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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
foster public understanding and acceptance of the benefits of prevention, treatment and recovery from behavioral health conditions. The observance also promotes ways policymakers, first responders, faith leaders, youth and young adults, can recognize these issues and reach out to help others, as well as themselves.
Why should those statistics be significant to policymakers? Because, as the voice of their constituents, policymakers are in a unique position to speak up about behavioral health conditions and influence policies that help people receive the support they need. Untreated mental and substance use disorders lead to costly social, physical, mental, and public health problems. They lead to increased spending for state and local governments and in various settings, such as hospitals, correctional facilities, schools, and homeless shelters.
Monday, June 2, 2014
JUNE 2 V 9 TWELVE STEPPING WITH POWER IN THE PROVERB
Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair,
and you will find the right way to go.
Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over drugs and alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable.
It does not matter how long you have been caught up in addiction .The reasons we self medicate must be overlooked at first. Those reasons we use are most likely why we can not admit why or how we have become stuck in our self made hell on earth . Step one and two are the keys that will unlock the door to the Hell in which you live , the proverb is the promise and instruction to begin a new life. Only God can assist you on your plan of Exodus from your old life into a promised new life in Paradise .
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
By Joseph Dickerson
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
May 29 v 7 TWELVE STEPPING WITH POWER IN THE PROVERB
The godly care about the rights of the poor;
the wicked don’t care at all.
STEP 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
This one is easy for those of us who know a what it is like to be poor ,spiritually broken , and morally bankrupt . The scary part is when we are that low in life , good or bad don't mean nothing . Addiction has a uncanny way of given you tunnel vision . Steps one through five will help you discover the truth in the Proverb. Step five specifically will release you from living in a prison of regret and you will begin to care about yourself and others.
John 15 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
Doctors Should Talk With Teens About Drugs,
Despite Questions of Effectiveness
/BY CELIA VIMONT
May 28th, 2014/
Despite a government panel’s conclusion that there isn’t enough evidence about the best way for doctors to persuade children and teens not to use drugs, a leading expert on teen substance abuse says pediatricians should continue to talk to their patients about drug and alcohol use.
“I believe most pediatricians now think addressing substance use is part of good routine health care for adolescents,” said Sharon Levy, MD, Director of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Substance Abuse. “Given what we know about the impact of drugs, alcohol and tobacco on health and the developing teen brain, it’s hard to believe any pediatrician would say we shouldn’t address substance use in adolescent primary care.”
In March, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which issues guidelines for doctors, said they did not find enough reliable studies to make a firm recommendation on the effectiveness of “brief interventions.” They reviewed studies on brief counseling sessions during an office visit, which is sometimes combined with computer-based screening. They also looked at studies of computer-based programs that children or teens access at home. In the Annals of Internal Medicine, the panel concluded, “Studies on these interventions were limited and the findings on whether interventions significantly improved health outcomes were inconsistent.”
While the group did not find enough evidence to recommend brief interventions, Dr. Levy said “the task force is not in any way signaling physicians and the public that substance abuse is not an appropriate topic to discuss in medical care.”
She noted, “While the evidence for reducing high-risk alcohol use in adults with brief interventions is very good, there have been few studies looking at the same interventions with kids in primary care. The task force didn’t say brief interventions aren’t effective, we just said we don’t have enough evidence to make that judgment yet, and we still have questions that need to be answered. It may be that brief interventions aren’t the answer, and we need more intensive interventions.
Even if brief interventions are not found to be effective for teen substance abuse, screening will always be important, she added. “Drug and alcohol use impacts a patient’s health in many ways, and a pediatrician needs to know about it, because it can impact treatment or other recommendations. For example, a doctor will think about inattention differently if he or she knows the teen is smoking marijuana several times a day.” Drinking can affect a teen’s management of chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, and can be dangerous for a young person prescribed a number of medications.
In 2011, the AAP produced a policy statement recommending routine screening for alcohol and other drug use with a validated tool as part of routine health care for adolescents. The AAP also recommends that physicians provide medical advice, a “brief intervention” to decrease use or a referral for specialty treatment based on the screen response.
The AAP reviewed many of the same studies as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and concluded that brief interventions, which are effective at reducing heavy drinking with adults and promising when used with adolescents to come to the emergency department, may be useful in primary care as well, Dr. Levy said. “The AAP points out that discussing alcohol and drug use in primary care is a real opportunity, and it’s critical that it’s done,” she said. “We haven’t resolved the best way to do it, but we’re using the best information we have available.”
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