Executive treatment and rehabilitation has been described as a special treatment intervention suitably designed to address the diverse needs of an executive who has become a substance abuser.  An executive can be defined as an individual who holds a position of high responsibility in any organization. Consequently, an executive has a relatively bigger accountability particularly [...]

Meth Addiction can be Deadly Crystal meth, more popularly known as methamphetamine or meth for short, is a highly addictive drug that has adversely affected many lives. The use of crystal meth leads to harmful effects by drastically increasing the amounts of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine in the human brain. Experts would agree that crystal [...]

Heroin rehab treatment usually involves two approaches that may be independent of each other or can be combined to combat the different facets of heroin addiction.  The first mode of treatment utilizes the substitution of heroin with another drug.  This alternative opiate, usually methadone or buprenorphine, is introduced at neurotransmitter sites which do not bring [...]

This is Not a Game: The Impact of Prescription Drug Addiction Prescription drug addiction is described as the indiscriminate use of drugs prescribed by physicians for non-medical purposes or due to the patient’s dependence to the drug beyond its intended dosage and treatment indication.   Reports of famous personalities into this addiction made impact during these [...]

Addiction is a common problem in our modern world. People who suffer an addiction involve themselves in uncontrollable, and often unhealthy, practices that eventually turn into habits, to face anxiety, depression and other negative mental states. Unfortunately, they do not find a solution in addiction, only further problems. Modern day treatments include lectures and group [...]

Alcoholism is one kind of addiction that is fairly easy to recognize, but what makes it difficult to treat is the fact that most alcoholics are unaware of their alcohol dependence. As a progressive disease, alcoholism has symptoms and effects that become more severe over time. Therefore, the longer a person refuses to believe that [...]

Hawaii Island Recovery Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) Hawaii Island Recovery located on the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, is excited to now offer Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) to our clients. EAP has been shown to be an effective tool in the treatment of addiction and Hawaii Island Recovery is the first treatment [...]

Hawaii Island Recovery Dolphin Assisted Psychotherapy (DAP) Hawaii Island Recovery on the Kona Coast of Hawaii’s Big Island has initiated a unique Experiential Therapy program that interfaces our clients with wild Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins. HIR is the first and only addiction treatment program to incorporate non-captive dolphins into our treatment program. HIR believes an unscripted [...]

Luxury Drug Rehab The principle behind luxury drug rehab works on the premise that there are high profile people such as celebrities and executives who are reluctant to seek treatment due to several factors that may compromise their privacy, safety and personal considerations. Moreover, many of them have negative perceptions of regular rehabilitation facilities and [...]

Despite the prevalence of drug addiction and drug dependence in the society, the substance abuse problem can still be treated. A drug addict or a drug dependent can still recover. One of the treatment options for drug addicts and drug dependents is detox drug rehab. Drug rehabilitation involves medical and psychotherapeutic interventions in treating addiction [...]