Chronic non-cancer pain affects millions of people nationwide, making it a vital topic of ongoing conversation among health care professionals, as well as individuals who suffer from the condition. It is a topic at the core of our program at Las Vegas Recovery Center, where we specialize in helping people manage chronic pain without relying…
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Not much has been said about Jon Hamm’s recent stint in rehab, least of all by the “Mad Men” star himself. Asking for privacy on the issue, Hamm has revealed very little about how he ended up in rehab and what it will mean to his career. Public individuals like Hamm find it hard to…
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Bringing more than 25 years of professional and personal experience to his position, John Seeland has accepted the job of chief operating officer for Las Vegas Recovery Center. In this new step in a stellar career, Seeland joins a staff of committed professionals who provide a widely known opioid-free treatment program for inpatient chronic pain,…
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At Las Vegas Recovery Center we are passionate about helping others find recovery from alcohol, drugs and chronic pain. As part of this passion, we want to emphasize the importance of birthdays as milestones in our renewed lives. Our Facebook page invites you to participate. Send us a message with a photo of your recovery medallion…
DetailsA fascinating video tells a tale of addiction that sums up in five minutes the experience that all addicts finally come to know. In Nuggets, German animation director Andreas Hykade shows us a hapless bird—a kiwi—cruising along until it finds a golden nugget on the ground. He (why not?) passes the first nugget, but stops…
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Clinical depression often accompanies addiction both before and during treatment, so it’s important to learn how to cope with depression in recovery. Some individuals started their addictive patterns as a result of depression – substance abuse was a way to cope with their depression. Those who enter treatment with the dual diagnosis of depression and…
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Whether family members hung in with you through the thick and thin of addiction, or stepped back to stop enabling your disease, once you are on your new path, you may feel you need to speak to your family about your recovery. This may be a difficult challenge, but it’s actually an important part of…
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Las Vegas Recovery Center’s Dr. Mel Pohl was scheduled to conduct the official welcome at the conference: “Medical Marijuana: From Theory to Practical Application.” The conference was scheduled for January 29, 2015, and brought together physicians, nurses, and those in the legal and law enforcement fields. Held at Harrah’s in Las Vegas, the conference was…
DetailsAs the name suggests, antidepressants are used to treat mood disorders, (and as the name implies) specifically, depressive disorders. Mood disorders are psychiatric disorders characterized by periods of depression, sometimes alternating with periods of elevated mood. Depression is a condition that causes persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest, as well as physical symptoms.…
DetailsAnyone entering the field of addiction treatment will encounter a large number of people who suffer from addiction in combination with psychiatric disorders—what we refer to as comorbidity. As a result, it will be important for addiction counselors to become familiar with the relationship between addiction and comorbid psychiatric conditions, along with the psychotropic medications…
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