Region 8 Mental Health Services -

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Region 8 Mental Health Services
Region 8 Mental Health Services
is located at 624 Highway 51 North Brookhaven, MS. 39601 and can be contacted by calling 601-823-2345. Region 8 Mental Health Services offers treatment services for Illicit Drug Addiction, Prescription Drug Abuse and Alcoholism

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

Approximately 17% of men and about 8% of women will meet criteria for alcohol dependence at some point in their lives.
Current drinking during the previous month among persons aged 18 to 20 years declined significantly from 59% in 1985 to 40% in 1991, coincident with states adopting an age 21 minimum legal drinking age, but increased to 47% by 1999.
Britain's brewery giant Scottish & Newcastle are addressing binge drinking by voluntarily placing health warnings on their beer bottles.
How Many Tweens and Teens Are Drinking? Not as many as a lot of them believe and tell each other. The rate of current alcohol use among youth ages 12 to 17 was 15.9 percent in 2007. That means 84.1 percent, or more than four out of five students, did not use alcohol.

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