The Register-Guard, Jan. 24, 2016 Grand Opening When: Serenity Lane’s ribbon cutting is at 10:30 a.m. March 11; tours that day run until 2:30 p.m.; a general open house is from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 12; patients move in March 14 Where: 91350 Industrial Way, Coburg Group tours: For a tour before then, […]
MedicineNet.com, August 7, 2015 Traditional face-to-face support groups are better than increasingly popular online support groups at helping people with substance abuse problems stay sober, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed 141 women and 55 men, aged 18 to over 60, who used both types of support groups. More than 90 percent of the participants […]
HealthDay on MedicineNet.com, August 3, 2015 Trying to curb alcohol use on your own with web-based or CD programs may not be very effective, a new study reports. The study found these programs could reduce drinking slightly among adults and college students. But they appeared to be ineffective for reducing binge drinking and the negative […]
Portland Business Journal, July 9, 2015 A report out this week detailing how heroin use has surged in the U.S. came as no surprise to Dr. Marvin Seppala, chief medical officer of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. “We’ve had significant heroin problem in Oregon for decades,” Seppala said. “Everything suggests it’s continued to worsen.” The […]
MedicineNet.com, June 3, 2015 Nearly 30 percent of Americans have a problem with alcohol at some point in their lives, ranging from binge drinking to full-blown alcoholism, but less than 20 percent are ever treated, a new study found. Alcohol use disorders are among the most common mental health problems worldwide and result in disability, […]
Chelsea Fresh, 29, died Nov. 20, 2014 after being shot four times by Beaverton police officers James Beane and Daniel Coulson. Fresh, who had pointed an unloaded rifle at police, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Toxicology tests showed she had a blood alcohol level of .19 percent and had also ingested a prescription antidepressant, sleep […]
From the Oregonian, August 8, 2014 Street Roots didn’t save Paul Gefroh’s son. Nothing could. Nick Gefroh was an addict. Alcohol, then harder stuff. For most of his adulthood, his addiction made it impossible for him to keep a job, a girlfriend or an apartment. The only consistent things he had were his father, his […]
By Sharon Hong, UCLA Wednesday, June 18, 2014 One-third of all suicides in the U.S. involve acute use of alcohol before the fatal attempt, according to a study led by UCLA social welfare professor Mark Kaplan. The researchers say the findings underscore the need to link suicide prevention and alcohol-control strategies. The study is the […]
The Desert Sun, May 28, 2014 Chris Tate, 50, grew up as a straight-A student, raised Catholic in a blue-collar neighborhood near the docks of Long Beach and Los Angeles, with a brother, a sister and a cousin on “almost every block.” He was active in a church youth group. But he always felt different […]
By James Dao, The New York Times, August 6, 2013 In the largest study of its kind, military medical researchers have concluded that deployments to war zones and exposure to combat were not major factors behind a significant increase in suicides among military personnel from 2001 to 2008, according to a paper published on Tuesday. […]
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