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Physician Impairment Focus of JAMA Article Co-Authored by Director of Professionals Treatment at Promises
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Greg Skipper, MD, the Director of Professional Health Services at Promises Treatment Centers, co-authored an article on physician impairment that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Innovative Wolf Therapy Program at Promises Treatment Centers Assists Young Adults Recovering From Addiction
Promises Treatment Centers has joined forces with Wolf Connection, a wolfdog rescue center and youth empowerment program, to bring wolf and wolfdog therapy to young adults at Promises West Los Angeles.
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Alcoholism and Nerve Damage
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Nerve damage is the common term for a medical condition called neuropathy. People with neuropathy have some form of degraded function in specialized cells, called neurons, which provide sensation throughout the body and control a wide variety of voluntary and involuntary actions and processes. Alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) damages normal nerve function when it accumulates inside your body. Alcoholics who sustain heavy alcohol intake for extended periods of time can develop especially serious forms of nerve damage. Doctors refer to nerve damage that results from excessive alcohol intake as alcoholic neuropathy.
Promises Treatment Centers Celebrates 25 Years of Creating Extraordinary Lives
On February 1, 2013, Promises Treatment Centers will host a gala in honor of the individuals who have made it possible to deliver superior addiction and mental health treatment for the past 25 years.
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Initiatives to Legalize Marijuana: The Prospects and Ramifications
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When voters go to the polls on November 6th, in many states and localities they will be asked to vote on referendums and ballot initiatives that touch on a wide variety of public concerns and issues. While most of these propositions have received little publicity, there are three that are generating quite a bit of discussion and controversy.
Promises Treatment Centers Finds Addiction Interventions Particularly Powerful Over the Holidays
Holiday music and films instill visions of what the holidays should be, but they aren’t the reality for the millions of families affected by addiction. As holiday celebrations approach, families are left with a series of less-than-ideal ways to approach the addict in their lives. Do they ban the addict from the holiday festivities? Should they allow the addict to ruin another get-together?
iPromises Recovery Companion, a Free Sobriety iPhone App, Reaches 20,000 Downloads
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 16, 2011 – This week Promises Treatment Centers and Elements Behavioral Health announced that the iPromises Recovery Companion, a free sobriety application that provides tools and support for those in addiction recovery, reached 20,000 downloads.
Promises Addiction Treatment Centers Expands Holistic & Integrative Therapies Program
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 08, 2011 – Two years ago, Promises Treatment Centers was among the first to introduce a comprehensive holistic addiction treatment program to its clients. What began as a pain management unit for opiate withdrawal quickly expanded to include tuina, cupping and other Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) techniques to address all forms of emotional and physical pain during detox and early recovery.
Promises Addiction Treatment Center in Malibu Expands Executive Rehab Program
Malibu, CA (PRWEB) November 03, 2011 – Promises Malibu’s renowned executive rehab program, which serves some of the nation’s top business leaders, is under the newly appointed leadership of Greg Skipper, MD. In his role as Director of Professional Health Services, Dr. Skipper will draw on his three decades of experience in a leadership role helping to shape physician health programs to enhance executive treatment at Promises.
The Promises Foundation Presents Distinguished Service Award to Renowned Interventionist
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 12, 2011 – Roger Canevari, renowned interventionist and owner of Recovery Found, has been selected as the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Promises Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit public charity that has been committed to supporting substance abuse prevention and providing behavioral health services to low-income women and their families since 1999.
Renowned Physician Joins Promises Treatment Centers as Director of Impaired Professionals Program
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 02, 2011 – Doctors, lawyers and other professionals struggling with drug or alcohol addiction have yet another reason to begin their recovery at Promises Treatment Centers. On September 1, renowned physician and addiction specialist, Dr. Greg Skipper, was appointed Director of Professional Health Services at Promises.
Elements Alerts Parents about Rise in “Study Drug” Abuse and How to Recognize Withdrawal Symptoms from ADHD Medications when College Students Return Home
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 24, 2011 – Elements Behavioral Health warns parents that more and more college students are abusing study drugs and provides information on how to recognize withdrawal symptoms and signs of addiction when their children return home for the summer. Many college students are exposed to illicit drug use and to prescription drug abuse while they are away at school, which can lead to risky behavior, injury, disease, addiction, and even death. Read More →
New Device Could Quickly Test for Cannabis, Cocaine, and Other Substance Use
A new and affordable handheld drug-testing device developed by British company Universal Sensors Ltd could soon become available to the UK market. Within just five minutes, parents could be able to test their children for cannabis, cocaine, and other substances by a simple scan of a saliva sample. The laboratory company also expects the nation’s law enforcement to incorporate the cheap drug-testing device into their standard roadside drug tests.
Promises Treatment Centers Releases Free iPromises Recovery Companion for iPhone
Update: Inc. Magazine article on iPromises Recovery Companion; Read “An App for Postrehab Living”
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 9, 2010 – Promises Treatment Centers released a new iPhone app this week, the iPromises Recovery Companion. The app is offered for free in the iTunes store. The iPromises Recovery Companion offers a powerful tool to help build one of the most important elements of addiction recovery: a community of like-minded peers who understand the joys and challenges of recovery. iPromises allows you to easily contact your sponsor and friends in recovery, keep a calendar of meetings and service, get a daily positive message, and track your accomplishments, challenges, moods, and triggers.
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