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DSM-5 – Coming May 2013

DSM-5 – Coming May 2013

Addiction treatment and other mental health professionals are accustomed to applying the diagnostic criteria published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in the 1994 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) and the 2000 "Text Revision" version of the same compendium (DSM-IV-TR), which updated the narrative material but kept the same diagnostic...

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SPOTLIGHT: Waukesha, WI Affiliate Celebrates Recovery Month 2012

SPOTLIGHT: Waukesha, WI Affiliate Celebrates Recovery Month 2012

Claudia Roska, ARC Executive Director & NCADD board member with reigning Miss Wisconsin Central Mariah HabermanTo celebrate the 2012 National Recovery Month, The Addiction Resource Council, Inc. (ARC), local NCADD Affiliate in Waukesha, WI, partnered with the Oconomowoc Chamber of...

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September is National Recovery Month

September is National Recovery Month

National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) is a national observance that educates Americans on the fact that addiction treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life. The observance's main focus is to laud the gains...

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A Biography of Mrs. Marty Mann - The First Lady of Alcoholics Anonymous

A Biography of Mrs. Marty Mann - The First Lady of Alcoholics Anonymous

The little-known life of Marty Mann rivals a Masterpiece Theatre drama. She was born into a life of wealth and privilege, sank to the lowest depths of poverty and despair, then rose to inspire thousands of others, especially women, to help themselves. The first woman to achieve long-term sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous, Marty Mann advocated...

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NCADD Affiliate Hosts Record Crowd for 2011 Recovery Walk!

NCADD Affiliate Hosts Record Crowd for 2011 Recovery Walk!

R. Gil Kerlikowske joins Robert J. Lindsey (right) at the Recovery Walks! 2011 in Philadelphia. Neither threat of rain nor grey skies could deter more than 15,000 people who turned out at Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing for Recovery Walks! 2011, an annual walk in celebration of those in recovery from addiction to alcohol and/or other drugs. The...

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