Thirty-five years ago, the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) in Southeastern Michigan had an inpatient addiction treatment program at its main hospital in Detroit, and it included a family education program. That year HFHS decided ...
Thirty-five years ago, the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) in Southeastern Michigan had an inpatient addiction treatment program at its main hospital in Detroit, and it included a family education program. That year HFHS decided ...
Law enforcement has been waging war on methamphetamine, also known as “meth,” cookers for decades. But as lab seizures and restrictions on pseudoephedrine dry up homegrown production, there is increasing concern that Mexican drug cartels ...
This is the first installment in a two-column series focusing on the impact of optimism on wellness and recovery. The current column deals with the impact of optimism on our physical health; the second column ...
Austin had been having trouble sleeping for the last three months when his mother, a patient of mine, brought him to my clinic. She thought he was having night terrors as he would awake screaming ...
Dear Dr. Toni: I have been a recovering heroin addict for five years and have been in therapy for the past year. It has really helped me to work through my pattern of wanting ...
I’ve come to the conclusion that spirituality, for many people, is the “Next Frontier,” moving beyond the confines of a structured religious experience into a more comprehensive and inclusive understanding of our relationship with God. ...
This edition of Counselor magazine has a focus on adolescents and young adults. With that in mind, what do we know about these two populations? How are they alike and how are they different from ...
We met or talked via phone or email with parents from all walks of life who have adolescent or adult children with a substance use disorder (SUD), many who have a co-occurring psychiatric disorder (COD). ...
Years ago I had a student who was immersed in all kinds of New Age beliefs. You name it, she believed in it. She once challenged me in class for dismissing faces and forms seen ...
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