AI in Behavioral Health: TRON, Skynet, Creative Control, and the Case for AI-Assisted Care
Every generation gets its warning stories about technology. For many of us, it was The Terminator. Skynet wasn’t dangerous simply because it…
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Category: Drug Addiction
Turning the Tide on the Overdose Crisis — But Is It Enough?
In a surprising and long-overdue shift, the United States has seen a meaningful reduction in overdose deaths. According to the CDC, there…
Ketamine: The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly (Update)
The article in Counselor Magazine by Sarah Kelsey and Susan Weinstein, Ketamine: The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly, references the death…
Addiction is a Brilliant Strategy
We often hear addictive behavior described in other terms—as a disease, or as a coping mechanism. Both can seem inherently negative in…
Incorporating the Principles of 12 Step Recovery into Addiction-Focused Therapy: Step 1
In a previous posting to this site I wrote about the basic ways in which addiction treatment specialists and other therapists can…
Spot It You Got it
Many of us have heard the phrase, “When you point your finger at someone else, remember you have three fingers pointed back…