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SUD Is “A preventable, Treatable Disease With Roots in Adolescence”
A conversation with the CEO of the Partnership to End Addiction
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Your Mind Needs Good Nutrition as Much as Your Body
The evidence is overwhelming: eating well—especially foods rich in vitamins and minerals—has great benefits for our mental health. Don’t try to go without.
Northwest ATTC webinar – Digital Health Services to Address Addiction in Families: Allies in Recovery
This webinar, sponsored by the Northwest ATTC (Addiction Technology Transfer Center), introduced participants to Allies in Recovery.
Toxic Moods
We hear a lot about Serenity in recovery programs. For me personally, developing Serenity meant no longer being codependent to four dynamics when they show up around me: Jealousy, spitefulness, moodines and rudeness.
Is Your Loved One in the Criminal Justice System in MA?
Our collaborator, Dr. Haner Hernandez, has shared with us these "talking points" for Massachusetts families facing a Loved One's involvement with the Criminal Justice System. You will also find the necessary forms to request a criminal offender record.
Study Finds Two-Drug Combination May Help Treat Meth Addiction
A two-drug combination may help treat addiction to meth, according to a study published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine. The study found the two drugs were safe and effective in treating adults with moderate or severe methamphetamine use disorder.
Contingency Management Works – Why Is It So Underused?
In a recent article, nytimes.com focused on contingency management, finally putting addiction treatment at the heart of the conversation. How does it work? What are clinicians, researchers and patients saying about it? What are the obstacles preventing people with addiction from accessing this innovative treatment method?
Five Science-Backed Strategies to Build Resilience
Even for the relatively self-aware and emotionally adept, struggles can take us by surprise. But learning healthy ways to move through adversity—a collection of skills that researchers call resilience—can help us cope better and recover more quickly, or at least start heading in that direction.
When Does Drinking Moderation Work?
If you’re the family member of someone with a drinking problem, you probably have strong opinions about whether your Loved One can, or ought to, continue drinking. You know by now that it’s not up to you…. Learn more about moderate drinking and read Dominique Simon-Levine's full article on addictionblog.org.
Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In
For a long time, medical researchers were unsure whether Alcoholics Anonymous worked better than other approaches to treating people with alcohol use disorder. In 2006, a review of the evidence concluded we didn’t have enough evidence to judge.That has changed.
Alcoholism vs. Addiction
This article was originally published in thefix, a news website devoted to all things...
Alcoholism vs. Addiction
Using a wide range of first-hand accounts, this article takes a frank look at the language we use to label addictions, and unpacks some of the meaning within these terms.
Dual Diagnosis: When It Seems Like It Will Never End
There’s no putting aside the pain, exhaustion, and disappointments that go on, sometimes for years – even decades – when loved ones struggle with dual diagnoses.
Dr. Drew on Substance Use and Violence
Dr. Drew has published a new article on the connections between substance use and violence. Drugs and alcohol can both trigger aggression and escalate/increase its severity, so when they intersect in intimate relationships the results can be devastating for everyone involved.
A Recovery Method Based on Buddhist Practice
What is a Refuge Recovery Meeting like? Refuge Recovery is an alternative to 12-step programs. It's a relatively new organization that has quickly grown in popularity in recent years. It is a recovery method based on Buddhist practice. The meetings themselves are fairly simple. They are peer-led…
A Hopeless Patient ?
…looking at my schedule, I remember saying, “Oh HELL no. I’m not seeing this guy. He’s not going to stabilize in an office-based practice.” But he had already paid to hold his appointment slot, so I felt obligated to see him. My plan was to tell him he wasn’t appropriate for an office-based program, and to recommend inpatient treatment, as I had so many times in the past.
New Guidelines on the Information Healthcare Providers Can Share
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has released new guidance on when and how healthcare providers can share a patient’s health information with his or her family members, friends, and legal personal representatives when that patient may be in crisis and incapacitated, such as during an opioid overdose.
Addiction, Recovery, and Personal Character
Addiction medicine is ill-equipped to address such pathologies of character and to fill the void once drugs are removed from the center of an addicted patient’s life.
Compassion Led Me to Rehab
Singer, rapper and activist Macklemore writes of his recovery: "Compassion Led Me to Rehab and It Can Help the Country Fight the Opioid Crisis"
Insurers have to pay for treatment. Trump just has to enforce the law.
The administration's rhetoric doesn’t match its action. Many Americans are suffering without getting the treatment they need because for-profit insurance companies are finding ways to deny it.
I Just Got Denied Coverage: Now What?
Was your request for treatment denied? Here's an article explaining how to file an insurance appeal for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) – from the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids