Peninsula Behavioral Health -

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Peninsula Behavioral Health
Peninsula Behavioral Health
is located at 118 East 8th Street Port Angeles, WA. 98362 and can be contacted by calling 360-457-0431. Peninsula Behavioral Health offers treatment services for Illicit Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse

Treatment Services Offered: Mental Balance Treatment Services, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Dual Diagnosis, Hearing Impaired Clients, Spanish Speaking, Foreign Languages other than Spanish
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Medicare Assistance, Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military, Self Pay, Sliding-Scale Fee

Very heavy drinkers will often have esophageal varices (dilated veins in the esophagus), signs of liver disease, brain damage, which symptoms could include a loss of cognitive function and confusion.
Many times people who have a problem with alcohol drink to escape problems or turn off painful feelings of loneliness, insecurity, or guilt; ironically, instead of solving them, alcohol only makes the problems worse.
New research has concluded that even though men are much more likely than women to develop alcoholism, women's health suffers more, even at lower levels of consumption.
Naltrexone is has been formulated to work through the endorphin system of the brain, whereas Acamprosate is formulated to work through the GWAA/glutamate system; both drugs claim to reduce alcohol related relapse episodes.

For more information, visit www.drug-rehabs.org.