over the country. Due to the very strong high and the potency of this new ...
To ensure that behavioral health responders have all the tools they need when disaster strikes, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has announced that it will unveil a new mobile app called ...
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