More rehab centers should mean fewer overdoses. In one California region, we found the opposite

By Ilan Shrira, Associate Teaching Professor of Psychology, Penn State
Joshua D. Foster, Professor of Psychology, University of South Alabama

At 24, Boyd was living in Chicago when he decided to get help. He had been drinking alcohol since a young age, but more recently he’d been drinking far more often – and dangerously.

He found a rehabilitation center online and reached out to the facility in Orange County, an affluent coastal area of Southern California, for treatment.

Boyd, a pseudonym used at his mother’s request, checked in at the facility, where he completed his initial detox and participated in therapy sessions. He was later readmitted to the same rehab program twice after his initial intake, his mother…

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