NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, and Hazelden, the national nonprofit focused on addiction treatment, prevention and recovery announced a new strategic partnership focused on improving the treatment of co-occurring disorders...
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September 14, 2010
January 13, 2010
Words used to describe substance-use patients can alter attitudes, contribute to stigma
Changing the words used to describe someone struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction may significantly alter the attitudes of health care professionals, even those who specialize in addiction treatment.
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December 31, 2009
Some new podcasts to check out
by Joye C. Anestis We're always looking for good mental health podcasts...and BehaviorTherapist.com has one of our favorites. I've written before about their podcast on current issues in addiction treatment. Here are three more that you might enjoy: An interview...
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November 10, 2009
Advances in addiction treatment: A new podcast
by Joye C. Anestis, M.S. Alcohol and substance abuse/dependence, or addiction, touches almost all of our lives in some ways. In the mental health community, discussions of the treatment of addictions are rife with controversy. But common knowledge of these...
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September 29, 2009
Hey, Addiction Experts - Drew Outgrew Drug Addiction (now for her love addiction)
This blog isn't addressed to Dr. Drew (he's hopeless). It's addressed to Drew Barrymore, who has announced that she still drinks.For those of us who have tracked Drew Barrymore's career - in which she appeared on the cover of People magazine as "America's youngest addict" at age 13, then published "Little Girl Lost" at 14, then attempted suicide after entering addiction treatment, then fin
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September 2, 2009
Don’t Allow Methamphetamine to Ruin Your Life
Methamphetamine - it's marketed to youngsters every day by drug dealers as an easy way to tune out. That is why it is so important to reach young people in a preventative way that will resonate with them. And that is exactly what The Meth Project, started in Montana, has done. After all, foster care kids, many individuals in prison, and scores of addiction treatment patients all have one thing i
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August 13, 2009
Internet addiction storm breaks in China
For several years 'internet addiction' has been promoted by the Chinese government as a serious mental illness affecting large numbers of young people, but in recent months it has started to pull back, seemingly due to the growth of a widespread, poorly regulated and abusive system of internet addiction 'treatment' centres.Firstly, let me say that most of my sources on this issue are from China D
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May 30, 2009
Psychology Textbook: Translating Science-Based Treatments Into Clinical Settings
Academic Press, a division of Elsevier, would like to announce the publication of a new title in psychology; Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment by Peter Miller, PhD. The growing emphasis on accountability and cost effectiveness in the field of addictions treatment is leading to major changes in standards of care. Inconsistent practices based solely on clinical intuition rather than hard scient
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May 14, 2009
The Other Side of The Coin
We have all heard, witnessed and experienced first hand how the economy has hurt American society and the world at large - but what about the other side of the coin? I just received a phone call about a half hour ago from a patient that stated that he had decided to go inpatient for addiction treatment. He wanted to know how soon I could get him into Caron Treatment Center - his logic was refresh
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