Report on Expanding Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in U.S. Criminal Justice System – Harold Pollack, co-director at the University of Chicago Crime Lab, talking about the opportunity to expand mental health and substance abuse treatment in th…

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Hazelden plans expansion of Betty Ford Centers in the west
The Affordable Care Act requires insurance coverage for drug and alcohol abuse treatment. The story noted that such mergers represent a national trend in health care in which organizations join forces to expand the areas that they cover and serve.
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Former Navy recruit Aaron Frazer denied abuse-related PTSD treatment by …
A former Defence force recruit is being refused treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder despite the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (DART) acknowledging he was raped at a Navy recruit school. Aaron Frazer says the DVA should provide treatment for …
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Jimmy Carter warns the Bible is being used to promote the abuse of women and …
The 39th US president writes in A Call to Action of his belief that “the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge is the deprivation and abuse of women and girls”, which he says is “largely caused by a false interpretation of carefully selected …
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