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Vista Academy Life Skills Program
Many of the teens who come to Vista Academy have been abusing drugs and alcohol for years, losing out on the skills learned during those crucial transition years. Some teens have never learned how to...
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Teen Substance Abuse Treatment Center
Teenagers, a constant victim to drug and alcohol abuse, are become more and more aware of drug and alcohol abuse. Teens across the globe are faced with the decision to use drugs and alcohol everyday...
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Relapse Prevention Treatment
Research and studies have proven the importance of relapse prevention during a teen’s time in treatment. Because of the drastic change between many treatment setting and the outside world, relapse can...
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Teen Substance Abuse and Family Involvement
There are thousands of teens across the globe who are struggling with substance abuse and need treatment, a just as many parents and families dealing with a teen substance abusers. Substance abuse in...
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Teen Mental Health and Dual Diagnosis Disorders
At Vista Academy, we see teens come in from all different backgrounds and different parts of the country, but they are all struggling with the same issue, substance abuse. While we do know that teen...
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Teen Substance Abuse Treatment: Teaching Teens How To Live Sober
Everyday our teens face decisions and, more often than not many don’t make the right one. We used to believe that that was what teenage years were about, trial and error method, but now the...
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Teen Rehab and the Holiday Blues
Vista Academy, teen drug rehab program, understands that the holidays are a difficult time for teens in rehab. We also know that for those young people that are struggling and not able to be in...
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Privacy vs. Safety: When To Step In On Teen Substance Abuse
Teenagers are at a time in their lives when they want more freedom and to be treated more like the adults they are becoming. Part of this expectation is that parents will respect their privacy....
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Addiction and Teen Marijuana Abuse
The 2012 Monitoring the Future survey from NIDA shows that 6.5 percent of high school seniors smoke marijuana daily, up from 5.1 percent five years ago. Nearly 23 percent say they smoked it in the...
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Teen Marijuana Abuse Increases, as Awareness Decreases
According the the annual Monitoring the Future study high school students and teens perceptions about the harmfulness of marijuana is dropping and 6.6% of high school seniors are now using marijuana on...
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Legalizing Marijuana and Opening the Gateway to Teen Drug Abuse
With marijuana abuse rising in the teenage community more and more teens are walking through the “gateway” that this gateway drug opens to other substance abuse. In many Narcotics Anonymous meetings,...
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Danger of Teen Addiction to Facebook and Twitter
Teens and young adults today have found a new type of drug addiction that is readily available to them 24 hours a day 7 days a week, Social Media. Dr. Keith Ablow of Fox news gave explains the dangers...
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Teen Alcohol Addiction Floored by The Vaportini
A new device, called the “Vaportini” was created in 2009 and introduced to the online market in 2012. The Vaportini is an “alcohol vaporizer” which allows the user to ingest alcohol fumes by inhaling...
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Teen Substance Abuse Treatment: Dangerous Numbers
Alcohol and drug abuse numbers in high school teens is rising. Teen substance abuse statistics have fluctuated over the last decade. Last year 42.5 percent of high school teens said they have tried...
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Teen Drug Treatment And Energy Drink Health Risks
Energy Drinks can be a hazard during substance abuse. Energy drinks are rising in popularity in many high school teens. The health risks that accompany energy drinks are a controversial topic in many...
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Teen Addiction Treatment
Video game addiction can be a threat. When people refer to addiction it is normal for them to associate that with substance abuse. There are more addictions that are often overlooked. Many teens today...
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High School in Teen Drug Rehab
Vista Academy offers academic classes to students. Vista Academy teen drug rehab helps students continue their education during rehab along with learn more about themselves. The addition of academics...
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Attraction Based Programming in Teen Rehab
Inside the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous it is said that both programs were created with an attraction based model. This is important to the start of one’s recovery because it...
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Behavioral Risks in Teen Drug Treatment
Teen treatment deals with dual-diagnosis. Many teens today abuse drugs because of negative feelings that can be associated to failure or unhappiness. Awkwardness in high school can lead to depression,...
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Teen Rehab and Club Drug Treatment
Ecstasy or MDMA is taken in many high school party scenes. One drug that is popular in the high school teen society is MDMA or ecstasy. Ecstasy is a harmful psychedelic drug that is a hallucinogen and...
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