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This is a list of Wikipedia articles about specific twelve-step recovery programs and fellowships.These programs, and the groups of people who follow them, are based on the set of guiding principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or other behavioral problems originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous. [1]
Addiction Services offices are located across the province of Nova Scotia and offer help to those struggling with alcohol, drug, and gambling addictions. [1] Addiction Services is operated by the District Health Authority of its corresponding community, and links to each of the individual offices are provided by means of an interactive map.
SMART Recovery is based on scientific knowledge and is intended to evolve as scientific knowledge evolves. [4] The program uses principles of motivational interviewing, found in motivational enhancement therapy (MET), [5] and techniques taken from rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), as well as scientifically validated research on treatment. [6]
He’d tried 12-step and abstinence-only programs three times, but each attempt at recovery had ended in relapse. The public health establishment, including the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the World Health Organization , has said that medications like buprenorphine (and methadone), when coupled with counseling, give people with opioid ...
A Texas man is fighting to get his wife and four children back after he says they were unexpectedly deported to Mexico. Federico Arellano is a U.S. citizen, and says three of his four kids are too.
Counselors are trained to develop recovery programs that help to reestablish healthy behaviors and provide coping strategies whenever a situation of risk happens. It's very common to see them also work with family members who are affected by the addictions of the individual, or in a community to prevent addiction and educate the public.
The American Society of Addiction Medicine surveyed each state’s Medicaid program to determine which medications are covered and if any limitations exist. It found that many states’ Medicaid programs either won’t pay for drugs like methadone, place dosage limits on a patient’s prescription for buprenorphine or require counseling that ...
The original program designed by Lynne Carroll was based on Alcoholics Anonymous principles, especially the Twelve Steps. In the first 18 months, 156 men were helped. In 1953, the Fellowship Club was established as a halfway house to provide additional help for patients after attending the Center City program. The Dellwood site was later moved ...