It’s been close to a decade since the Wellstone/Domenici Mental Health & Addiction Parity Act, yet the spirit of the law has yet to reach its full impact. Federal agencies were slow to issue rules ...
As we enter a new year, change is absolutely everywhere you look, from a new White House to fresh crops of marijuana on the west coast . . . and just about everything in between. ...
It is difficult to argue with those who state that drug addiction is the biggest single social problem of our times. It is undeniable that the threat of both legal and illegal drugs, most especially ...
Dr. Michael Flaherty is a long-time friend and colleague with whom I regularly discuss addiction and recovery issues, and ways to promote recovery for affected individuals and families. Mike is a practicing psychologist, researcher, educator, ...
When Monica Parker’s son Remy was born, her and her husband wanted to make sure that he grew up with a notion of “spirituality and godliness,” even though they came from different religious backgrounds. When ...
It is another new year, and there is no time like the present to put into action a happy and healthy lifestyle plan.
Some believe that kratom, a relatively obscure drug, may be a possible weapon against the opioid epidemic that has plagued the US in recent years. But along with with the drug’s growing popularity and easy ...
Shuvendu Sen, MD, is a nationally and internationally recognized physician, author, speaker, and a humanitarian for over twenty years. He is director and associate program director of the internal medicine residency program at Raritan Bay ...
This is the second installment in a three-column series dealing with aging and wellness in recovery. The first column focused largely on identifying and counteracting threats to sobriety that commonly occur as we grow older. ...
Dear Dr. Toni: I am a psychologist who works primarily in the recovery field. I imagine that I should be consulting you privately, but as my practice has taken a hit the last few ...
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