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CRC Health bought the facility in 2006 and expanded and renovated it at a reported cost of $10 million. [3] Its 228-bed capacity made it the largest drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in the state of Tennessee. [1] Three patients at the facility died in the 15-month period from July 2010 to October 2011.
American Addiction Centers (AAC) is a Brentwood, Tennessee–based, publicly traded for-profit addiction treatment chain. [3] The company delivers addiction treatment services in residential and outpatient facilities, as well as provides drug testing and diagnostic laboratory services. Ellen-Jo Boschert (BA) and David Hans (PsyD) became co-CEOs ...
Magdalene is a recovery program in Nashville, Tennessee for women who have histories of substance abuse and prostitution. It was founded in 1996 by Becca Stevens, an Episcopal priest and the current chaplain of Saint Augustine's Chapel at Vanderbilt University. The women participating in the program live communally in several residences in ...
According to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), in 2022, about 4 million people aged 65 or older (or 7%) had a substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year, including 2.3 ...
Barriers to accessing drug treatment may worsen negative health outcomes and further exacerbate health inequalities in the United States. Stigmatization of drug use , the War on Drugs and criminalization, and the social determinants of health should all be considered when discussing access to drug treatment and potential barriers.
Kalfas thought he might have been more successful if he had found more allies. “There wasn’t a push anywhere,” he said. “No pressure from the community. No public outcry. One dying here or there of an overdose — it wasn’t considered a big public health issue. Insurance wasn’t demanding anything different like an evidence-based ...
Taylor Kitsch is honoring his sister Shelby Kitsch-Best in a special way.. In the mid-2010s, the Friday Night Lights alum, 43, took two years off of work to help Kitsch-Best through her addiction ...
Christ Community Health Services was founded in 1995 in Memphis, Tennessee by four doctors, Rick Donlon, David Pepperman, Karen Miller, and Steven Besh. [7] With a budget of around $46 million a year Christ Community Health Services employs a variety of health care workers ranging from dentists, doctors, pharmacists and behavioral health experts; total employment at Christ Community Health ...