Of considerable concern, particularly to general or acute care hospitals, are patients who are high medical service utilizers (HMSUs), particularly those admitted for withdrawal management (i.e., detoxification). Staff complain that they see these people—who they ...
Many patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) have significant medical and psychiatric problems. SUDs can cause or worsen numerous health conditions related to the central nervous system (e.g., impaired memory or seizures), digestive system (e.g., ...
I am pleased to turn over this space to reprint a recent blog post from recovery historian William L. White, MA, a long-time contributor to this magazine.– Gary Seidler, Consulting Executive Editor The field of ...
Therapists and counselors can have very different opinions on the role of psychotropic medications in mental health care. The majority of mental health professionals appear to agree that medications are necessary in the most severe ...
The attempt to address addiction effectively, and to prevent it when possible, has spawned the development of multiple “movements” over the past century. Most have responded to the times in which they were created, and ...
Like Sunday afternoon visits to London’s fetid insane asylums, we stare and gawk, fascinated yet repulsed, at unfortunates like Joseph Merrick (1862–1890). Joseph Merrick—incorrectly identified as “John Merrick” and also known as “The Elephant Man,” ...
In April 2018, both the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) advanced legislation to address the opioid epidemic. Addressed were issues pertaining to workforce, recovery ...
Dear Dr. Toni,I’m a recovering love addict and per my program took a year off from dating. I went online with a dating service and have been really shocked at how quickly men expect you ...
In the past five years, there has been a greater focus on patients who are readmitted to the hospital within thirty days. This is in part because Medicare is paying less for readmissions and in ...
Overwhelment occurs when we experience severe overload to the point where we feel mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually depleted. While the adage that “God never gives us more than we can handle” may hold true, ...
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