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April 18, 2012
Depression, Anxiety Ups Addiction Among Older Americans
The number of older adults who reported using illegal drugs within a year nearly doubled between 2002 and 2007, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...Depression and anxiety were cited as the top reasons for drug or alcohol abuse, according to a survey conducted by the Hanley Center, a drug and alcohol treatment and recovery center. Economic and financial stress and retirement were reported as contributing factors as well. Almost half of the respondents named prescription drugs and alcohol as their substances of choice. - Psych Central
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April 18, 2012
Depression, Anxiety Top Reasons Older Adults Abuse Drugs or Alcohol, Survey Finds
Depression and anxiety are the top reasons older adults abuse drugs or alcohol, according to a study by a Florida drug and alcohol treatment and recovery center. The study, conducted by the Hanley Center, found 63 percent of older adults blamed depression and anxiety for their substance use. Thirty percent said economic and financial stress was to blame, while 20 percent cited retirement as contributing factors to dependency. Almost half of survey respondents named both prescription drugs and alcohol as their substance of choice, according to a press release by the Caron Treatment Centers, which owns the Hanley Center. -Drugfree Partnership
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April 18, 2012
Survey Gives Insight Into Substance Abuse Among Older Adults
A spotlight has been put on older adults misusing drugs and alcohol, and a new survey sheds some light on this growing issue in the United States. Results from a survey conducted by the Hanley Center, a drug and alcohol treatment and recovery center, suggest depression and anxiety are the main reasons for older adults abusing drugs and alcohol, according to a press release. - EmpowHER
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April 17, 2012
Substance Abuse Growing Among Older Adults
New data document a growing trend of substance abuse among older adults, for whom the most commonly reported trigger is depression or anxiety. Nearly half of respondents in a survey expressed preference toward prescription drugs and alcohol over other substances. Still, the number of older adults reporting recent illegal drug use nearly doubled in the five-year span from 2002 to 2007, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, which also reported a 77 percent increase in the use of nonmedical pharmaceuticals between 2002 and 2009, an average growth of 11 percent per year. Caron Treatment Centers highlighted these findings and warned that “[without] early intervention and treatment these statistics will continue to rise, leading to an epidemic in addiction among older Americans.” - Healthcare For All
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April 16, 2012
Surge of Seniors Getting Addicted Later in Life
A new generation of addicts is getting hooked later in life, with many senior citizens and baby boomers revealed to be "late blooming" substance abusers. A study conducted by the Hanley Center found that over a third of older addicts surveyed claim not to have abused substances until reaching their fifties. - The Fix
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April 11, 2012
Dr. Paul Hokemeyer talks about addiction as a family disease and Ali Lohan
“We know from treating families at Caron that all family members suffer – not just the addicted individual [and] that families need to learn to handle the stress, disappointment and sadness around addictions in constructive ways,” Paul Hokemeyer, Phd, LMFT, Addictions Therapist with Caron Treatment Centers told Fox News.
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March 22, 2012
Whitney Houston Cause of Death
Caron’s Doctor Paul Hokemeyer talks about Whitney Houston’s struggle with addiction with My 9.
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March 22, 2012
Eighth Annual MusiCares MAP Fund® Benefit Concert to Honor Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell and Sony/ATV Music Publishing's Neil Lasher
Caron consultant and New York advisory board member, Neil Lasher, is being honored at the MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert - Market Watch
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March 19, 2012
Spice, K2 Sending Teens to the Emergency Room
Caron's David Rotenberg discusses the rise in use of K2 & the number of kids who are hospitalized as a result with WebMD.
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March 17, 2012
St. Pat's Sober Party
Caron staff and advocates enjoy the Sober St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Pix 11 News.
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