PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment

Published December 22, 2012

PTSD & Substance Abuse: Overview & Treatment – Robyn Walser, of the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, addresses the issue of self-medication and substance abuse in returning OEF and OIF veterans, many of whom suffer from PTSD. This program presents and overview of the problem and introduces some of the effective treatments. Series: Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Families and Care Providers [10/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 16285]

Drug overdose deaths up 296 percent from 2000 to 2010 in Kentucky

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

Federal and state funding for substance-abuse treatment in Kentucky remained flat from 2006 to 2011 at about $ 28 million a year, even as the drug problem increased, according to figures from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. However …
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