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Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center
Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center
is located at 1324 37th Avenue East Bradenton, FL. 34208 and can be contacted by calling 941-792-2222. Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center offers treatment services for Alcoholism, Prescription Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Addiction

Treatment Services Offered: Mental Balance Treatment Services, Dual Diagnosis, Lesbian and Gay, Hearing Impaired Clients
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military, Self Pay

According to the Task Force of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a variety of prevention strategies have been implemented by colleges across the U.S. in an effort to reduce high-risk drinking and its consequences on college campuses, including programs that target freshmen, athletes, sorority and fraternity members, and students that violate college alcohol policies.
The primary reason that women metabolize alcohol more slowly than men because there is a smaller amount of the alcohol metabolizing enzyme dehydrogenase in the stomach in women. Because less of this enzyme is present, more alcohol passes through the stomach to the duodenum, which is the main alcohol-absorbing portion of the gut.
Alcohol poisoning is defined as "an acute toxic condition resulting from consuming excessive quantities of alcohol within a short period of time."
An estimated 14 million persons are affected by alcoholism in the USA alone, not including family, friends and others additionally affected by the actions of alcoholics.

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