Your reputation as a behavioral health care professional can easily be undone by something as simple as a few inappropriate SEO practices on your website. The scary part is that you could be employing some ...
The abrupt shift in the delivery of behavioral health care due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is unparalleled. Plans to enhance behavioral health access through telehealth, scheduled to take years at most organizations, were accomplished ...
When people are asked to describe substance use prevention, most (including youth), define it as telling someone not to do drugs and not to drink alcohol. For years, our youth have been drilled with the ...
Perpetuating negative perceptions of people who have addiction—whether or not they are in remission—has consequences.
There are plenty of references to 'spontaneous healing' in health and medicine.
There are many pathways to recovery for individuals and family members. Awareness of these paths—professional, mutual aid, self-directed—and the many positive outcomes of clinical trials and surveys of individuals and/or families in recovery may help ...
What are the three reasons most often given as to why those with drinking problems can't get sober?
"Even if programs chose other separate treatment models, it is important to include all of the components in the treatment process to ensure the best possible treatment outcomes.
COVID brought a side effect of an increase in drinking.
Peer-support specialists (PSSs) are a critical part of the recovery process, both in person and even digitally.
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