Black and Hispanic Patients Less Likely to Complete Substance Abuse Treatment …

Published January 30, 2013

Black and Hispanic patients less likely to complete substance abuse treatment …

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment

"Our findings show troubling racial disparities in the completion of alcohol and drug abuse programs, and they point specifically to socioeconomic barriers that make it difficult for minority groups to access and sustain treatment," said Brendan …
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Involuntary patients kept out of detox

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment

State health officials have barred Mecklenburg County's Substance Abuse Services Center from taking in patients who don't consent to alcohol or substance abuse treatment, a concern for judges who order 150 to 200 involuntarily committed patients a year …
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