The non-profit Hazelden Foundation, based in Center City, Minnesota, pioneered the so-called Minnesota Model of care for alcoholism and drug addiction that is now the most widely used in the world. Hazelden today is an international provider of addiction treatment, a publisher, a research center, and educational facility. Center City is a city located in Chisago County, Minnesota. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ...

Hazelden has facilities in Minnesota (Center City, Plymouth and Saint Paul), Oregon, Illinois and New York. It offers assessment and primary residential addiction treatment for adults and adolescents, including extended care and intermediate care, as well as outpatient treatment, aftercare services and a family program. Hazelden's treatment philosophy is based on the disease theory of addiction and stresses that abstinence is the best way to manage the condition. Residential treatment is delivered by a team of professionals representing many disciplines including nurses, physicians, psychologists and psychiatrists, substance abuse/addiction counselors, fitness and recreation specialists and spiritual care advisors. Center City is a city located in Chisago County, Minnesota. ... Plymouth is a city located in Hennepin County, Minnesota. ... Location in Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. ... Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 0 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Official language(s) None Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Abstinence is a voluntary forbearance from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. ... A psychologist is a scientist and/or clinician who studies psychology, the systematic investigation of the human mind, including behavior and cognition. ... Psychiatrist redirects here, for the party game, see Psychiatrist (game) Psychiatry is a medical specialty dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental illness. ...

Since its 1949 founding in a rural Minnesota lakeside farmhouse, Hazelden has grown into one of the nation's largest private alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers. Dan Anderson was vice president of Hazelden from 1961 and president between 1971 and 1986. Ellen Breyer is currently president and CEO. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dan Anderson (March 30, 1920–February 19, 2003) was a psychologist and head of Hazelden between 1961 and his retirement in 1986. ...

External links

• Hazelden official website
• Hazelden official bookstore
• Hazelden Research Butler Center for Research
• Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies
• Hazelden Publishing