Jackson Recovery Centers to Build Hospital for Children, Teens

Jackson Recovery Centers to build hospital for children, teens

Filed under: drug abuse treatment centers

The hospital builds upon the work of William Jackson and Marienne Jackson, who created Gordon Chemical Dependency Center in the 1970s. The center was the first alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility for young people in Iowa. The group currently …
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Report details flaws in Army's handling of PTSD

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The Army has more than doubled its number of military and civilian behavioral health workers in the past five years, but a litany of shortcomings still plagues the force when it comes to diagnosing and treating soldiers for post-traumatic stress …
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Researcher foresees DNA data in treating addiction

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… DNA to customize treatments for drug and alcohol addiction. Gene sequencing is becoming so increasingly affordable that the head of the Harris Lab at the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at the University of Texas said eventually …
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