One of the major milestones in the modern evolution of addiction treatment has been the reconceptualization of addiction as a chronic disorder and attending calls to move beyond acute care models of intervention to models ...

This year our nation will once again spend somewhere in the area of $559 billion on addiction, potentially making it our nation’s largest health care problem (NIDA, 2008). Our health care professionals—notably physicians, pharmacists, and ...

In a hospital setting, patients can present with substance use or problems associated with substance misuse. Additionally, unhealthy alcohol use contributes to hospitalizations, especially for traumatic injuries as well as chronic health issues such as ...

Based on the increasing need to demonstrate program efficacy facing the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and Parity, many addiction treatment programs have developed a renewed interest in collecting outcomes. There has been no lack ...

Substance and alcohol abuse and dependence is a widespread national and global issue, affecting the health, mental health, and economy of today’s society. According to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), ...

Twelve Step facilitative therapy refers to a structured form of treatment that seeks to increase attendance and involvement with Twelve Step mutual support groups. The common elements of these treatments are introducing individuals to the ...

This is the final article in a three-part feature on wisdom recovery published in this magazine, prepared by a newly created group of individuals with decades of experience in the world of healing and recovery. ...

Sheila Blume, MD, created an enduring legacy within the modern treatment of addiction. After her medical training at Harvard in the mid-1950s and her psychiatric residency at Central Islip Psychiatric Center in New York, Dr. ...

“Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is ...

It is widely known that a positive therapeutic alliance is a critical and necessary component of successful treatment outcomes for those who seek therapy. The therapeutic alliance is often cited as the most important aspect ...