Substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services have the opportunity to intervene at a crucial juncture for many of their clients: the intersection of addiction and high-risk sexual behavior. Studies conducted in the last twenty years ...
Many layers of trauma affect women every day, with each level of trauma intensifying the other levels. These range from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to what may be a new term for you: toxic girly ...
Homeless adolescents and young adults are considered one of the most vulnerable populations worldwide with an estimated 100 million globally and 500,000 to 2.8 million in the US alone. A multitude of studies document high ...
Per recent legislation signed into law and subsequent requirement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), all US health care settings should have successfully transitioned to ICD-10 diagnostic codes by October 1 of ...
When examining obstacles in recovery, stress always rears its ugly head. An important line of research in addiction is on the behavioral and biological factors that result in increased vulnerability to relapse. This research has ...
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a complex and intricate phenomena. While there are similarities among individuals struggling with these disorders, diversity factors influence the experience of these disorders for the individual, family, and community, as ...
According to Martin & Pear (2015), “behavior modification involves the systematic application of learning principles and techniques to assess and improve individuals’ covert and overt behaviors in order to enhance their daily functioning” (2014, p. ...
According to Martin & Pear (2015), “behavior modification involves the systematic application of learning principles and techniques to assess and improve individuals’ covert and overt behaviors in order to enhance their daily functioning” (2014, p. ...
Don’t Read This Introduction, Skip to the Meat of the Article Instead Okay, so now you are reading the introduction. Was it something I said? Or, are you one of those oppositional therapists that if ...
Having been in both the eating disorder and addiction medicine fields for many years, I have been fascinated with the high correlation and differences between patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) and eating disorders. The ...
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