Conference Addresses Substance Abuse Treatment – AAP News

Conference addresses substance abuse treatment – AAP News

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Conference addresses substance abuse treatment. Pediatricians can learn best practices for addressing substance use by patients or family members, and suggestions on how to implement these practices at an AAP-sponsored conference April 26-28 in …
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Don't Cut DrugAbuse Research, Experts Tell Hill Staffers

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Congress must continue to support National Institutes of Health (NIH) research efforts to improve effective treatments, ease dissemination, and use technology to help military personnel and their families deal with substance abuse in the aftermath of …
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Thousands of Floridians to get addiction treatment under ACA, but can the

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MIAMI — More than 230,000 Floridians would be newly eligible for substance abuse treatment under the federal health overhaul and that number nearly doubles if the state also expands Medicaid, according to research by The Associated Press.
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Insurance companies pushed to cover addiction treatment

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Top Photo. Trudy Avery of Sandwich went on a mission to get Blue Cross Blue Shield to cover her son's long-term treatment for drug addiction after initially being denied. It wasn't until her son overdosed that the company agreed he had the medical …
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