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CENTER CITY, Minn., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hazelden, the nation's leading provider of addiction treatment and education, announced today it is taking comprehensive action to address the nation's growing tide of addiction to prescription painkillers and stem the alarming increase in the number of fatalities related to opioid overdose. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20061128/CGTU038LOGO) "Deaths from drug overdose, driven by the increase in prescription...

CENTER CITY, Minn., Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hazelden, the country's leading provider of addiction treatment services and education, announced today the acquisition of MyStudentBody, the most comprehensive online alcohol and drug education program for college students, from Massachusetts-based Inflexxion, Inc. Inflexxion develops scientifically-based, interactive technologies that help people improve their lives through behavioral change. (Logo:...

CENTER CITY, Minn., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The incidence of trauma and abuse has truly reached epidemic proportions, and those who suffer trauma sometimes turn to alcohol or other drugs to manage post-traumatic stress symptoms like nightmares, anxiety, insomnia, and dissociation. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20061128/CGTU038LOGO) That's why Hazelden, the nation's leading provider of addiction recovery services and information, will host a daylong...

CENTER CITY, Minn., Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hazelden, the country's leading provider of addiction treatment services and education, announced today that it has been selected as a ValueOptions(®) Inc. Diagnostic Specialty Unit (DSU) provider. The designation from the nation's largest independent behavioral health care and wellness company means that Hazelden is recognized not only for its excellence in diagnosing and treating the disease of addiction but also for...

CENTER CITY, Minn., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hazelden President and CEO Mark Mishek said he was greatly relieved by today's U.S. Supreme Court decision to largely uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, calling it "an essential step forward for millions of people who need help overcoming addiction." Mishek noted that tens of millions of uninsured Americans now can gain access to nondiscriminatory addiction treatment services under the law, which...

CENTER CITY, Minn., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking new iPhone application designed as an interactive recovery support tool for the millions of Americans who are in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs has been released by Hazelden, one of the world's largest and most respected private, nonprofit alcohol and drug addiction treatment organizations. Called the Mobile MORE®( )Field Guide to Life, the Hazelden iPhone app, which is accessible...

Unique addiction treatment and mental health care clinic will serve youths as young as 12 CENTER CITY, Minn., Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hazelden, one of the world's largest and most respected private, nonprofit alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers, announced today that it will expand its outpatient addiction treatment and mental health care services to Chaska, Minnesota, in a clinic that will serve adults and adolescents (as young as 12). (Logo:...

NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Philip Gianelli, M.D., medical director of Hazelden in New York City and director of addiction psychiatry at the West Midtown Medical Group, has been named 2011 Addiction Physician of the Year by the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). Hazelden, one of the world's largest and most respected private, nonprofit alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers, operates residential and outpatient programs in New...

CENTER CITY, Minn., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hazelden, the internationally renowned nonprofit addiction treatment center, has named Jana Olslund as vice president of development. Olslund, a fundraising executive with expertise in nonprofit healthcare, education, and youth-oriented social service agencies, served most recently as vice president and chief development officer for Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota. (Logo:...

September is Recovery Month: Addiction treatment works and lasting recovery is possible CENTER CITY, Minn., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Web-based recovery support programming holds great promise for patients discharged from residential alcohol and other drug addiction treatment, according to a data analysis study reported in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. The study, announced today in recognition of September as Recovery Month, was conducted by Hazelden's Butler...