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Delaware Treatment Centers
Delaware AA Meetings
Northern Delaware Intergroup – For help finding Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the Northern Delaware area.
Southern Delaware Intergroup – A comprehensive list of AA meetings taking place throughout Southern Delaware.
Central Delaware Intergroup – Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Central Delaware.
Al-Anon Family Groups
Al-Anon groups provide help and support to the families of those suffering from alcoholism. For a complete listing of meetings in the Delaware and Northeast Maryland area, visit AL-Anon Delaware.
Mental Health Services
The Delaware Morrow Mental Health and Recovery Services provides access to local mental health services, treatment and support.
Rockford Center
Delaware Guidance Services-Children
MeadowWood Behavioral Health
Anonymous Groups
Narcotics Anonymous meetings in Delaware.
Cocaine Anonymous meetings for those in recovery from cocaine addiction.
Delware Council on Gambling Problems offers help to compulsive gamblers.
Diamond State Overeaters Anonymous offers hope and help to those who suffer from eating disorders.
Delaware Helplines
AIDS Hotline – call (800) 422-0429
Gamblers Anonymous – Delware – call (800) 464-4357
Kent / Sussex Mobile Crisis Unit – call 800-345-6785
New Castle CMHC Mobile Crisis Intervention Service – call 800-652-2929
Treatment & Detox Guide
Aversion therapy is a type of therapy that teaches an alcoholic to associate some type of negative outcome with getting drunk. Aversion therapy is a way of conditioning the recovering alcoholic to not like alcohol because of the negative effects that alcohol has on them thus breaking the cycle of addiction. Aversion therapy can be….
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Regular Opiate intake can lead to physical as well as mental deterioration of an individual. If some pain killers or over-the-counter analgesics are used on a regular basis to relieve the body pain they can have adverse effects on the body leading to several complications. Scientifically detox is a “dietary regimen” or an attempt to….
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Depression is a serious mental illness that varies in degrees and symptoms unique to the individual. As such, there are a number of options available for treatment and it is important that treatment begin as soon as possible because the longer the depression goes on, the harder it may be to control. Symptoms of Depression….
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When Rosalie Cebreros went out with friends Thursday evening, she found herself in a place she least expected: the Addiction Recovery Center. It wasn’t even the freshman’s first visit to the ARC this fall semester. Cebreros, an open-option major, spoke from the audience about her experience with excessive alcohol consumption during a panel discussion on….
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Bi-polar disorder is a serious mental illness. This mental disorder is often inappropriately associated with insanity. The person suffering from the bipolar disorder goes through a severe mood swings. Mood swings can be ranging from depressive symptoms to maniac symptoms. The frequent age of onset of Bi-polar disorder is between 20 to 30 years. The….
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