How to Document an Initial Assessment for Substance Abuse Treatment

How to document an Initial Assessment for Substance Abuse Treatment – This video tutorial demonstrates how ICANotes can help clinicians quickly document an initial evaluation for substance abuse patients using our button-driven…

Task force combats prescription drug abuse

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Modeled in part after other states' plans to deal with prescription drug abuse, the toolkit offers guidelines for treating chronic pain and tactics for preventing abuse. “It's important to have a consistent message at all access points,” Bentler said …
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Pat McCrory Vetoes Welfare Drug Test Bill

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"This is not a smart way to combat drug abuse," McCrory said in a statement. "Similar efforts in other states have proved to be expensive for taxpayers and did little to actually help fight drug addiction. … Indeed, the bill repealed existing state …
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Dan Webster Mocked By Constituents Angry At His Obamacare Comments

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After all, this was a Democratic president trying to sell a new health care reform plan with the intention of opening access and reducing cost to millions of Americans who had gone without for so long. What's the best way to counter it? …. amount …
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Denver mom gets prison in baby's bathtub death

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Keer was in custody on a drug charge when her son was born in 2010. Records show he was placed in foster care but was returned to his mother, who was ordered to complete parenting classes and substance abuse treatment. Aldrich's case was closed in …
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