Kent County Behavioral Health -

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Kent County Behavioral Health
Kent County Behavioral Health
is located at 300 Scheeler Road Chestertown, MD. 21620 and can be contacted by calling 410-778-2616. Kent County Behavioral Health offers treatment services for Illicit Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Alcohol Detox, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Dual Diagnosis, Women, Men, DUI - DWI Offenders, Hearing Impaired Clients
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Insurance - Private Pay, Self Pay, Sliding-Scale Fee, Payment Help

One "beverage unit" (BU) of beer, wine or spirits is broken down in the liver per hour, which then in turn, lowers an individual's blood-alcohol concentration level.
Aging interferes with the body's ability to adapt to the presence of alcohol, and the elderly exhibit certain effects of alcohol at lower doses than younger subjects whose tolerance increases with increased consumption.
According to study that was conducted by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), individuals who have different body shapes, even if they weigh the same amount can have different blood alcohol levels (BAC's), even if they drink the same amount of alcohol.
Studies in healthy subjects and insulin-dependent diabetics have shown that acute alcohol consumption can impair the hormonal response to hypoglycemia.

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