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Addiction Treatment: Rules Require Equal Coverage for Mental, Substance Abuse Treatment – UPI.com

Rules require equal coverage for mental, substance abuse treatment – UPI.com
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Rules require equal coverage for mental, substance abuse treatment
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) — The Obama administration Friday issued a final rule requiring U.S. insurers to cover care for mental health… Continue reading

Election 2013: Common Pleas Court Race Set

Election 2013: Common Pleas Court race set
Filed under: veterans alcohol rehab

He also thinks it's important to better support problem-solving courts like the drug court and the veterans' treatment court. “I'm running for county judge because I want to continue to serve my community and to continue to help… Continue reading

Addiction Treatment: Potential New Addiction Treatment – WTAJ

Potential New Addiction Treatment – WTAJ
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Potential New Addiction Treatment
WTAJ
Researchers are excited about a potential new treatment for cocaine addiction. It's a medicaiton already approved by the FDA to treat epilepsy and migraine headaches. Now scientists at the University of Maryland say… Continue reading

Anti-Epileptic Drug Topamax Could Treat Cocaine Addiction – PsychCentral.com

Anti-Epileptic Drug Topamax Could Treat Cocaine Addiction – PsychCentral.com
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Anti-Epileptic Drug Topamax Could Treat Cocaine Addiction
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The study is one of the first to establish a pharmacological treatment for cocaine addiction, for which there are currently no FDA-approved medications, according to Dr. Bankole A.… Continue reading

Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA, Begins Term as President of the California Society of Addiction Medicine

Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA, Begins Term as President of the California Society of Addiction Medicine
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Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA, chair of the Department of Psychiatry and director of Addiction Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai, has begun a two-year term as president of the California Society of Addiction Medicine.… Continue reading

Addiction Treatment: Epilepsy Drug, Topiramate, Could Successfully Treat Cocaine Addiction – Medical Daily

Epilepsy Drug, Topiramate, Could Successfully Treat Cocaine Addiction – Medical Daily
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Medical Daily
Epilepsy Drug, Topiramate, Could Successfully Treat Cocaine Addiction
Medical Daily
According to research out of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the epilepsy medication topiramate could effectively… Continue reading