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Mental Health and Drug Abuse


The program of treatment at the Lexington Hospital included the withdrawal of drugs, the rehabilitation of the addict, and assistance to the patient in finding employment following discharge from the hospital. The rehabilitation program consisted of medical treatment for any correctable physical defects, vocational therapy designed to maintain or add to skills which the addict already possessed, and psychotherapy in selected cases.

c. 1965


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