Rushford Center Inc Outpatient
1250 Silver Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 346-0300
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Prisons offer little or no support for inmates with alcohol problem
Almost 89% of prisoners with an alcohol problem got no help while behind bars last year, according to figures obtained by The Herald. Despite alcohol being an aggravating factor in more than half of all homicides and much of the violent and anti-social crime which blights Scotland, a tiny proportion of inmates get specialist help….
Center will study effects of alcohol on brain
UNM was given $2.5 million this semester to start one of the nation’s first fetal alcohol research centers. The program is funded by a five-year grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The New Mexico Alcohol Research Center will look at the effects of alcohol on the brain. Dr. Daniel Savage, who….
Violence Against the Homeless: Is It a Hate Crime?
The chapel at Immanuel Presbyterian Church was filled to capacity last Saturday afternoon, with mourners moving up to the balcony. Much to the surprise of his family, hundreds — from infants to senior citizens — came to honor John Robert McGraham, a homeless man who was brutally murdered on Oct. 9. McGraham, 55, was doused….
Naltrexone Found to Reduce Alcohol Cravings for Men and Women in Treatment Centers
Alcoholism is a dangerous and deadly condition that affects thousands of Americans resulting in uncontrollable cravings to drink. Recent studies have found that Naltrexone can help to reduce the alcohol cravings that men and women have during alcohol treatment and help to reduce the chance of alcohol relapse. Treatment centers are now able to provide….
Doctors want booze marketing ban
There should be a ban on all alcohol advertising, including sports and music sponsorship, doctors say. The British Medical Association said the crackdown on marketing was needed, along with an end to cut-price deals, to stop rising rates of consumption. The industry spends £800m a year on promoting drinks – just a quarter of which….