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HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. and NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Jason Foundation, Inc. (JFI), a youth suicide prevention and awareness organization, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) are proud to announce that they intend to introduce The Jason Flatt Act to ten states during the 2012 legislative year. The bill requires states to provide professional training for educators on youth suicide prevention. The Jason Flatt Act helps to provide the...

CENTER CITY, Minn., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The frequency of attending Twelve Step mutual support meetings following addiction treatment can help predict success in early recovery for young women, according to a data analysis study conducted by Hazelden's Butler Center for Research and reported in Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. Meeting attendance frequency predicted both abstinence from substance use and number of drinking days at six months post-treatment for young women...

Pioneer Of Non 12 Step Model Dr. Akikur Mohammad And His Team Launch Awareness Campaign About Opiate Abuse Malibu, CA (PRWEB) July 22, 2011 Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Malibu Horizon, the leading non 12-step treatment center in Malibu, California and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC.edu), announced today that the Malibu Horizon's team is preparing to launch an awareness campaign in honor of Betty...

Breaking completely down and then building back even stronger: this is the core framework of the specialized Christian 12 Step drug and alcohol treatment program at The Recovery Place. Can over 2 million people be wrong? And to strengthen the available framework for addicts, alcoholics and families in need, The Recovery Place provides Christian 12 Step education and support via an internet video and a unique blog series. These are adjuncts to achieving and staying in recovery and not...

New Toolkit Addresses Concerns of Staff, Students, and Parents NEW YORK AND NEWTON, Mass., April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new, free resource, After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools is available to help schools cope in the aftermath of a suicide. The guide was created by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), two of the nation's leading organizations devoted to suicide prevention. "Suicide can leave a school...

Rehab Center improves 12 Step Volunteer Program through Strategic Partnership with Communities for Recovery AUSTIN, Texas, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Austin Recovery, the largest and most affordable drug and alcohol treatment center in Texas, is finalizing a significant expansion to its partnership with Communities for Recovery, an organization that specializes in the orientation, training, and management of Peer Recovery Support and Peer Recovery Coach volunteers. Starting...

Funded by The Dan L. Duncan Family, ConnectToForward initiative delivers nonprofit's mission to over 500 cancer organizations in U.S. Houston (PRWEB) March 30, 2011 CancerForward: The Foundation for Cancer Survivors today announced the creation of ConnectToForward, a fundamental initiative of the Foundation's three-prong mission to connect, educate and share information among cancer survivors through its website, cancerforward.org. ConnectToForward is a national outreach and partnering...

I Believe is a personal journey through addiction recovery. I Believe will empower you to choose your reality. It will awaken you into a world of positivity. Hackensack, NJ (PRWEB) March 4, 2011 Ralph Gonzalez, born and raised in the tough projects of New York City, began experimenting with crack as a teen in the 1980s. He continued smoking the drug in his 20s and his use eventually grew into a full-blown, all-consuming addiction in his 30s. Faced with losing his job, his home, and...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "The King's Speech has truly given a voice to the voiceless, hope to those who had none, and courage to those who struggle daily to be heard," said Stuttering Foundation President Jane Fraser. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/stutteringhelp/48777/ (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110225/MM54200 ) "By enlightening the public to the challenges that people who...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jane Fraser, president, The Stuttering Foundation (www.stutteringhelp.org), issued the following reaction to the upcoming Oscar awards: "One in 20 children stutter at some point; one in 100 go on to a lifetime of stuttering. Sixty-eight million people around the world stutter. If you ask the stuttering community what movie has helped them the most, The King's Speech would surely receive at least 68 million votes." "Since its debut,...