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Kendrick, Michael J. Levels of Empowerment, Planet Advocacy, Issue Number 7, March 2004, pp 6-7.



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Management of Opioid Dependence
From Current Opinion in Psychiatry at Medscape - "The present review provides an overview of the most recent developments in the treatment of opioid-dependent patients, using a chronic disease model as a starting point, and taking crisis intervention, cure (detoxification, relapse prevention), care (stabilization and harm reduction) and palliation as the major treatment goals."  
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Mental Health Issues In Teens Who Were Born At Low Birthweight
American Academy of Pediatrics press release reprinted at InteliHealth - "Parents of teens whose birth weight was extremely low were more likely to report that their child had Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and/or depression compared to other children in the study, 'Psychopathology and Social Competencies of Adolescents Who Were Extremely Low Birthweight.' "  
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Awards laud mental health survivors (Canada)
London Free Press story on the tenth annual Courage to Come Back Awards, organized amd presented by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation in Toronto. See also the profiles of the 2003 winners at the CAMH web site.  
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