by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X17305050 Carla P.BezoldSc.D.aRachel F.BanaySc.D.bBrent A.CoullPh.D.bcJaime E.HartSc.D.bdPeterJamesSc.D.abdLaura D.KubzanskyPh.D.eStacey A.MissmerSc.D.fFrancineLadenSc.D.abd Abstract Purpose Exposure to nature...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.startribune.com/recovery-from-addiction-doesn-t-get-the-community-support-it-needs/468386213/ By Luther Paul Philaya In the fall of 2012, I entered treatment for addiction as a broken physician and man. Opioids were one of my drugs of choice, as they are...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/36/9/1624.abstract?sid=248e0c00-c550-4739-83bb-afc36d38800d Jane M. Zhu1,*, Yuehan Zhang2 and Daniel Polsky3 Abstract There is increasing concern about the extent to which narrow-network plans, generally defined as those...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.kff.org/infographic/visualizing-health-policy-the-costs-and-outcomes-of-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorders-in-the-us/ This Visualizing Health Policy infographic looks at costs and outcomes of mental health and substance use disorders in the United...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Blue Shield Improperly Denied Mental Health, Drug Treatment Claims, Suit Alleges By Elaine Korry Blue Shield of California and its claims administrator wrongly restricted patients’ access to outpatient and residential mental health treatment, a...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://kaiserhealthnews.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/opioidembargo-article.pdf Matthew A. Davis, MPH, PhD, Lewei A. Lin, MD, Haiyin Liu, MA, and Brian D. Sites, MD, MS Background: The extent to which adults with mental health disorders in the United States receive...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Spirituality & Catholicism
It’s time to recognize mental health as essential to physical health By JOHN CAMPO MAY 31, 2017 T he human brain is a wonder. Through folds of tissue and pulses of electricity, it lets us perceive, attempt to understand, and shape the world around us. As science...