For Some Wounded Veterans, Strong Prescription Drugs Can Be Cause of More Pain

For some wounded veterans, strong prescription drugs can be cause of more pain
… as it struggles to keep up with their need for complex treatment. BRIG. GEN. STEPHEN XENAKIS, retired M.D., U.S. Army: They're working in these clinics. … STEPHEN XENAKIS:If you have been exposed to a number of blasts and are already feeling the … Read more on PBS

Headspace struggles with growing demand
… to cope with unprecedented demand. Cornerstone Youth Services chief executive Cate Sinclair, who runs the Launceston youth mental health service, said the clinic was one of Headspace's busiest Australia-wide and it had already seen 2000 people this … Read more on Tasmania Examiner

80000 Vietnamese Drug Users To Receive Methadone Treatment By 2015
Five years since the treatment was launched, the country now has 61 methadone clinics in 20 cities and provinces, treating 14,000 drug users with no fatality due to excessive medication and unexpected side effects recorded. The HIV/AIDS Prevention and … Read more on Bernama

Grady CEO John Haupert on Obamacare, Medicaid, and the value of prevention
Instead of treating those people in the ER the way you normally would, it will be more like a quick clinic visit. … I'm not talking about simple depression, I'm talking about out-of-control schizophrenia and paranoia disorder; there's really bad … Read more on Atlanta Magazine