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She and her husband spent about 18 hours on the run with their children, then ages 2 and 3, until authorities caught them at a motel in the Florida Panhandle in June 2003.

The children were unharmed.

Montano was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

She had been living in a group home until a couple weeks ago when she was kicked out for not taking her medication and losing control, according to her attorney, Patrick Rastatter.

She was living with a caregiver while her guardians found a new group home.

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...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or attention-deficit disorder; thus, they are (or should be) taking unfamiliar drugs prescribed in that parallel universe of mental health.

Many are homeless, in trouble with the law, unemployed, products of family chaos, and living on the social rim.

They require frequent telephone calls and referrals to other health care professionals, adjustments in the treatment plan, and intensive teamwork.

In the treatment of drug abuse, there is no star of the show.

Doctors who participate in their patients’ recovery will play only a small part and accept long odds against success.

Counseling, offered with intensity and frequency and in groups, holds the key.

But our prescription for Suboxone is the carrot for counseling; our drug screening provides a test for treatment.

The team approach to substance abuse resembles the more successful models we use to treat all chronic diseases.

I am no addiction specialist.

But it is gratifying to be part of the solution for the national narcotics crisis instead of fueling it with poorly managed prescriptions.

It is thrilling to hear patients tell of their escape from drug addiction, one that precludes any real commitment to spouse, family, or boss.

It is a relief to see professional attitudes bend to welcome opioid-dependent patients with their attendant comorbidities and social liabilities.

The Hippocratic oath once inspired us as physicians to use our "power to help the sick to the...

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Her mother was given custody of the children.Montano and husband Jose Montano spent about 18 hours on the run with their children, then ages 2 and 3, until authorities caught them at a motel in the Florida Panhandle in June 2003.

The children were unharmed.Nora Montano had been found not guilty by reason of insanity.She had been living in a group home until a couple weeks ago when she was kicked out for not taking her medication and losing control, according to her attorney, Patrick Rastatter.

She was living with caregiver Martha Paret while her guardians found a new group home.She left a note for Paret about Monday morning saying she was biking 3 1/2 miles to a store."I think they let her leave the hospital too soon," Paret said.

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