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OUR PHILOSOPHY
At Intermountain Hospital, we are positively changing lives - lives that are affected by mental and emotional stress or chemical dependency. It is our philosophy that nobody needs to cope alone. We provide a safe and secure environment for addressing the pressing problems that can dominate those lives in our care.
From personalized treatment plans and a caring and compassionate staff emerges new ways of coping, new styles of behavior, new means of expressing feelings, new ideas on how to resolve conflicts and new methods of establishing boundaries. Our goal is to provide help, offer hope and begin the journey of healing.
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DOUGLAS: 'CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL CAUSED MY CANCER'Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:03:00 +0000 Sep 01, 2010 (WENN via COMTEX) -- MICHAEL DOUGLAS has blamed years of drinking and smoking for causing his throat cancer, conceding the "stress" of the last year may also have played a part in his health struggle. The Hollywood actor was diagnosed with a tumour in his throat last month (Aug10) and is currently undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment in a bid to beat the deadly disease. Douglas opened up about his cancer battle in an interview on America's Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday night (31Aug10), admitting his lifestyle choices probably played a part in his illness. The 65 year old also believes the personal crises he has endured over the last few months may have been a contributing factor. He says, "I smoked cigarettes and I drank (alcohol) and this particular type of cancer is caused by alcohol... (but) it's been a long year and I do think this is...]]> Rhode Island Attorney Finds Recent NHTSA Drinking-and-Driving Survey To Be AlarmingWed, 01 Sep 2010 08:01:00 +0000 According to a recently released NHTSA survey, 20 percent of drivers 16 and older say they have driven after drinking, which puts other motorists at risk of injury or death, Rhode Island personal injury attorney Mark Gemma says. Providence, RI (PRWEB) September 1, 2010 -- Rhode Island personal injury attorney Mark Gemma says he is troubled by a recently released National Highway Traffic Safety Administration survey showing a high number of drivers who admit to driving after drinking. In the survey, 1 in 5 drivers ages 16 and older said they had, during the past year, driven within two hours of drinking alcohol. About two-thirds of those drivers, or 13 percent of the total population, said they had done so within the past 30 days. According to NHTSA, those results meant that an estimated 85.5 million drinking-and-driving trips had occurred nationally in the past month, an increase from the 73.7 million...]]> Teetotallers die sooner than heavy drinkers: StudyWed, 01 Sep 2010 04:01:00 +0000 Washington, Sep 01 (ANI): Want to live a few years longer? Well, then start drinking, for a new study suggests that non-drinkers die sooner than heavy drinkers. Moderate drinkers, however, fair the best. The study took a look at 1,824 participants over 20 years, according to Time.com. Sixty-three percent of them were men, reports CBS News. Scientists, led by psychologist Charles Holahan of the University of Texas at Austin, filtered out "socioeconomic status, level of physical activity, number of close friends, quality of social support," according to the site, and still found that nondrinkers just don't live as long as their drinking compatriots. Over the 20-year period, 69 percent of the nondrinkers died, 60 percent of the heavy drinkers died and only 41 percent of the moderate drinkers died. Moderate drinking, according to Time, was defined as one to three drinks per day. The study appears in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. (ANI)
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