
Addiction & Mental Health News– August 1 Week
1.Mother, 52, reveals how she overcame a 25 year addiction to prescription painkillers
A mother has revealed how she overcame an addiction to painkillers that spanned a quarter of a century.(sports.yahoo.com)
2.New West group launches online addiction recovery program for seniors
A New Westminster-based addiction recovery group is finding new ways to support seniors in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.(princegeorgecitizen.com)
3.Mindleap Health™ Expands its Digital Mental Health Programs for Addiction, Psychedelic Integration and Holistic Wellness
Mydecine Innovations Group™ (CSE: MYCO) (OTC: NLBIF) (FSE:0NF) (“Mydecine”), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Mindleap Health™ (“Mindleap” or the “Company”) based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is expanding it’s digital therapeutic offerings by adding three additional programs to its platform.(globenewswire.com)
4.Commodore Builders, Herren Project launch first-of-its-kind addiction recovery program
One of Boston’s largest construction companies is expanding its partnership with a substance abuse program — the only one of its kind in the industry — to make counseling and support services available for free to employees, subcontractors and trades people at all of its job sites.(bostonherald.com)
5.Using telemedicine to treat opioid addiction
Getting medication long meant seeing a licensed provider. Now a strategy for evading Covid-19 makes treatment available via the web.(wausaupilotandreview.com)