Mental health counselors also can obtain voluntary specialty credentialing as Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselors (CCMHCs) from the NBCC. To obtain this certification, NCCs must complete at least 60 hours of graduate coursework and at least two years and 3,000 hours of supervised clinical counseling experience.
On the other hand, morphine addicts can grow to tolerate over two grams a day, though it normally only takes 200 milligrams to induce a fatal overdose (60 in extreme cases). This is true whether someone becomes addicted through medical assistance or illicit attempts to get high.
No one denies that an overdose of morphine can be lethal. It kills by stopping breathing. But, said Dr. Joanne Lynn, director of the Center to Improve Care of the Dying at George Washington University School of Medicine, something peculiar happens when doctors gradually increase a patient's dose of morphine. Continue reading the main story