Georgia Health Sciences University Hospital and Clinics
1120 15th Street
Augusta, GA 30912
(706) 721-9331
Hotline: (706) 721-9331
Call
888-647-0579
to speak with an alcohol or drug abuse counselor.
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Treatment & Detox Guide
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, largely affects the small children. In a global survey, it was found that the ADHD affects approximately 3 percent to 5 percent of all children. ADHD can be kept under control by proper treatment but only a few are aware that children suffering with ADHD are likely to carry the disorder….
This Is Your Mom on Drugs: Aging Doesn't Stop Drug Use
It’s the kind of tongue-in-cheek concept that might have percolated out of the subversive imagination of R. Crumb, underground cartoon chronicler of the 1960s. Grandma and Grandpa are passing the time in their rockers—and passing a joint back and forth as they recall their youthful marijuana-smoking days in Haight-Ashbury. In fact, according to three investigators….
Accurate Native history is critical to sobriety and recovery, program finds
White Bison Inc. is a 20-year-old Native nonprofit organization that focuses not only on alcoholism recovery but also on the ways in which a history of colonization contributed to addiction in the American Indian community. Operating from a modest office on a quiet street, White Bison reaches Native communities well beyond this city south of….
Benefits of Inpatient Drug Treatment Centers
If you are wondering which type of drug treatment is going to be most beneficial at helping you overcome addiction, consider these benefits of inpatient drug treatment centers: Inpatient drug treatment centers provide around-the-clock medical supervision and support for the individual while in treatment. Unlike outpatient care that leads that addict to go home at….
No Drinks for Them
It’s not just partying. Some students are alcoholics. Ask Elizabeth, a student at northwestern University, what the best part of freshman year was and she’ll have one answer: the ease of procuring vodka. She drank wine coolers her senior year of high school, but those were tough to find; once she hit college, all she….