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Principles of Community-Based Behavioral Health Services for …

WEBThese principles are meant to provide a foundation for “realizing a quality, community-based behavioral health treatment system.”. Principle 1: Community …

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How Evidence-Based Drug Testing Saves Insurers Money in

WEBRichmond, Va. – As health care costs continue to rise and America remains tightly in the grip of the opioid crisis, the health care industry is searching for ways to …

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Drug Screening: Pros and cons of instant tests and

WEBInstant tests often miss new substance use or are unreliable in detecting certain substances like illicit fentanyl or alcohol. These false negatives endanger your …

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Three Ways to Improve Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

WEBA Surgeon General report outlines a plan under the title “Vision for the Future,” and calls out three ways to change the treatment of substance use disorders to …

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Keys to Better Outcomes in SUD Treatment and How

WEBRichmond, Va. – Evidenced-based practices for substance use disorder monitoring are essential to helping clients develop coping and refusal skills to new …

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Screening Drug Tests Vs. Confirmation Drug Tests

WEBImmunoassay drug tests are urine or oral fluid drug tests that use antibodies to detect the presence of classes of drugs, like amphetamines, opiates or barbiturates. …

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Optimal Specimen Types for Drug Testing

WEBThe six primary specimen options are (1) blood, (2) breath, (3) hair, (4) oral fluid, (5) sweat and (6) urine. While there are others, these six provide good information …

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Alcohol Consumption, Measurement and Monitoring

WEBAt the 2016 meeting of the Midwestern Association for Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Alex Armfield presented a case where the subject had …

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When and How to Use Confirmation Drug Testing

WEBA confirmation test compares an unknown to a reference sample to detect the specific drug in the system at the time of the sample collection, as well as the …

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What is a Safe Injection Site

WEBRichmond, Va. - Safe injection sites, also called supervised consumption services, safe consumption sites, overdose prevention centers, or supervised injection …

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NADCP Releases Updated Best Practice Standards for Adult

WEBLast week, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals released an update to their two volume Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards. Among other …

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Urine Sample Adulteration and How Averhealth Can Help

WEBPeroxide. Iodine: Adding water purification tablets to the urine sample. Nitrites. pH: Adding hydrochloric acid to the urine sample to alter its pH. Consumables. …

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Vaping and E-Cigarettes

WEBMyths. Vaping is not harmful to your health, unlike traditional smoking. E-cigarettes heat nicotine, flavoring, and other chemicals to create the vapor that is …

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Laboratory Testing v. Instant Testing

WEBDefinitive laboratory test results provide a significantly higher degree of certainty relative to the subjectivity of instant test results. Moreover, instant testing requires a subjective …

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Drug Test Cutoff Levels

WEBArticle | 10.04.19. Richmond, Va. – With very few exceptions, drug test levels should only be compared to a cutoff to determine whether a sample (e.g., urine, oral fluid, or hair) is …

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How Long Can Hair Detect Drugs

WEBHair closest to the head represents the most recent drug use. For example, a segment of head hair 1.5 inches from the scalp will represent up to 90 days of drug use. …

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Prescription Opiate Monitoring Series: Part 2

WEBThe prescribed and synthetic opiate panel rotation is a key evidence-based practice proven to help clients develop coping and refusal skills to new substance use. …

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Our new Visalia, CA location

WEBUpdate | 07.02.18. We've moved! Our Visalia, California location is now at 1827 South Court Street, Suite E, Visalia, CA 93277. If you have questions or concerns, please …

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New Pennsylvania location now open

WEBaverhealth recently opened a patient service center to serve Northampton County, PA drug court, mental health courts, Department of Children, Youth and …

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