Incentives Help Pregnant Women Who Are Addicted To Drugs Stay Clean
Incentives Help Pregnant Women Who Are Addicted To Drugs Stay Clean
Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Baltimore
Ninety females being treated for their opioid addiction at the Center for Addiction and Pregnancy in Baltimore participated in the study. The CM approach was randomly assigned to two-thirds of the ladies, in which they received incentives in the form …
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Drugs devoured a kid from 'The Corner'
Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Baltimore
BALTIMORE – In good times, DeAndre McCullough inspired nearly everyone he touched. He was a small-time drug dealer made good, a recovering addict who … But it was at Mountain Manor Treatment Center where he found his niche. He spent about two years …
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Drug overdose: the quiet epidemic
Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Baltimore
In Baltimore, heroin is responsible for more than 60 percent of fatal overdose cases, but overdoses from prescription medications used to treat pain have become increasingly commonplace in many other parts of the country. People overdose for a variety …
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Incentives can help promote drug abstinence among pregnant women with …
Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Baltimore
The study included 90 opioid-addicted women being treated at the Center for Addiction and Pregnancy in Baltimore. Two-thirds of the women were randomly assigned to contingency management. In the contingency management approach, patients receive …
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