NCH Youth Center – Getting Professional Help

Published December 27, 2012

NCH Youth Center – Getting Professional Help – Meet Corri Ferdman, a social worker and licensed substance abuse counselor. Corri tells what signs to watch for in a child with a substance abuse problem. She also talks about her experience with the Youth Centers program from the perspective of a referring agency.

Drug companies cashing in on human growth hormone abuse

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Whether for athletics or age, Americans from teenagers to baby boomers are trying to get an edge by illegally using anabolic steroids and human growth hormone and not heeding the well-documented risks. An Associated Press investigation shows that a …
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Photos: Nation and World photos of the year 2012

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… most parts of the country. However, the community of around 5,000 struggles with a lack of jobs due to the decline in coal, tobacco and lumber industries along with health issues including drug addiction without effective treatment. … Five …
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