In 2018 the World Health Organization (WHO) announced plans to include “gaming disorder” in the future International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Far from solidifying a consensus on whether this disorder is “real” or not, the ...
As a cofounder of NACoA, I had my own childhood experiences with an alcoholic father. Times have changed; today, opiates, methamphetamine, and cannabis are more common and polysubstance use is the norm. Despite these vicissitudes, ...
Recently my organization found itself making the decision on whether to use the term “client” or “patient” in identifying the people we treat. Instinctively I gravitate toward “patient,” but I researched several articles to compare ...
Every year as the summer sun dries the fields and bakes the forests surrounding our residential treatment center, my fire awareness is triggered. So starts the months-long fire season in California. In the past three ...
Dear Dr. Toni, I’m a college-educated woman in her mid-thirties—I guess I’m considered a millennial. I live by myself in the Bay area and the cost of living is extremely expensive, but the nature here ...
These competencies are presented as a specific guide to the core knowledge, attitudes, and skills essential to the ability of clergy and pastoral ministers to meet the needs of persons with alcohol or drug dependence ...
Knowledge: “I will . . .” list record underline state define arrange name relate describe tell reproduce memorize recall repeat recognize label select Comprehension: “I will . . .” explain describe report translate express ...
When Inducements Cross the Line As I travel around the state and nation, I meet with counselors, interventionists, navigators, program managers, and owners who I know to be of the highest integrity. They have supported ...
Decades ago, I attended a holistic health conference in San Diego, during which one of the speakers offered the following advice: “The royal path to enjoying robust health is to develop a chronic disease and ...
In my last column, I discussed the progress made in the past several years addressing the opioid epidemic and other substance use disorders (SUDs). Improvements noted include reductions in prescription opioids and drug misuse, less ...
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