This is the second article of a three-part feature on wisdom recovery prepared by a newly created group of individuals with decades of experience in the world of healing and recovery. The focus of The ...

Lawyers, judges, and even law students are far more likely than average to need chemical dependency and mental health services, but also far less likely to seek them. Once they do seek services, these individuals ...

For past several years I have been interviewing pioneers who made significant contributions to the history of addiction treatment and recovery support in the United States. Most of these interviews have been made with individuals ...

A common dilemma encountered by clinicians, insurance providers, and legislators alike is determining whether substance abuse is a typical mental illness or a unique disorder of its own. Distinguishing whether substance use disorder is fundamentally ...

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a brief counselling intervention designed to increase motivation to change alcohol and drug use (Miller & Rollnick, 2012). Though it was originally designed as an intervention narrowly focused on problem drinking ...

Social peculiarity is frequently observed in clients with mental health and substance abuse disorders. However, it lacks a consensus definition and is not a well-delineated clinical entity or syndrome with an established set of descriptive ...