El Cajon, California Treatment Centers

Volunteers of America/SWCC Inc Hawley Center for Supportive Living 9980 Hawley Road
El Cajon, CA 92021

McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ (MITE)East Region North Teen Rec Ctr 550 Fesler Street
Suite G-3
El Cajon, CA 92020

Mental Health Systems Inc East County Center for Change 545 North Magnolia Avenue
El Cajon, CA 92020

El Cajon Treatment Center East Office 234 North Magnolia Avenue
El Cajon, CA 92020

McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ (MITE)/East County Adolescent Detox 1400 North Johnson Avenue
Suite 101
El Cajon, CA 92020

McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ (MITE)/East County Regional 1365 North Johnson Avenue
Suites 111-113
El Cajon, CA 92020

The symptoms of dual diagnosis

Dual diagnosis, as the name suggests, can be defined as the diagnosis of a major mental health disorder along with alcohol or substance addiction at the same time. In a survey, it was found that around 50 percent of the Americans suffered from this problem. Dual diagnosis can affect an individual physically, psychologically and also….

Alcholic dementia often overlooked

Alcoholic dementia is often an overlooked type of memory dysfunction. It is estimated that about 8 percent of people in the U.S. over age 65 may have an alcohol abuse problem. Sixty percent of the elderly drink and 5 to 10 percent are binge drinkers. It may be hard to believe, but Medicare, which is….

Judge considering center for drug, alcohol help program

Court-ordered rehabilitation for drug and alcohol offenders may soon be a locally based option for those facing charges in Lincoln County Justice Court, a choice authorities say would provide them with better options for sentencing and enhance the effectiveness of such treatment. Lincoln County Justice Court Judge Ralph Boone and Post One Probation Officer Roger….

Charles Lieber, pioneer in alcoholism research

Dr. Charles S. Lieber, who overturned conventional wisdom by demonstrating that alcohol is a toxin that can damage the liver and that alcoholism is a disease that can be treated, died March 1 at his home in Tenafly, N.J. He was 78 and had been battling stomach cancer. Before his work in the 1970s, researchers….

Allowing children to drink occasionally may prevent problems later, says study

Parents who allow school-age children to drink occasionally may be protecting them from alcohol damage, violence and sexual danger, a health study published today suggests. The survey of almost 10,000 15- to 16-year-olds’ drinking patterns in north-west England by researchers at the Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University found that enforcing abstinence….

El Cajon, California Treatment Centers

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The symptoms of dual diagnosis

Alcholic dementia often overlooked

Judge considering center for drug, alcohol help program

Charles Lieber, pioneer in alcoholism research

Allowing children to drink occasionally may prevent problems later, says study